Anne Bancroft
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.
99 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 99
The Simpsons
1989
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Great Performances
1971
Tony Awards
1956
Climax!
1954
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Studio One
1948
What's My Line?
1950
The Oscars
1953
An Audience with...
1978
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Performance
1991
Suspense
1949
ABC Stage 67
1966
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Legends
2006
Marco Polo
1982
The Graduate
1967
Antz
1998
The Elephant Man
1980
Heartbreakers
2001
G.I. Jane
1997
Great Expectations
1998
Flick Flack
1974
Malice
1993
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
Point of No Return
1993
The Miracle Worker
1962
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
Home for the Holidays
1995
Mr. Jones
1993
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
The Sunchaser
1996
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
Love Potion No. 9
1992
Keeping the Faith
2000
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Silent Movie
1976
The Hindenburg
1975
The Turning Point
1977
Fatso
1980
Homecoming
1996
Agnes of God
1985
Critical Care
1997
7 Women
1965
Freddie and Max
1990
Delgo
2008
To Be or Not to Be
1983
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003
Haven
2001
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
'night, Mother
1986
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
Mickey's 50
1978
The Last Frontier
1955
Lipstick
1976
Nightfall
1956
Young Winston
1972
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
The Slender Thread
1965
The Naked Street
1955
The Restless Breed
1957
Torch Song Trilogy
1988
Gorilla at Large
1954
Up at the Villa
2000
Walk the Proud Land
1956
In Search of Peace
2001
The Mother
1994
New York Confidential
1955
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
The Raid
1954
Deep in My Heart
1999
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
A Life in the Balance
1955
Garbo Talks
1984
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
1970
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer
2017
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
The Kid from Left Field
1953
Mrs. Cage
1992
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
1982
Broadway Bound
1992
So Soon to Die
1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957
The Man Who Had Influence
1950
Tonight We Sing
1953
Mark Twain's America in 3D
1998