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{{Short description|American actress (1931–2005)}}
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| caption            = Studio publicity photograph, {{c.|1952}}
| birth_name         = Anna Maria Louisa Italiano
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| resting_place      = [[Kensico Cemetery]]
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| occupation         = Actress
| years active       = 1951–2005
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| children           = [[Max Brooks]]
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'''Anne Bancroft''' (born '''Anna Maria Louisa Italiano'''; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005)<ref name=telegraph2>{{cite web|title=Anne Bancroft|date=June 9, 2005|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1491629/Anne-Bancroft.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1491629/Anne-Bancroft.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=June 15, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], three [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]], two [[Golden Globe Awards]], two [[Tony Awards]], two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], and a [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Cannes Film Festival Award]].<ref name="Magill1987">{{cite book|author=Frank Northen Magill|title=Magill's Cinema Annual: 1987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FLtcLu_8Tn8C|access-date=December 3, 2011|date=October 1, 1987|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-89356-406-3|quote=...Anne Bancroft, one of the world's most respected and versatile actresses...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |editor1-last=Willis |editor1-first=John A. |editor1-link=John A. Willis |editor2=Barry Monush |year=2005 |title=Screen World 2004 |url=https://archive.org/details/screenworldvolum00barr |volume=55 |location=New York |publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/screenworldvolum00barr/page/n7/mode/2up 7] |isbn=9781557836397 |oclc=56656049 |quote=An impassioned, clever, and gifted actress who has been equally brilliant in both drama and comedy, emerging as one of the most enduring and respected performers of her generation.}}</ref> She is one of 24 thespians to achieve the [[Triple Crown of Acting]].

Associated with the [[method acting]] technique, having studied under [[Lee Strasberg]] at the [[Actors Studio]], Bancroft made her film debut in the noir thriller ''[[Don't Bother to Knock]]'' in 1952, and appeared in 14 other films over the following five years. In 1958, she made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut with the play ''[[Two for the Seesaw (play)|Two for the Seesaw]]'', winning the [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play]]. The next year she portrayed [[Anne Sullivan]] in the original Broadway production of ''[[The Miracle Worker (play)|The Miracle Worker]]'', winning the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]]. After her continued success on stage, Bancroft's film career was revived when she was cast in the acclaimed film adaptation of ''[[The Miracle Worker (1962 film)|The Miracle Worker]]'' (1962) for which she won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. Her film career progressed with Oscar nominated performances in ''[[The Pumpkin Eater]]'' (1964), ''[[The Graduate]]'' (1967), ''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]'' (1977), and ''[[Agnes of God (film)|Agnes of God]]'' (1985).

Bancroft continued to act in the later half of her life, with prominent roles including Mary Magdalene in Franco Zeffirelli's ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (TV series)|Jesus of Nazareth]]'' (1977), ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'' (1980), ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]'' (1983), ''[[Garbo Talks]]'' (1984), ''[[84 Charing Cross Road (film)|84 Charing Cross Road]]'' (1987), ''[[Torch_Song_Trilogy_(film)|Torch Song Trilogy]]'' (1988), ''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]'' (1995), ''[[G.I. Jane]]'' (1997), ''[[Great Expectations (1998 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1998), and ''[[Up at the Villa (film)|Up at the Villa]]'' (2000). She had received multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including for the television films ''[[Broadway Bound (film)|Broadway Bound]]'' (1992), ''[[Deep in My Heart (1999 film)|Deep in My Heart]]'' (1999), for which she won, and ''[[The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003 film)|The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone]]'' (2003). She died in 2005, at the age of 73, as a result of [[uterine cancer]]. She was married to director, actor, and writer [[Mel Brooks]], with whom she had a son, author [[Max Brooks]].

==Early life and education ==
Bancroft was born Anna Maria Luisa Italiano on September 17, 1931 in [[the Bronx|the Bronx, New York]], the middle of three daughters of Mildred Carmela ({{née|Di Napoli}}; 1907–2010), a telephone operator, and Michael Gregory Italiano (1905–2001), a dress pattern maker.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/13/classified/paid-notice-deaths-italiano-michael-g.html|title=Paid Notice: Deaths Italiano, Michael G.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 13, 2001|access-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref> Her parents were [[Italian Americans|children of Italian immigrants]] from [[Muro Lucano]], Basilicata.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberaeva.com/intervisteimpossibili/AnneBancroft.htm|title= Anne Bancroft: God bless you, Mrs. Robinson |publisher=liberaeva.com|language = it|access-date=February 16, 2015}}</ref> She grew up [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A650594|title=Mel Brooks – Director, Actor, Writer and Producer|publisher=BBC|work=[[h2g2]]|access-date=September 19, 2010}}</ref>

