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Mahoganyanais
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Post Number: 549
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:56 am: | 
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Anne Bancroft, dead at 73 of uterine cancer
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Kola
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Post Number: 1349
Registered: 02-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 12:28 pm: |
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I loved Anne Bancroft, she was wonderful.
Anne's OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
Actress In A Leading Role
Agnes Of God 1985
The Graduate 1967
The Miracle Worker 1962
The Pumpkin Eater 1964
The Turning Point 1977
IN 1962, ANNE WON THE OSCAR FOR
BEST ACTRESS
BUT
JOAN CRAWFORD accepted FOR HER.
SHE WAS A GREAT, GREAT LADY:
September 17, 1931 - June 6, 2005
Anne Bancroft didn't quite fall into the category of a "classic" actress. She didn't break into films until 1952. She was still a very young 73 years old when she passed away on June 6, 2005.
But she also appeared on screen with Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Cornel Wilde, Susan Hayward, and Victor Mature. She was nominated five times for Best Actress. Even in the dumbest films, she could almost always be counted upon to turn in a sparkling performance.
Born as Anna Maria Italiano in the Bronx in 1931, Anne first appeared on screen in Don't Bother to Knock (1952), with Marilyn Monroe and Richard Widmark. After a few years during which she wasn't getting the kinds of roles she wanted, she returned to New York and the stage, finding success (and a Tony award) opposite Henry Fonda in Two For the Seesaw (1958). The following year she appeared in the stage version of The Miracle Worker, and eventually returned to Hollywood in 1962, starring with Patty Duke in the film adaptation of the play, and winning a Best Actress Oscar with her first nomination.
She was on a roll throughout the sixties, including a second Best Actress Oscar nomination for The Pumpkin Eater (1964), a role in John Ford's last film, 7 Women (1966), and finally her famous role as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967), resulting in another Oscar nomination and a lifetime association with the part. In retrospect, some reviewers now look back on her role as the high point of what is now a somewhat dated film, a relic of its times.
Since then Bancroft (married to the great comedy director Mel Brooks since 1964) was successful in both comedy and drama, bringing humor and strength to a variety of mature roles (though often cast as the mother). She has worked with Mel on several occasions.
She tried her hand at directing in 1979, but Fatso, starring Dom DeLuise, was not a success. She received her fourth and fifth Oscar nominations for The Turning Point (1977), with Shirley MacLaine, and Agnes of God (1985), with Jane Fonda. She appeared in a number of TV-movies, most notably Deep in My Heart (1999), for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Emmy. Recently she lent her talents to several pleasant but otherwise forgettable films such as Great Expectations (1998), Keeping the Faith (2000), and Heartbreakers (2001).
She died of cancer in New York at the age of 73. She was a classy lady and will be greatly missed.
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Abm
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Post Number: 3255
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 02:44 pm: |
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I loved Bancroft too. She had a certain 'realness' about her that's SELDOM comes from Hollywood these days.
And that pillow talk between her and Mel mostah be a hoot!
GODSPEED, Anne!  |
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