Today is the 83rd birthday of Anne Bancroft. Her list of performances is impressively long and impressively impressive. Her performance in Great Expectations stole the movie. I watched it in the movie theater in Seattle and again in London. She was brilliant.
NAME: Anne Bancroft
OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
BIRTH DATE: September 17, 1931
DEATH DATE: June 6, 2005
EDUCATION: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Actors Studio, Christopher Columbus High School, Bronx, University of California, Los Angeles
PLACE OF BIRTH: The Bronx, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
ORIGINALLY: Anna Maria Louisa Italiano
BEST KNOWN FOR: Anne Bancroft was an Oscar Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress famous for her roles in The Miracle Worker and The Graduate. She was married to comedian and film director Mel Brooks.
Actress Anne Bancroft was born Anna…
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My she rest in eternal peace. I had the pleasure of her company a few evenings, one for dinner and the other for a romp in an amusement park. She was a huge talent and a down-to-earth lady.
Oh, how envious I am! She was always one of my favourite actresses. I believe I once saw Mel Brooks saying that she was the funniest one at home. To hear she was down-to-earth is what I always suspected.