Bancroft was raised in [[Little Italy, Bronx|Little Italy]], in the [[Belmont, Bronx|Belmont]] neighborhood of the Bronx, attended P.S. 12, later moving to 1580 Zerega Ave. and graduating from [[Christopher Columbus High School (Bronx)|Christopher Columbus High School]] in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bronxlittleitaly.com/about-our-neighborhood/|access-date=April 10, 2016|title=About Our Neighborhood: the Bronx Little Italy |date=February 24, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="Peter-Shelley">{{cite book |last1=Shelley |first1=Peter |title=Anne Bancroft: The Life and Work |date=July 21, 2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476628585 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=96gsDwAAQBAJ&q=12&pg=PA3}}</ref> She then attended [[HB Studio]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/|title=HB Studio – Notable Alumni &#124; One of the Original Acting Studios in NYC}}</ref> the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]],<ref name="Peter-Shelley"/> the [[Actors Studio]] and the [[American Film Institute]]'s Directing Workshop for Women at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. After appearing in a number of live television dramas, including ''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]''<ref name="Peter-Shelley"/> and ''[[The Goldbergs (broadcast series)|The Goldbergs]]''<ref name="Peter-Shelley"/> under the name Anne Marno, later, at [[Darryl Zanuck]]'s insistence,<ref name="Peter-Shelley"/> she chose the less foreign-sounding surname of Bancroft "because it sounded dignified".<ref name=today>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/anne-bancroft-dies-age-73-wbna8134397|title=Anne Bancroft dies at age 73|website=today.com|date=June 7, 2005}}</ref>

==Career==

=== 1952–1962: Initial work and breakthrough ===
Bancroft made her screen debut with a major role in the 1952 [[Marilyn Monroe]]-led psychological thriller ''[[Don't Bother to Knock]]''. She appeared in 14 films over the next five years, including ''[[Treasure of the Golden Condor]]'' (1953), ''[[Gorilla at Large]]'' (1954), ''[[Demetrius and the Gladiators]]'' (1954), ''[[New York Confidential (film)|New York Confidential]]'' (1955) and ''[[Walk the Proud Land]]'' (1956). 

After three weeks of location work on ''[[The Last Hunt]] '' (1955), a horse got out of control causing Bancroft to land hard on the horn of her [[western saddle|saddle]]. Due to hospitalization she was replaced as the Native American girl by [[Debra Paget]]; although some of her long distance shots were retained in finished film.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Moreno Quits Natives; Paget Now in 'Last Hunt'; Clift Eyed for Tolstoy|author=Schallert, Edwin|date=Aug 20, 1955|work=Los Angeles Times|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=DEVIL'S DISCIPLE' PLANNED AS FILM: Hecht-Lancaster Arranging With Pascal Estate to Do Shaw's Great Comedy|author=[[Thomas M. Pryor]]|date=Aug 20, 1955|work=New York Times|page=20}}</ref>

In 1957, Bancroft was directed by [[Jacques Tourneur]] in a [[David Goodis]] adaptation, ''[[Nightfall (1957 film)|Nightfall]].'' In 1958, she made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut as lovelorn, Bronx-accented Gittel Mosca opposite [[Henry Fonda]] (as the married man Gittel loves) in [[William Gibson (playwright)|William Gibson]]'s two-character play ''[[Two for the Seesaw (play)|Two for the Seesaw]]'', directed by [[Arthur Penn]].<ref name="today" /><ref name="seesaw">[http://www.playbill.com/production/two-for-the-seesaw-booth-theatre-vault-0000001730 ''Two for the Seesaw''] Playbill, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> For the role, she won the [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play]].<ref name="seesaw" /> 
[[File:Anne Bancroft Patty Duke Miracle Worker 1 1960.jpg|thumb|right|Bancroft (left) with [[Patty Duke]] in the stage production of ''[[The Miracle Worker]]'', 1960]]
Bancroft won the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]] in 1960, again with playwright Gibson and director Penn, when she played [[Anne Sullivan|Annie Sullivan]], the young woman who teaches the child [[Helen Keller]] to communicate in ''[[The Miracle Worker (play)|The Miracle Worker]]''.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/the-miracle-worker-playhouse-theatre-vault-0000009347 " 'The Miracle Worker' Broadway"] Playbill, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> She reprised her role in the [[The Miracle Worker (1962 film)|1962 film]] and won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]], with [[Patty Duke]] repeating her own success as Keller alongside Bancroft.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120617144948/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19300/The-Miracle-Worker/ " 'The Miracle Worker' Film"] tcm.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> As Bancroft had returned to Broadway to star in ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]'', [[Joan Crawford]] accepted the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] on her behalf and later presented the award to her in New York.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120617144948/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19300/The-Miracle-Worker/#articles-reviews " 'The Miracle Worker' Article"] tcm.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref>

=== 1963–1985: Success, decline and comeback ===
Bancroft co-starred as a medieval nun obsessed with a priest ([[Jason Robards]]) in the 1965 Broadway production of [[John Whiting]]'s play ''[[The Devils (play)|The Devils]]''. Produced by [[Alexander H. Cohen]] and directed by [[Michael Cacoyannis]], it ran for 63 performances.<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3265 "The Devils" profile], IBDb.com; accessed September 29, 2014.</ref>

