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Anne Bancroft

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Anne Bancroft was an American actress associated with the method school of acting. Bancroft made her cinema debut in the 1952 film Don’t Bother to Knock (1952). In the fifties she made a lot of movies as a supporting actress until her big break in The Miracle Worker (1962), directed by Arthur Penn, for which Bancroft won an Academy Award. Despite her powerful roles in the 1950s, her roles in the 1960s are what Bancroft is most remembered for. During the 1960s, her major film roles were in The Pumpkin Eater, 7 Women, and what is unquestionably Bancroft’s best-known role as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate.

In addition to her well known film career, Bancroft was also a Broadway star. In 1958, Bancroft appeared opposite Henry Fonda in the Broadway production of Two for the Seesaw, for which she won a Tony Award, and another in 1962 for the Broadway version of The Miracle Worker. Bancroft is one of the very distinct few to have won an Academy Award and Tony Award for the same role (Annie Sullivan in the Broadway version and film version of The Miracle Worker_).

• Born: Anna Maria Louisa Italiano September 17, 1931 The Bronx, New York, U.S.
• Died: June 6, 2005 (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S.
• Cause of death: Uterine cancer
• Occupation: Actress
• Years active: 1951–2005
• Spouse: Martin May (m. 1953–1957) «start: (1953)–end+1: (1958)»“Marriage: Martin May to Anne Bancroft” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bancroft) (divorced) Mel Brooks (m. 1964–2005) «start: (1964)–end+1: (2006)»“Marriage: Mel Brooks to Anne Bancroft” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bancroft) (her death)
• Children: Max Brooks (born 1972)
• Parents: Michael Italiano (1905-2001) Mildred DiNapoli (1907-2010)

Read more about Anne Bancroft at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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