Anne Bancroft
Died
June 6, 2005
of uterine cancer in Mount Sinai Hospital, NY
Anne Bancroft was a versatile, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for portraying Helen Keller's teacher in "The Miracle Worker" but will forever be remembered as the coldly seductive Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate." An actress of uncommon versatility, Bancroft collected one Oscar, two Tonys, two Golden Globes, an Emmy and in 1996 a lifetime achievement comedy award in a career spanning more than half a century. After studying at New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1948, then credited as Anne Marno, she began acting in live television in 1950 on such programs as the drama anthology "Studio One." Signed to a contract by 20th Century Fox, she moved to Hollywood in 1952 and chose her stage name — Bancroft, because it sounded dignified — from a list handed to her by studio head Darryl F. Zanuck. In 1964, she married comedian Mel Brooks, and they remained together until her death. She earned an Emmy in 1970 for her special "Annie — The Woman in the Life of Men" and starred in some memorable television plays, including "Mrs. Cage" and Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," both in 1992, and "The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All" in 1994.
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Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Work | |
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| 1962 | Best Actress | The Miracle Worker | Win |
| 1964 | Best Actress | The Pumpkin Eater | Nomination |
| 1967 | Best Actress | The Graduate | Nomination |
| 1977 | Best Actress | The Turning Point | Nomination |
| 1985 | Best Actress | Agnes of God | Nomination |
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I was lucky to look very much like Ms. Bancroft throughout most of my adult life. I worked in the Unclaimed Property Division for the State of California back in 1979 and when I answered one of my calls, it was Mel Brooks...my heart started pounding so hard, I thought I was going to pass out. I took care of business, then blurted out "I've been told I look like your wife". He said, "Did you hear that?" and all of a sudden I hear Anne Bancroft say, "I did." After that, I don't remember anything, even hanging up the phone! LOL I got a lot of celebrities calling in but that was, by far, my favorite.
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