{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|bgcolor = Cornsilk|quote=Annie's a very gutsy girl. I swear I wouldn't hesitate to put her in at shortstop for the New York Yankees.|source=[[Arthur Penn]]<br />director of ''The Miracle Worker''<ref name=Rausch>Rausch, Andrew J. ''Hollywood's All-Time Greatest Stars'', Citadel Press (2003) p. 10</ref>}}

Bancroft received a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''[[The Pumpkin Eater]]'' (1964).<ref name=bio>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212621/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/202412%7C0/Anne-Bancroft.html "Anne Bancroft Biography"] tcm.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> Bancroft achieved stardom when she played the starring role as Mrs. Robinson in the romantic comedy-drama ''[[The Graduate]]'' (1967).<ref name="grad">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110720162913/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18530/The-Graduate/ ''The Graduate''] tcm.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> In the film, she played an unhappily married woman who seduces the son of her husband's business partner, the much younger recent college graduate played by [[Dustin Hoffman]].<ref name="bio" /> In the film, Hoffman's character later dates and falls in love with her daughter.<ref name="grad" /> Bancroft was ambivalent about her appearance in ''The Graduate''; she said in several interviews that the role overshadowed her other work. Despite her character becoming an archetype of the "older woman" role, Bancroft was only 36 years old at the time—just eight years older than her onscreen daughter [[Katharine Ross]] and six years older than Hoffman. The film, and her performance, received widespread critical acclaim, earning her a third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. A [[CBS]] television special, ''Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man'' (1970), won Bancroft an [[Emmy Award]] for her singing and acting.<ref>{{cite web | last=Oliver | first=Myrna | title=From the Archives: Anne Bancroft, Versatile, but Forever 'Mrs. Robinson' | website=Los Angeles Times | date=June 8, 2005 | url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-anne-bancroft-20050608--20160602-snap-story.html | access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Anne Bancroft Chrysler Theatre 1964.jpg|thumb|Bancroft in the television show ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'', 1964]]

Bancroft is one of ten actors to have won both an Academy Award and a Tony Award for the same role (as Annie Sullivan in ''The Miracle Worker''),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/facts/|title=Tony Facts and Trivia|website=TonyAwards.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704091953/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/facts/|archive-date=July 4, 2015|access-date=February 20, 2018}}</ref> and one of very few entertainers to win an [[List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards|Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony award]]. This rare achievement is also known as the [[Triple Crown of Acting]]. She followed that success with a second television special, ''Annie and the Hoods'' (1974), which was telecast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and featured her husband [[Mel Brooks]] as a guest star.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212500/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/459646/Annie-and-the-Hoods/ ''Annie and The Hoods''] tcm.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> She made an uncredited cameo in the film ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' (1974), directed by Brooks. She made a career comeback with the ballet drama ''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]'' (1977), followed by the neo-noir mystery film ''[[Agnes of God (film)|Agnes of God]]'' (1985), which earned her two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201022035710/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/94074/the-turning-point ''The Turning Point''] tcm.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121024164938/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66917/Agnes-Of-God/ ''Agnes of God''] tcm.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> 

Bancroft made her debut as a screenwriter and director in ''[[Fatso (1980 film)|Fatso]]'' (1980), in which she starred with [[Dom DeLuise]].<ref>[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/56408?cxt=filmography " ''Fatso'' History"] afi.com, retrieved February 21, 2018</ref>

Bancroft was the original choice to play [[Joan Crawford]] in the film ''[[Mommie Dearest]]'' (1981), but backed out and was replaced by [[Faye Dunaway]].<ref>Fristoe, Roger. [https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/95307 ''Mommie Dearest''] tcm.com, retrieved February 21, 2018</ref><ref>[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/68145 " ''Mommie Dearest'' History"] afi.com, retrieved February 21, 2018</ref> She was also a front-runner for the role of Aurora Greenway in ''[[Terms of Endearment]]'' (1983), but declined so that she could act in the remake of ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]'' (1983) with Brooks.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NtQldfmjUgC&q=anne%20bancroft%20terms%20of%20endearment&pg=PA11|last=Rausch|first=Andrew J.|title=Hollywood's All-Time Greatest Stars: A Quiz Book|year=2003|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=9780806524696}}</ref> In 1988, she played [[Harvey Fierstein]]'s mother in the film version of his play ''[[Torch Song Trilogy]]''.

