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Anne Bancroft

Highest Rated: 100% Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Lowest Rated: 0% Walk the Proud Land (1956)

Birthday: Sep 17, 1931

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA

While some actors were lucky enough to find one role for which they would always be remembered, actress Anne Bancroft was both blessed and cursed for her turn as the icily seductive Mrs. Robinson in Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" (1967). Bancroft's legendary career spanned some six decades and encompassed parts as varied as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the Broadway production of "Golda" (1977), as well as the sight-impaired teacher of Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan, in "The Miracle Worker" (1962), the latter of which earned her both an Oscar and a Tony award. In fact, Bancroft was that rarest of performers who managed to earn her profession's Triple Crown, winning an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy. Bancroft undeniably fashioned an envious array of performances. Unlike many in showbiz, she also managed to find the love of her life in the form of comedy writer and director Mel Brooks, whom she married in 1964 and remained close to up until her death in 2005. Bancroft also turned in multi-nominated performances in "The Turning Point" (1977), "Agnes of God" (1985) and "Neil Simon's Broadway Bound" (ABC, 1992), all of which underscored an exemplary career unlikely to ever be duplicated again.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 76% Don't Bother to Knock Watchlist
100% 76% Nightfall
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96% 88% The Miracle Worker
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92% 93% The Elephant Man
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92% 52% Antz Watchlist 87% 90% The Graduate Watchlist
85% 81% 84 Charing Cross Road
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83% 68% Seven Women
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80% 85% 'Night, Mother
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79% 72% Silent Movie
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Filmography

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Delgo 12% 26% 2008 Sedessa Voice The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 59% 2003 Contessa Actor Haven 60% 2001 Mama Gruber Actor Heartbreakers 54% 51% 2001 Gloria Vogal/Barbara Actor Up at the Villa 45% 36% 2000 Princess San Ferdinando Actor Keeping the Faith 69% 59% 2000 Ruth Schram Actor Deep in My Heart 77% 1999 Geraldine 'Gerry" Eileen Cummins Actor Antz 92% 52% 1998 Queen Voice Mark Twain's America 71% 1998 Narrator Great Expectations 39% 58% 1998 Ms. Nora Dinsmoor Actor Critical Care 59% 30% 1997 Nun Actor G.I. Jane 53% 53% 1997 Sen. Lillian DeHaven Actor Homecoming 72% 1996 Abigail Tillerman Actor Sunchaser 17% 42% 1996 Dr. Renata Baumbauer Actor Family bonds 1996 Actor Dracula: Dead and Loving It 11% 49% 1995 Madame Ouspenskaya (Gypsy Woman) Actor How to Make an American Quilt 62% 63% 1995 Glady Joe Cleary Actor Home for the Holidays 64% 71% 1995 Adele Larson Actor Malice 55% 46% 1993 Mrs. Kennsinger Actor Mr. Jones 43% 50% 1993 Dr. Catherine Holland Actor Point of No Return 52% 50% 1993 Amanda Actor Honeymoon in Vegas 64% 36% 1992 Bea Singer Actor Love Potion No. 9 25% 43% 1992 Madame Ruth Actor Broadway Bound 1992 Kate Jerome Actor Mrs. Cage 1992 Mrs. Cage Actor
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