Anne Bancroft

Also Credited As:

Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, Anne Marno
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Biography

While some actors were lucky enough to find one role for which they would always be remembered, actress Anne Bancroft was both blessed and cursed for her turn as the icily seductive Mrs. Robinson in Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" (1967). Bancroft's legendary career spanned some six decades and encompassed parts as varied as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the Broadway production of "Golda" (1977), as well as the sight-impaired teacher of …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Writer, Music, Choreographer

Born

September 17, 1931

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