=== 1986–2005: Final film and television roles ===
During the 1990s and early 2000s, Bancroft took supporting roles in a number of films in which she co-starred with major film stars, including ''[[Honeymoon in Vegas]]'' (1992), ''[[Love Potion No. 9 (film)|Love Potion No. 9]]'' (1992), ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]'' (1993), ''[[Point of No Return (1993 film)|Point of No Return]]'' (1993), ''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]'' (1995), ''[[How to Make an American Quilt]]'' (1995), ''[[G.I. Jane]]'' (1997), ''[[Great Expectations (1998 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1998), ''[[Keeping the Faith]]'' (2000), ''[[Up at the Villa]]'' (2000) and ''[[Heartbreakers (2001 film)|Heartbreakers]]'' (2001). She lent her voice to the animated film ''[[Antz]]'' (1998).<ref name="Filmography">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724013520/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/9111%7C13791/Anne-Bancroft/#filmography "Filmography"]. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 26 August 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anne-bancroft-p80576/filmography "Filmography"] allmovie.com, retrieved February 22, 2018</ref>

Bancroft also starred in several television movies and miniseries, receiving six [[Emmy Award]] nominations (winning once for herself and shared for ''Annie, The Women in the Life of a Man''),<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/shows/annie-women-life-man ''Annie, The Women in the Life of a Man''] emmys.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.emmys.com/bios/anne-bancroft "Bancroft Emmy"] emmys.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> eight [[Golden Globe]] nominations (winning twice)<ref>[https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/anne-bancroft "Bancroft Golden Globes"] goldenglobes.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> and two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]. Her last appearance was as herself in a 2004 episode of [[HBO]]'s ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''.<ref name="curb">[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm/s04/e10 " 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', Season 4, Episode 10"] rottentomatoes.com, retrieved February 20, 2018</ref> She was cast in ''[[Spanglish (film)|Spanglish]]'' (2004) later in the year, but had to bow out due to a medical emergency.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/08/10/spanglish/|title = Spanglish|magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=August 10, 2004}}</ref> Her last project was the animated feature film ''[[Delgo (film)|Delgo]]'', released posthumously in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title=Delgo marks Bancroft's last performance | website=UPI | date=November 24, 2008 | url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2008/11/24/Delgo-marks-Bancrofts-last-performance/20981227552012/ | access-date=December 22, 2024}}</ref> The film was dedicated to her.

Bancroft received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6368 [[Hollywood Boulevard]] for her work in television.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/anne-bancroft|title=Anne Bancroft – Hollywood Star Walk |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> At the time of her star's installation in 1960,<ref>[http://www.walkoffame.com/anne-bancroft "Anne Bancroft"]. ''walkoffame.com''. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.</ref> she had recently appeared in several TV series. She was also a member of the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]], having been inducted in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alex|last=Witchel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/06/theater/on-stage-and-off.html|title=On Stage, and Off|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 6, 1991}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Mel Brooks Anne Bancroft 1991.jpg|thumb|Bancroft with husband [[Mel Brooks]] at the [[1991 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Bancroft's first husband was lawyer Martin May, of [[Lubbock, Texas]]. They married on July 1, 1953, separated in November 1955, and divorced on February 13, 1957.<ref name=telegraph2/><ref name=telegraph>{{cite web|last=Leonard|first=Tom|title=Anne Bancroft: 1931–2005 Here's to you, Mrs Robinson|date=April 12, 2008|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1491615/Anne-Bancroft-1931-2005-Heres-to-you-Mrs-Robinson.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1491615/Anne-Bancroft-1931-2005-Heres-to-you-Mrs-Robinson.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=June 15, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She had previously been engaged to actor [[John Ericson]] in 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://extratv.com/2020/05/06/honey-west-actor-john-ericson-dies-at-93/|title='Honey West' Actor John Ericson Dies at 93|website=Extra TV|date=May 6, 2020}}</ref> [[Lee Marvin]]'s ex-wife Betty claimed in her 2010 book ''Tales of a Hollywood Housewife'' that Marvin had an affair with Bancroft when they co-starred in ''[[Gorilla at Large]]'' (1954) and ''[[A Life in the Balance]]'' (1955).<ref>{{cite book|last=Marvin|first=Betty|date=2010|title=Tales of a Hollywood Housewife: A Memoir by the First Mrs. Lee Marvin|page=128|publisher=iUniverse |isbn=978-1440198274|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjk1SF4EUGAC&pg=PA128}}</ref>

In 1961, Bancroft met [[Mel Brooks]] at a rehearsal for [[Perry Como]]'s variety show ''[[Kraft Music Hall (TV series)|Kraft Music Hall]]''. Bancroft and Brooks married on August 5, 1964, at the [[Manhattan Marriage Bureau]] near [[New York City Hall]], and were married until her death in 2005. Their son, [[Max Brooks]], was born in 1972.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|url=http://people.com/celebrity/mel-brooks-and-anne-bancroft-shared-love-and-laughs/|title=Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft Shared Love and Laughs|magazine=People|date=May 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>Carter, Maria. [http://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a44292/anne-bancroft-and-mel-brooks/ "How Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks Kept the Spark Alive for 41 Years"] ''Country Living'', August 9, 2017</ref> Bancroft worked with her husband three times on the screen: dancing a tango in Brooks's ''[[Silent Movie]]'' (1976), in his remake of ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]'' (1983)<ref name="today" /> and in the episode titled [[List of Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes#Season 4 (2004)|"Opening Night"]] (2004) of the HBO show ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''.<ref name="curb" /> The couple also appeared in ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]'' (1995),<ref name="today" /> but never appeared together again. Brooks produced the film ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'' (1980), in which Bancroft acted. He was executive producer for the film ''[[84 Charing Cross Road (film)|84 Charing Cross Road]]'' (1987) in which she starred. Both Brooks and Bancroft appeared in Season 6 of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. According to the DVD commentary, when Bancroft came to record her lines for the episode "[[Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)|Fear of Flying]]", the ''Simpsons'' writers asked if Brooks had come with her (which he had); she joked, "I can't get rid of him!"

