Anne Bancroft

1931-2005

Biography: life and films

Anne Bancroft was an American actress whose birth name was Anna Maria Louise Italiano. She was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA on 17th September 1931 and died in New York City, New York, USA on 6th June 2005, aged 73.

Her best films as an actor include Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker (1962), Jack Clayton's The Pumpkin Eater (1964), Mike Nichols's The Graduate (1967), David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980) and David Hugh Jones's 84 Charing Cross Road (1987).

Anne Bancroft appeared in 52 films, scripted 1 film and directed 1 film.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Sidney Lumet (2 films), Harmon Jones (2) and Delmer Daves (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), romance (11), comedy-romance (10), comedy-drama (9), comedy (9), Thriller (9), Biography (4), history (3), crime-thriller (3), Western (3), War (3), Documentary (2) and Animation (2).

Our average rating for Anne Bancroft over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer; d = director

Don't Bother to Knock (1952) [a]

The Kid from Left Field (1953) [a]

Tonight We Sing (1953) [a]

Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953) [a]

Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) [a]

Gorilla at Large (1954) [a]

The Raid (1954) [a]

A Life in the Balance (1955) [a]

New York Confidential (1955) [a]

The Last Frontier (1955) [a]

The Naked Street (1955) [a]

Walk the Proud Land (1956) [a]

Nightfall (1957) [a]

The Girl in Black Stockings (1957) [a]

The Restless Breed (1957) [a]

The Miracle Worker (1962) [a]

The Pumpkin Eater (1964) [a]

The Slender Thread (1965) [a]

7 Women (1966) [a]

The Graduate (1967) [a]

Young Winston (1972) [a]

The Hindenburg (1975) [a]

The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) [a]

America at the Movies (1976) [a]

The Turning Point (1977) [a]

Fatso (1980) [a,d,w]

The Elephant Man (1980) [a]

To Be or Not to Be (1983) [a]

Garbo Talks (1984) [a]

Agnes of God (1985) [a]

'night, Mother (1986) [a]

84 Charing Cross Road (1987) [a]

Torch Song Trilogy (1988) [a]

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) [a]

Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) [a]

Love Potion No. 9 (1992) [a]

Malice (1993) [a]

Mr. Jones (1993) [a]

Point of No Return (1993) [a]

Home for the Holidays (1995) [a]

How to Make an American Quilt (1995) [a]

The Sunchaser (1996) [a]

Critical Care (1997) [a]

G.I. Jane (1997) [a]

Antz (1998) [a]

Great Expectations (1998) [a]

Mark Twain's America in 3D (1998) [a]

Waking Ned (1998) [a]

Keeping the Faith (2000) [a]

Up at the Villa (2000) [a]

Heartbreakers (2001) [a]

Delgo (2008) [a]



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