Anne Bancroft
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1931-09-17
Deathday 2005-06-06 (73 years old)
Place of Birth Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known As アン・バンクロフト, Anna Maria Louisa Italiano
Anne Bancroft
Biography
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. She also had a recurring role on the television series Modern Family. Bancroft was married to director Mel Brooks from 1964 until her death in 2005. They had one son, Max Brooks.
Known For
Actor
as Herself
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self (archive)
as Sedessa (voice)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Contessa
as Golda Meir (voice)
as Gloria Vogal
as Mama Gruber
as Ruth Schram
as Princess San Ferdinando
as Anne Bancroft
as Gerry Cummins
as Queen (voice)
as Ms. Dinsmoor
as Self
as Nun
as Senator Lillian DeHaven
as Dr. Renata Baumbauer
as Self (archive footage)
as Abigail Tillerman
as Madame Ouspenskaya
as Adele Larson
as Glady Joe Cleary
as Mrs. Fanning
as Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)
as Old Lucy Marsden
as Dr. Catherine Holland
as Mrs. Kennsinger
as Amanda
as Madame Ruth
as Bea Singer
as Mrs. Cage
as Kate Jerome
as Mrs. Fanning
as Max Chandler
as Meredith Perlestein
as Dr. Zweig (voice)
as Ma Beckoff
as Helene Hanff
as Thelma Cates
as Mother Miriam Ruth
as Estelle Rolfe
as Self
as Jo Armitage (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Anna Bronski
as Madre di Marco
as Mrs Kendal
as Antoinette
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Emma
as Mary Magdalene
as Mary Magdalene
as Self
as Carla Bondi
as Ursula
as Edna Edison
as Lady Jennie Churchill
as Mrs. Fanning
as Various
as Mrs. Robinson
as Virginia
as Inga Dyson
as Dr. D.R. Cartwright
as Jo Armitage
as Annie Sullivan
as Beth Dixon
as Angelita
as Self
as Marie Gardner
as Tianay
as Isabelle Rutledge
as Self - Presenter
as Corinna Marston
as Rosalie Regalzyk
as María Ibinia
as Kathy Lupo
as Katy Bishop
as Paula
as Laverne Miller
as Audrey
as Elena Vallejo
as Marian Foley
as Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo
as Emma Hurok
as Self
as Lyn Lesley
as Maria Cassini
as Leah
as Ann Sommers
as Kendal Browning
as Cathy
as Lolita
as Sally
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Maria Cassini
as Lisa Berzins
as Czechoslovakian Girl
Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director