In a 2010 interview, Brooks credited Bancroft as being the guiding force behind his involvement in developing ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'' and ''[[Young Frankenstein (musical)|Young Frankenstein]]'' for the musical theater. In the same interview, he said of their first meeting in 1961, "From that day, until her death on June 6, 2005, we were glued together."<ref>{{cite news|title=Brooks Recalls Anne Bancroft as Wife, Collaborator – Mel Brooks Reminisces of Wife Anne Bancroft as Anniversary of Their First Meeting Draws Near|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/story/entertainment/local/2010/02/03/brooks-recalls-anne-bancroft-as/42640132007/|first=John|last=Carucci|newspaper=The Repository|date=March 3, 2010|access-date=August 29, 2010}}</ref> Bancroft's son, Max, said in a 2020 interview that she was "a secret, closet scientist". He said that, as a child, she read to him [[Paul de Kruif]]'s ''Microbe Hunters'' (1926) as a bedtime story.<ref>{{cite news|title=World War Z writer Max Brooks recommends the book you should read to survive a pandemic|url=https://ew.com/books/max-brooks-devolution-world-war-z-pandemic-reading|first=Clark|last=Collis|agency=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 10, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2020}}</ref>

In 2005, shortly before her death, Bancroft became a grandmother when her daughter-in-law Michelle had a boy, Henry Michael Brooks.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Brooks Family of Writers: Michelle, Max and Mel|date=November 9, 2010|url=http://thisstage.la/2010/11/the-brooks-family-of-writers-michelle-max-and-mel/|access-date=June 15, 2015}}</ref> Bancroft had a [[drinking problem]] which resulted in being absent from work often, according to [[Elizabeth Wilson]], who was Bancroft's understudy in ''[[The Little Foxes]]'' and co-starred with her in ''[[The Graduate]]'' (1967) and ''[[The Prisoner of Second Avenue]]'' (1975).<ref>{{cite news|title=Q&A: Actress Elizabeth Wilson|work=Connecticut Magazine|url=https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticutmagazine/arts-events/article/Q-A-Actress-Elizabeth-Wilson-17042132.php|date=31 March 2012 |access-date=16 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240716065903/https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticutmagazine/arts-events/article/Q-A-Actress-Elizabeth-Wilson-17042132.php |archive-date=16 July 2024}}</ref>

==Death==
Bancroft died of [[uterine cancer]] at age 73 on June 6, 2005, at [[Mount Sinai Hospital, New York|Mount Sinai Hospital]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>Staff writer. (June 8, 2005). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4071734.stm "''Graduate'' Star Anne Bancroft Dies – Oscar-Winning Actress Anne Bancroft, Who Starred Opposite Dustin Hoffman in Film Classic ''The Graduate'', Has Died"]. ''[[BBC News Online]]''. Retrieved August 29, 2010.</ref> Her death surprised many, including some of her friends, as the intensely private Bancroft had not disclosed any details of her illness.<ref>{{cite web|last=Burleigh|first=James|title=Anne Bancroft dies of cancer at 73|date=June 8, 2005|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1491614/Anne-Bancroft-dies-of-cancer-at-73.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1491614/Anne-Bancroft-dies-of-cancer-at-73.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=June 15, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Her body was interred at [[Kensico Cemetery]] in [[Valhalla, New York]], near her father; her mother would die five years after Bancroft in April 2010 and be buried with her family.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=96gsDwAAQBAJ&q=Anne+Bancroft+kensico&pg=PA175|title=Anne Bancroft: The Life and Work|first=Peter|last=Shelley|date=July 21, 2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476628585|via=Google Books}}</ref> Her final film, ''[[Delgo (film)|Delgo]]'', was dedicated to her memory.

