Anne Bancroft
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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Anne Bancroft
Filmography
Movies
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12% |
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Delgo | Sedessa (Voice) | $511.9K | 2008 |
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Contessa (Character) | - | 2003 |
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Haven | Mama Gruber (Character) | - | 2001 |
54% |
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Heartbreakers |
Gloria Vogal/ |
$40.3M | 2001 |
45% |
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Up at the Villa | Princess San Ferdinando (Character) | $2.9M | 2000 |
69% |
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Keeping the Faith | Ruth Schram (Character) | $37.0M | 2000 |
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Deep in My Heart | Geraldine 'Gerry" Eileen Cummins (Character) | - | 1999 |
92% |
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Antz | Queen (Voice) | $90.7M | 1998 |
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Mark Twain's America | Narrator | $2.3M | 1998 |
39% |
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Great Expectations | Ms. Nora Dinsmoor (Character) | $26.3M | 1998 |
59% |
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Critical Care | Nun (Character) | $169.4K | 1997 |
53% |
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G.I. Jane | Sen. Lillian DeHaven (Character) | $48.2M | 1997 |
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Homecoming | Abigail Tillerman (Character) | - | 1996 |
17% |
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Sunchaser | Dr. Renata Baumbauer (Character) | $23.1K | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family bonds | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
11% |
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Madame Ouspenskaya (Gypsy Woman) (Character) | $9.9M | 1995 |
62% |
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How to Make an American Quilt | Glady Joe Cleary (Character) | $23.6M | 1995 |
64% |
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Home for the Holidays | Adele Larson (Character) | $17.0M | 1995 |
55% |
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Malice | Mrs. Kennsinger (Character) | $46.0M | 1993 |
43% |
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Mr. Jones | Dr. Catherine Holland (Character) | $8.0M | 1993 |
52% |
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Point of No Return | Amanda (Character) | $27.5M | 1993 |
64% |
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Honeymoon in Vegas | Bea Singer (Character) | $33.5M | 1992 |
25% |
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Love Potion No. 9 | Madame Ruth (Character) | $710.3K | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broadway Bound | Kate Jerome (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mrs. Cage | Mrs. Cage (Character) | - | 1992 |
40% |
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Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | Meredith Perlestein (Character) | $40.5K | 1989 |
76% |
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Torch Song Trilogy | Ma Beckoff (Character) | $4.9M | 1988 |
85% |
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84 Charing Cross Road | Helene Hanff (Character) | $572.7K | 1987 |
80% |
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'Night, Mother | Thelma Cates (Character) | $384.0K | 1986 |
44% |
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Agnes of God | Mother Miriam Ruth (Character) | $25.6M | 1985 |
57% |
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Garbo Talks | Estelle Rolfe (Character) | - | 1984 |
55% |
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To Be or Not to Be | Anna Bronski (Character) | - | 1983 |
29% |
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Fatso |
Antoinette (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1980 |
92% |
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The Elephant Man | Mrs. Kendal (Character) | - | 1980 |
63% |
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The Turning Point | Emma (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesus of Nazareth | Mary Magdalene (Character) | - | 1977 |
79% |
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Silent Movie | Self | - | 1976 |
18% |
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Lipstick | Carli Bondi (Character) | - | 1976 |
31% |
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The Hindenburg | The Countess (Character) | - | 1975 |
44% |
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Edna Edison (Character) | - | 1975 |
55% |
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Young Winston | Lady Jennie Churchill (Character) | - | 1972 |
87% |
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The Graduate | Mrs. Robinson (Character) | $285.8K | 1967 |
83% |
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Seven Women | Dr. D.R. Cartwright (Character) | - | 1966 |
71% |
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The Slender Thread | Inga Dyson (Character) | - | 1965 |
69% |
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The Pumpkin Eater | Jo Armitage (Character) | - | 1964 |
96% |
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The Miracle Worker | Annie Sullivan (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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The Girl in Black Stockings | Beth Dixon (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Breed | Angelita (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | So Soon to Die | Isobel Waring (Character) | - | 1957 |
100% |
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Nightfall | Marie Gardner (Character) | - | 1956 |
0% |
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Walk the Proud Land | Tianay (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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A Life in the Balance | María Ibinia (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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New York Confidential | Katherine (Kathy) Lupo (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Savage Wilderness | Corinna Marston (Character) | - | 1955 |
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The Naked Street | Rosalie Regalzyk (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Gorilla at Large | Laverne Miller (Character) | - | 1954 |
75% |
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Demetrius and the Gladiators | Paula (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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The Raid | Katie Bishop (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tonight We Sing | Emma Hurok (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treasure of the Golden Condor | Marie (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kid From Left Field | Marian Foley (Character) | - | 1953 |
100% |
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Don't Bother to Knock | Lyn Lesley (Character) | - | 1952 |
TV
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92% | 90% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Herself (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Living Edens | Narrator | 2000 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Dr. Zweig (Guest Voice) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Unknown (Character) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1962-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Giselle (Character) | 1956-1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lights Out | Unknown (Character) | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jesus of Nazareth | Mary Magdalene (Character) |