10.0
10.0
Tonight We Sing
1953
as Emma Hurok
Anne Bancroft
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
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 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. Associated with the method acting technique, having studied under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Bancroft made her film debut in the noir thriller Don't Bother to Knock in 1952, and appeared in 14 other films over the following five years. In 1958, she made her Broadway debut with the play Two for the Seesaw, winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. The next year she portrayed Anne Sullivan in the original Broadway production of The Miracle Worker, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. After her continued success on stage, Bancroft's film career was revived when she was cast in the acclaimed film adaptation of The Miracle Worker (1962) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her film career progressed with Oscar nominated performances in The Pumpkin Eater (1964), The Graduate (1967), The Turning Point (1977), and Agnes of God (1985). Bancroft continued to act in the later half of her life, with prominent roles including Mary Magdalene in Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Garbo Talks (1984), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Torch Song Trilogy (1988), Home for the Holidays (1995), G.I. Jane (1997), Great Expectations (1998), and Up at the Villa (2000). She had received multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including for the television films Broadway Bound (1992), Deep in My Heart (1999), for which she won, and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003). She died in 2005, at the age of 73, as a result of uterine cancer.
Filmography (73 movies)
9.0
9.0
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer
TBA
as Herself
8.2
8.2
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Man Who Had Influence
1950
as Maria Cassini
8.0
8.0
The Elephant Man
1980
as Mrs Kendal
7.9
7.9
The Miracle Worker
1962
as Annie Sullivan
7.6
7.6
The Graduate
1967
as Mrs. Robinson
7.3
7.3
'night, Mother
1986
as Thelma Cates
7.3
7.3
Torch Song Trilogy
1988
as Ma Beckoff
7.2
7.2
The Kid from Left Field
1953
as Marian Foley
7.2
7.2
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Helene Hanff
7.1
7.1
The Slender Thread
1965
as Inga Dyson
6.9
6.9
Nightfall
1956
as Marie Gardner
6.8
6.8
Homecoming
1996
as Abigail Tillerman
6.8
6.8
Haven
2001
as Mama Gruber
6.7
6.7
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
as Edna Edison
6.7
6.7
To Be or Not to Be
1983
as Anna Bronski
6.6
6.6
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
as Jo Armitage
6.6
6.6
Great Expectations
1998
as Ms. Dinsmoor
6.6
6.6
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Lyn Lesley
6.5
6.5
The Raid
1954
as Katy Bishop
6.5
6.5
The Turning Point
1977
as Emma
6.5
6.5
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self
6.5
6.5
G.I. Jane
1997
as Senator Lillian DeHaven
6.5
6.5
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
as Paula
6.4
6.4
7 Women
1965
as Dr. D.R. Cartwright
6.4
6.4
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
as Self (archive footage)
6.4
6.4
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self (archive footage)
6.4
6.4
Critical Care
1997
as Nun
6.4
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Glady Joe Cleary
6.3
6.3
Broadway Bound
1992
as Kate Jerome
6.3
6.3
The Hindenburg
1975
as Ursula
6.3
6.3
Malice
1993
as Mrs. Kennsinger
6.2
6.2
Agnes of God
1985
as Mother Miriam Ruth
6.2
6.2
Home for the Holidays
1995
as Adele Larson
6.2
6.2
Point of No Return
1993
as Amanda
6.2
6.2
The Sunchaser
1996
as Dr. Renata Baumbauer
6.2
6.2
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
as Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo
6.2
6.2
Garbo Talks
1984
as Estelle Rolfe
6.2
6.2
Love Potion No. 9
1992
as Madame Ruth
6.2
6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
6.2
6.2
Young Winston
1972
as Lady Jennie Churchill
6.2
6.2
Antz
1998
as Queen (voice)
6.1
6.1
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003
as Contessa
6.1
6.1
Walk the Proud Land
1956
as Tianay
6.1
6.1
The Last Frontier
1955
as Corinna Marston
6.1
6.1
Heartbreakers
2001
as Gloria Vogal
6.1
6.1
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957
as Beth Dixon
6.1
6.1
The Naked Street
1955
as Rosalie Regalzyk
6.1
6.1
Keeping the Faith
2000
as Ruth Schram
6.1
6.1
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
as Madame Ouspenskaya
6.0
6.0
Mrs. Cage
1992
as Mrs. Cage
6.0
6.0
Deep in My Heart
1999
as Gerry Cummins
5.9
5.9
A Life in the Balance
1955
as María Ibinia
5.9
5.9
New York Confidential
1955
as Kathy Lupo
5.8
5.8
Mr. Jones
1993
as Dr. Catherine Holland
5.7
5.7
Fatso
1980
Director
5.6
5.6
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
as Bea Singer
5.6
5.6
Gorilla at Large
1954
as Laverne Miller
5.4
5.4
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
as Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)
5.2
5.2
Up at the Villa
2000
as Princess San Ferdinando
5.2
5.2
Lipstick
1976
as Carla Bondi
5.2
5.2
The Restless Breed
1957
as Angelita
4.5
4.5
Delgo
2008
as Sedessa (voice)
4.4
4.4
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989
as Meredith Perlestein
The Mother
1994
as Mrs. Fanning
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984
as Jo Armitage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self (archive)
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
1982
as Self
So Soon to Die
1957
as Isobel Waring
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957
as Julie Bickford
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
1970
as Various
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