==Acting credits==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Don't Bother to Knock]]''
| Lyn Lesley
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Tonight We Sing]]''
| Emma Hurok
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Treasure of the Golden Condor]]''
| Marie, Comtesse de St. Malo
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[The Kid from Left Field (1953 film)|The Kid from Left Field]]''
| Marian Foley
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Gorilla at Large]]''
| Laverne Miller
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Demetrius and the Gladiators]]''
| Paula
|
|-
| 1954
| ''{{sortname|The|Raid|The Raid (1954 film)}}''
| Katy Bishop
| {{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
|-
| 1955
| ''[[New York Confidential (film)|New York Confidential]]''
| Katherine (Kathy) Lupo
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[A Life in the Balance]]''
| María Ibinia
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[The Naked Street]]''
| Rosalie Regalzyk
|
|-
| 1955
| ''{{sortname|The|Last Frontier|dab=1955 film}}''
| Corinna Marston
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Walk the Proud Land]]''
| Tianay
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Nightfall (1957 film)|Nightfall]]''
| Marie Gardner
|
|-
| 1957
| ''{{sortname|The|Restless Breed}}''
| Angelita
|
|-
| 1957
| ''{{sortname|The|Girl in Black Stockings}}''
| Beth Dixon
|
|-
| 1962
| ''{{sortname|The|Miracle Worker|dab=1962 film}}''
| [[Anne Sullivan]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 1964
| ''{{sortname|The|Pumpkin Eater}}''
| Jo Armitage
| [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 1965
| ''{{sortname|The|Slender Thread}}''
| Inga Dyson
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[7 Women]]''
| Dr. D.R. Cartwright
|
|-
| 1967
| ''{{sortname|The|Graduate}}''
| Mrs. Robinson
| 
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Young Winston]]''
| [[Lady Randolph Churchill]]
| 
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''
| Extra in Church Congregation
| Uncredited
|-
| 1975
| ''{{sortname|The|Prisoner of Second Avenue}}''
| Edna Edison
| 
|-
| 1975
| ''{{sortname|The|Hindenburg|dab=film}}''
| Countess Ursula von Reugen
|
|-
| 1975
| ''Urban Living: Funny and Formidable''
| Herself
| Short film
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Lipstick (1976 film)|Lipstick]]''
| Carla Bondi
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Silent Movie]]''
| Herself
|
|-
| 1976
| ''The August''
| {{n/a|None}}
| Short film<br/>Director, writer, and editor
|-
| 1977
| ''{{sortname|The|Turning Point|dab=1977 film}}''
| Emma Jacklin
| 
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Fatso (1980 film)|Fatso]]''
| Antoinette
| Also director and writer
|-
| 1980
| ''{{sortname|The|Elephant Man|dab=1980 film}}''
| [[Madge Kendal]]
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]''
| Anna Bronski
| 
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Garbo Talks]]''
| Estelle Rolfe
| 
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Agnes of God (film)|Agnes of God]]''
| Mother Miriam Ruth
| 
|-
| 1986
| ''{{sort|Night, Mother|[['night, Mother (film)|'night, Mother]]}}''
| Thelma Cates
| 
|-
| 1987
| ''[[84 Charing Cross Road (film)|84 Charing Cross Road]]''
| [[Helene Hanff]]
| 
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Torch Song Trilogy (film)|Torch Song Trilogy]]''
| Ma Beckoff
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Bert Rigby, You're a Fool]]''
| Meredith Perlestein
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Honeymoon in Vegas]]''
| Bea Singer
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Love Potion No. 9 (film)|Love Potion No. 9]]''
| Madame Ruth
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Point of No Return (1993 film)|Point of No Return]]''
| Amanda
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]''
| Mrs. Kennsinger
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Mr. Jones (1993 film)|Mr. Jones]]''
| Dr. Catherine Holland
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[How to Make an American Quilt]]''
| Glady Joe Cleary
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]''
| Adele Larson
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]''
| Madame Ouspenskaya / Gypsy Woman
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Homecoming (1996 film)|Homecoming]]''
|Gram
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Sunchaser]]''
| Dr. Renata Baumbauer
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[G.I. Jane]]''
| Sen. Lillian DeHaven
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Critical Care (film)|Critical Care]]''
| Nun
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Great Expectations (1998 film)|Great Expectations]]''
| Mrs. Dinsmoor
|
|-
| 1998
| ''Mark Twain's America in 3D''
| Narrator
| Documentary film
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Antz]]''
| Queen Ant (voice)
|
|-<!--Do not re-add Thirteenth Warrior without citation, cannot be verified through available sources-->
| 2000
| ''[[Up at the Villa (film)|Up at the Villa]]''
| Princess San Ferdinando
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Keeping the Faith]]''
| Ruth Schram
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Heartbreakers (2001 film)|Heartbreakers]]''
| Gloria Vogal / Barbara
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[In Search of Peace]]''
| Golda Meir (voice)
| Documentary film
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Delgo]]''
| Empress Sedessa (voice)
| Posthumous release
|- class=sortbottom
! scope=row colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | '''Sources:'''<ref name="Filmography"/><ref>[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anne-bancroft-p80576/filmography "Filmography"]. Allmovie, retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Suspense (U.S. TV series)|Suspense]]''
| Unknown
| Episode: "Night Break"
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Ford Theatre|The Ford Theatre Hour]]''
