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Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft's biography

Anne Bancroft is 74 years old film actor born at The Bronx. She was born on Thursday 17th of September 1931. She is often nicknamed as AnnieObi-WanAnne St. RlaymondAnne Marno. According to year of birth 1931 she belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 17th of September means she is Virgo. Virgo is an earthy sign of Zodiac Belt. People born under this Rising Sign are practical in nature. They believe in reality and represents themselves as a strong person.

She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be film actor. You can know her also as voice actor, screenwriter, film director, character actor, stage actor. She is recently known as television actor.

Anne Bancroft's family

Anne Bancroft's ex spouse

Mel Brooks

Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks have been together since 1964 for 41 years. He is known as actor. Her ex spouse was born on Monday 28th of June 1926.

She has 1 son.

Anne Bancroft's son: Max Brooks

Anne Bancroft's son's name is Max Brooks. He is known as comedian. Her son was born on Monday 22nd of May 1972 in Manhattan.

Anne Bancroft's schools

We found 5 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: University of California, Los Angeles, Actors Studio, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Christopher Columbus High School, HB Studio.

Detailed informations about her schools

  • Attended Christopher Columbus High School in Bronx, New York where she graduated on an accelerated program.

Anne Bancroft's career

Her main focus is to be film actor. You could see her also in The Miracle Worker, The Pumpkin Eater, The Graduate, The Turning Point, 84 Charing Cross Road, Deep in My Heart and many more.

How did Anne Bancroft die

She died on on Monday 6th of June 2005 when he was 74 years old at New York City. Anne Bancrofts death was caused by uterine cancer. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Anne Bancroft's Awards

  • She received award for Academy Award for Best Actress for work The Miracle Worker in 1962
  • She received award for National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for work The Miracle Worker in 1962
  • She received award for Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for work The Pumpkin Eater in 1964
  • She received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for work The Pumpkin Eater in 1964
  • She received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for work The Graduate in 1967
  • She received award for National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for work The Turning Point in 1977
  • She received award for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for work 84 Charing Cross Road in 1988
  • She received award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for work Deep in My Heart in 1999

Anne Bancroft's Rankings

  • Her performance as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967) is ranked #47 on "Premiere" Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Anne Bancroft's Nominations

  • She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work The Pumpkin Eater in 1964
  • She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work The Miracle Worker in 1962
  • She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work The Graduate in 1967
  • She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for work The Graduate in 1967
  • She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for work The Pumpkin Eater in 1964
  • She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for work The Miracle Worker in 1962
  • She was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for work The Graduate in 1969
  • She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for work The Turning Point in 1977
  • She was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for work The Prisoner of Second Avenue in 1976
  • She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work The Turning Point in 1977
  • She was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for work Young Winston in 1973
  • She was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for work The Turning Point in 1979
  • She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for work To Be or Not to Be in 1983
  • She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for work Garbo Talks in 1984
  • She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Agnes of God in 1985
  • She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for work Agnes of God in 1985
  • She was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for work 'night, Mother in 1986
  • She was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for work 84 Charing Cross Road in 1988
  • She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for work American Playhouse in 1992
  • She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for work Broadway Bound in 1992
  • She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for work Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All in 1994
  • She was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for work How to Make an American Quilt in 1996
  • She was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for work Homecoming in 1997
  • She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for work Deep in My Heart in 1999
  • She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for work Haven in 2001
  • She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for work The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone in 2003
  • She was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for work The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone in 2004
  • She was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for work The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone in 2004
  • She was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress for work Bert Rigby, You're a Fool in 1990

What Anne Bancroft has done for a first time

  • Said that for many years after doing The Graduate (1967), young men would tell her that she was the first woman they had sexual fantasies about.
  • Her first role was as star of the kindergarten play as Mama Bear in "The Three Little Bears.".
  • Presented the Academy Award to Sidney Poitier when he became the first African-American to win the Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field (1963).
  • First husband Martin May was a lawyer from an oil-rich Texas family. Nine years Anne's senior, he died in 1982 at the age of 60.
  • Like fellow five-time nominees Audrey Hepburn and Jennifer Jones, won the Best Actress Oscar on her first nomination, but did not win again on subsequent acting nominations.

Anne Bancroft's quotes

  • I was at a point where I was ready to say, "I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?"
  • Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.
  • The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.
  • When [Mel Brooks] told his Jewish mother he was marrying an Italian girl, she said: "Bring her over. I'll be in the kitchen - with my head in the oven".
  • [on John Ford] Marvelous but loony, tearing out pages of the script everywhere.
  • [1962] When I arrived in town, the movie industry was looking for sexpot glamor girls. I didn't qualify. Nor was I ever offered a top-flight movie. But there isn't any bitterness on my part. I wasn't as good an actress then as I am now.
  • [on being married to Mel Brooks] When he comes home at night and I hear his key in the lock, I say to myself, "Oh good! The party's about to begin".
  • I can sit with anybody in a room for an hour, and by the time they leave, automatically I will know the way they talk and the way they move. That's my special art.
  • When I was in radio, I was Anna St. Raymond; when I was in television, I was Anne Marno; and then in movies I was Anne Bancroft -- if I ever go into burlesque, I've got one picked out: Ruby Pepper.
  • [on her days as a contract player at Fox] I was seduced by every script. I thought every picture was the best, and that I was Greta Garbo. It was the ability to accept these terrible lies that kept me going.
  • [about her first husband] That marriage lasted three years, but to tell you the truth, I knew at the end of three days. It was all wrong and it took me those three years to gather up the courage and stop trying and say no.

Anne Bancroft's body shape

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