Anne Bancroft
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Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. Bancroft was born Anna Maria Louisa (or Luisa) Italiano on September 17, 1931, in the Bronx, New York City, the middle of three daughters of Mildred (née Di Napoli), a telephone operator, and Michael G. Italiano, a dress pattern maker. Both of her parents' surnames were toponymic. Her parents were Italian immigrants from Southern Italy. In an interview, she stated that her family was originally from Muro Lucano, in the province of Potenza. She was raised in the Roman Catholic faith. Bancroft was raised in Little Italy, in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx, attended P.S. 12, later moving to 1580 Zerega Ave. Bancroft's Broadway debut in the two-character drama Two for the Seesaw (1958), brought her wide recognition for the depth of her talent and garnered her a Tony Award for best supporting actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (1962), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967). Bancroft continued to have a successful career in film and television. She starred in a number of other films, including The Elephant Man (1980), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), and Agnes of God (1985), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Bancroft was married to director Mel Brooks from 1964 until her death in 2005. They had one son, Max Brooks.
Known for
Credits
The Graduate (1967)
as Mrs. Robinson
Antz (1998)
as Queen (voice)
The Elephant Man (1980)
as Mrs Kendal
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
as Madame Ouspenskaya
Great Expectations (1998)
as Ms. Dinsmoor
Point of No Return (1993)
as Amanda
G.I. Jane (1997)
as Senator Lillian DeHaven
Heartbreakers (2001)
as Gloria Vogal
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
as Madame Ruth
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
as Anna Bronski
The Miracle Worker (1962)
as Annie Sullivan
Malice (1993)
as Mrs. Kennsinger
Agnes of God (1985)
as Mother Miriam Ruth
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
as Helene Hanff
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Glady Joe Cleary
Mr. Jones (1993)
as Dr. Catherine Holland
Silent Movie (1976)
as Anne Bancroft
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Ursula
Keeping the Faith (2000)
as Ruth Schram
Home for the Holidays (1995)
as Adele Larson
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
as Bea Singer
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Lyn Lesley
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
as Paula
The Last Frontier (1955)
as Corinna Marston
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
as Edna Edison
7 Women (1965)
as Dr. D.R. Cartwright
Up at the Villa (2000)
as Princess San Ferdinando
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
as Self (archive)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
Actor
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)
as Contessa
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
as Ma Beckoff
Critical Care (1997)
as Nun
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self (uncredited)
The Sunchaser (1996)
as Dr. Renata Baumbauer
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
as Jo Armitage
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as Tianay
Lipstick (1976)
as Carla Bondi
Nightfall (1956)
as Marie Gardner
'night, Mother (1986)
as Thelma Cates
Delgo (2008)
as Sedessa (voice)
The Turning Point (1977)
as Emma
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Raid (1954)
as Katy Bishop
The Slender Thread (1965)
as Inga Dyson
The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
as Beth Dixon
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
as Self
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
as Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Young Winston (1972)
as Lady Jennie Churchill
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer (2017)
as Herself
An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984)
as Self
Deep in My Heart (1999)
as Gerry Cummins
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
as Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)
A Life in the Balance (1955)
as María Ibinia
The Naked Street (1955)
as Rosalie Regalzyk
Homecoming (1996)
as Abigail Tillerman
So Soon to Die (1957)
as Isobel Waring
Gorilla at Large (1954)
as Laverne Miller
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
as Marian Foley
New York Confidential (1955)
as Kathy Lupo
The Man Who Had Influence (1950)
as Maria Cassini
Mrs. Cage (1992)
as Mrs. Cage
Garbo Talks (1984)
as Estelle Rolfe
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1957)
as Julie Bickford
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984)
as Jo Armitage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)
as Meredith Perlestein
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970)
as Various
The Restless Breed (1957)
as Angelita
Mark Twain's America in 3D (1998)
as Narrator
Fatso (1980)
as Antoinette
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway Bound (1992)
as Kate Jerome
Haven (2001)
as Mama Gruber
The Mother (1994)
as Mrs. Fanning
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982)
as Self
Tonight We Sing (1953)
as Emma Hurok
In Search of Peace (2001)
as Golda Meir (voice)