| Unknown
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1950–1951
| ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One in Hollywood]]''
| Maria Cassini
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1951
| ''[[The Adventures of Ellery Queen]]''
| Unknown
| Episode: "The Chinese Mummer Mystery"
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Danger (TV series)|Danger]]''
| Gangster's Moll / Heidi
| Episodes: "The Killer Scarf" and "Murderer's Face"
|-
| 1951
| ''[[The Web (1950 TV series)|The Web]]''
| Unknown
| Episode: "The Customs of the Country"
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Lights Out (1946 TV series)|Lights Out]]''
| Helen
| Episode: "The Deal"
|-
| 1951
| ''The Goldbergs''
| Joyce
|Episode: "Mother-in-Law"
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]]''
| Paco's Sister
| Episode: "The Capital of the World"
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]''
| Unknown
| Episode: "To Live in Peace"
|-
| 1954–1957
| ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
| Various roles
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1956–1957
| ''[[Climax!]]''
| Audrey / Elena
| Episodes: "Fear Is the Hunter" and "The Mad Bomber"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| Isobel Waring/Julie Bickford
| Episodes: "So Soon to Die" and "Invitation to a Gunfighter"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre]]''
| Isabelle Rutledge 
| Episode: "Episode in Darkness"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The Alcoa Hour]]''
| Alegre / Giselle
| Episodes: "Key Largo" and "Hostages to Fortune"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (1957 TV series)|The Frank Sinatra Show]]''
| Carol Welles
| Episode: "A Time to Cry"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Person to Person]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "7.35"
|-
| 1960
| ''Gala Adlai on Broadway''
| Herself / Performer
| Television film
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Password (American game show)|Password All-Stars]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Anne Bancroft vs. Robert Goulet"
|-
| 1962–1964
| ''[[What's My Line?]]''
| Herself / Mystery Guest
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
| Faye Benet Garret
| Episode: "Out on the Outskirts of Town"
|-
| 1967
| ''[[ABC Stage 67]]''
| Virginia
| Episode: "I'm Getting Married"
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Kraft Music Hall|The Kraft Music Hall]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "2.23"
|-
| 1970
| ''Arthur Penn, 1922–: Themes and Variants''
| Herself
| Television documentary film
|-
| 1970
| ''[[This Is Tom Jones]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "3.1"
|-
| 1970
| ''Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man''
| Various Characters
| Television special
|-
| 1974
| ''Annie and the Hoods''
| Herself / Host
| Television film
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)|Jesus of Nazareth]]''
| [[Mary Magdalene]]
| Miniseries
|-
| 1978
| ''The Stars Salute Israel at 30''
| Herself
| Television film
|-
| 1978
| ''Lørdagshjørnet''
| Herself
| Episode: "Mel Brooks"{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "[[Mickey's 50]]"
|-
| 1979
| ''[[The Muppets Go Hollywood]]''
| Herself
| Television special; uncredited
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Shōgun (1980 miniseries)|Shōgun]]''
| Narrator (voice)
| Miniseries; US version
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Marco Polo (1982 TV series)|Marco Polo]]''
| Marco's mother
| Miniseries
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Bob Hope television specials|Bob Hope's Women I Love: Beautiful, But Funny]]''
| Herself
| Television special
|-
| 1983
| ''An Audience with Mel Brooks''
| Herself
| Television special
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Freddie and Max]]''
| Maxine "Max" Chandler
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Broadway Bound (film)|Broadway Bound]]''
| Kate Jerome
| Television film
|-
| 1992
| ''Mrs. Cage''
| Lillian Cage
| Television film
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (film)|Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All]]''
| Lucy Marsden (age 99–100)
| Television film
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Great Performances]]''
| Mrs. Fanning
| Episode: "Paddy Chayefsky's 'The Mother{{'"}}
|-
| 1994
| ''{{sortname|The|Simpsons}}''
| Dr. Zweig (voice)
| Episode: "[[Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)|Fear of Flying]]"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Homecoming (1996 film)|Homecoming]]''
| Abigail Tillerman
| Television film
|-
| 1998
| ''The Secret World of Antz''
| Herself
| Television documentary film
|-
| 1998
| ''Living with Cancer: A Message of Hope''
| Narrator
| Television documentary film
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Deep in My Heart (1999 film)|Deep in My Heart]]''
| Geraldine "Gerry" Eileen Cummins
| Television film
|-
| 1999
| ''[[AFI Life Achievement Award]]: A Tribute to [[Dustin Hoffman]]''
| Herself
| Television special
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Rosie O'Donnell Show]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "5 May 2000"
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Living Edens]]''
| Narrator (voice)
| Episode: "Anamalai: India's Elephant Mountain"
|-
| 2001
| ''Exhale with Candice Bergen''
| Herself
| Episode: "16 November 2001"
|-
| 2001
| ''Haven''
| Mama Gruber
| Television film<ref>{{cite news | last=James | first=Caryn | title=TV Weekend; The Story Of The Interned Jewish Refugees | website=The New York Times | date=February 9, 2001 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/09/movies/tv-weekend-the-story-of-the-interned-jewish-refugees.html | access-date=September 14, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
| ''{{sortname|The|Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone|dab=2003 film}}''
| Contessa
| Television film
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Opening Night"
|}

