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Anne Bancroft

Born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, Anne Bancroft was a versatile actress who won an Academy Award for portraying Helen Keller's teacher in The Miracle Worker, but is remembered by most as Mrs. Robinson, the sultry suburban housewife who seduced Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate

Aliases
  • Anne Marno
English
Filmography

'night, Mother

1986
as Thelma Cates

7 Women

1966
as Dr. D.R. Cartwright

84 Charing Cross Road

1987
as Helene Hanff

A Life in the Balance

1955
as María Ibinia

Agnes of God

1985
as Mother Miriam Ruth

America at the Movies

1976
as Annie Sullivan

Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man

1970
as Anne Bancroft

Antz

1998
as Queen (voice)

Arthur Penn, 1922-: Themes and Variants

1970
as Anne Bancroft

Becoming Mike Nichols

2016
as Anne Bancroft

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

1989
as Meredith Perlestein

Blazing Saddles

1974
as Churchgoer

Broadway Bound

1992
as Kate Jerome

Critical Care

1997
as Nun

Deep in My Heart

1999
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Eileen Cummings

Delgo

2008
as Sedessa (voice)

Demetrius and the Gladiators

1954
as Paula

Don't Bother to Knock

1952
as Lyn Lesley

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

1995
as Madame Ouspenskaya

Fatso

1980
as Antoinette

Freddie and Max

1990

G.I. Jane

1997
as Senator Lillian DeHaven

Garbo Talks

1984
as Estelle Rolfe

Gorilla at Large

1954
as Laverne Miller

Great Expectations

1998
as Ms. Nora Dinsmoor

Heartbreakers

2001
as Gloria Vogal

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018
as Mrs. Robinson (archive footage)

Home for the Holidays

1995
as Adele Larson

Homecoming

1996
as Abigail Tillerman

Honeymoon in Vegas

1992
as Bea Singer

How to Make an American Quilt

1995
as Glady Joe Cleary

Jesus of Nazareth

1977
as Mary Magdalene

Jesus of Nazareth

1977
as Mary Magdalene

Keeping the Faith

2000
as Ruth Schram

Lipstick

1976
as Carla Bondi

Love Potion No. 9

1992
as Madame Ruth

Malice

1993
as Mrs. Kennsinger

Marco Polo

1982
as Marco's mother

Mark Twain's America in 3D

1998
as Narrator

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013
as Herself

Mickey's 50

1978
as Anne Bancroft

Mr. Jones

1993
as Dr. Catherine Holland

Mrs. Cage

1992
as Mrs. Cage

New York Confidential

1955
as Kathy Lupo

Nightfall

1957
as Marie Gardner

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

1994
as Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)

Point of No Return

1993
as Amanda

Silent Movie

1976
as Herself

The Elephant Man

1980
as Mrs. Kendal

The Girl in Black Stockings

1957
as Beth Dixon

The Graduate

1967
as Mrs. Robinson

The Hindenburg

1975
as Ursula

The Kid from Left Field

1953
as Marian Foley

The Last Frontier

1955
as Corinna Marston

The Man Who Had Influence

1950
as Maria Cassini (as Anne Marno)

The Miracle Worker

1962
as Annie Sullivan

The Naked Street

1955
as Rosalie Regalzyk

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975
as Edna Edison

The Pumpkin Eater

1964
as Jo Armitage

The Raid

1954
as Katy Bishop

The Restless Breed

1957
as Angelita

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

2003
as Contessa

The Slender Thread

1965
as Inga Dyson

The Sunchaser

1996
as Dr. Renata Baumbauer

The Turning Point

1977
as Emma Jacklin

To Be or Not to Be

1983
as Anna Bronski

To Be or Not to Be: Brooks and Bancroft - A Perfect Pair

2009
as Anne Bancroft

Torch Song Trilogy

1988
as Ma Beckoff

Treasure of the Golden Condor

1953
as Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

2003
as Emma

Up at the Villa

2000
as Princess San Ferdinando

Waking Ned Devine

1999
as Villager of Tullymore

Walk the Proud Land

1956
as Tianay

Young Winston

1972
as Lady Jennie Churchill

Director

Movie Fatso 1980

Writer

Movie Fatso 1980

Guest Star

Episode The Jack Paar Program
1963-05-17 		1963
Episode The Jack Paar Program
1963-06-07 		1963
Episode What's My Line?
Anne Bancroft 		1964
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Episode In Darkness 		1957
Episode The Simpsons
Fear of Flying 		1994
Episode Playhouse 90
Invitation to a Gunfighter 		1957
Episode IMAX Ultimate Collection
Mark Twain's America 		1998
Episode Suspense
Night Break 		1951
Episode The Merv Griffin Show
Nov 1 1979 Mel Brooks/Carl Reiner/Anne Bancroft/Gene Wilder 		1979
Episode Curb Your Enthusiasm
Opening Night 		2004
Episode Playhouse 90
So Soon To Die 		1957
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The 58th Annual Academy Awards 		1986