
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