===Theater===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! class="unsortable" | Note
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Two for the Seesaw (play)|Two for the Seesaw]]''
| Gittel Mosca
| [[Booth Theatre]]
| 
|-
| 1959
| ''{{sortname|The|Miracle Worker|dab=play}}''
| [[Annie Sullivan]]
| [[Playhouse Theatre (New York City)|Playhouse Theatre]]
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]''
| Mother Courage
| [[Al Hirschfeld Theatre|Martin Beck Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1965
| ''{{sortname|The|Devils|dab=play}}''
| Sister Jean of the Angels
| [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1967
| ''{{sortname|The|Little Foxes}}''
| Regina Giddens
| [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]]
|
|-
| 1968
| ''{{sortname|A|Cry of Players|nolink=1}}''
| Anne
| [[Vivian Beaumont Theater|Vivian Beaumont Theatre]]
| 
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Golda's Balcony|Golda]]''
| [[Golda Meir]]
| [[Morosco Theatre]]
| 
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Duet for One]]''
| Stephanie Abrahams
| [[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre|Royale Theatre]]
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Occupant (play)|Occupant]]''
| Louise Nevelson
| Peter Norton Space
| Off-Broadway<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/335 ''Occupant''] lortel.org, retrieved February 19, 2018</ref>
|- class=sortbottom
! scope=row colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | '''Source:'''<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/person/anne-bancroft-vault-0000034726 "Anne Bancroft Broadway"], ''Playbill'', retrieved February 19, 2018</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Work
! Result
|-
|1958
|[[12th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
|[[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play|Best Featured Actress in a Play]]
|''Two for the Seesaw''
|{{won}}
|-
|1959
|[[14th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
|[[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play|Best Actress in a Play]]
|''The Miracle Worker''
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="6"|1963
|[[35th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan="6"|''The Miracle Worker''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[16th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[National Board of Review Awards|National Board of Review]]
|[[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]
|[[Silver Shell for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[20th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress – Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Laurel Awards]]
|[[Laurel Awards|Top Female Dramatic Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="5"|1965
|[[37th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan="5"|''The Pumpkin Eater''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[18th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[22nd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress&nbsp;– Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress&nbsp;– Motion Picture Drama]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[1964 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival Awards]]
|[[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Laurel Awards]]
|[[Laurel Awards|Top Female Dramatic Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|1968
|[[40th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan="4"|''The Graduate''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[25th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actress – Musical or Comedy]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Laurel Awards]]
|[[Laurel Awards|Top Female Dramatic Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|1969
|[[22nd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|1970
|[[22nd Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)|Outstanding Variety or Musical Program – Variety and Popular Music]]
|''Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man''
|{{won}}
|-
|1973
|[[26th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
|rowspan="2"|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
|''Young Winston''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1976
|[[29th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
|''The Prisoner of Second Avenue''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="5"|1978
|[[50th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan="4"|''The Turning Point''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[National Board of Review|National Board of Review Awards]]
|Best Actress
|{{won}}
|-
|[[35th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress – Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[32nd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[32nd Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
|[[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play|Best Actress in a Play]]
|''Golda''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1980
|[[Taormina Film Fest]]ival
|Golden Charybdis Award
|''Fatso''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1984
|[[41st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actress – Musical or Comedy]]
|''To Be or Not to Be''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1985
|[[42nd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|''Garbo Talks''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|1986
|[[58th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan="2"|''Agnes of God''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[43rd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress – Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|1987
|[[44th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|'''night, Mother''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1988
|[[41st British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
|Best Actress in a Leading Role
|''84 Charing Cross Road''
|{{won}}
|-
|1990
|[[10th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]]
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]]
|''Bert Rigby, You're a Fool''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|1992
|rowspan="2"|[[44th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]]
|''Broadway Bound''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]]
|''Mrs. Cage''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1994
|[[46th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]]
|''Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1996
|[[2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Award]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|''How to Make an American Quilt''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1997
|[[3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
|''Homecoming''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1999
|[[51st Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie]]
|''Deep in My Heart''
|{{won}}
|-
|2001
|[[53rd Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|''Haven''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2003
|[[55th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|rowspan="2"|''The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2004
|[[10th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
|{{nom}}
|}

== See also ==
* {{Portal inline|Biography}}
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]] 
* [[List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories]]
* [[List of Primetime Emmy Award winners]]
* [[List of Golden Globe winners]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|843}}
* {{IBDB name|66812}}
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* {{Playbill person|anne-bancroft-vault-0000034726}}
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* [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;type=simple;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;q1=Anne%20Bancroft;view=reslist;subview=detail;sort=freq;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Anne Bancroft] at the [[University of Wisconsin]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223020/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a;focusrgn=summaryinfo;cc=wiarchives;byte=50771135 Actors Studio audio collection]
* [http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0002s3d4 Image of Sidney Poitier holding his Oscar alongside Gregory Peck, Annabella and Anne Bancroft backstage at the Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1964.] [[Los Angeles Times]] Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, [[Charles E. Young Research Library]], [[University of California, Los Angeles]].

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{{AcademyAwardBestActress 1961-1980}}
{{BAFTA Award for Best Actress 1960-1979}}
{{Prix d'interprétation féminine 1960–1979}}
{{EmmyAward MiniseriesSupportingActress 1976-2000}}
{{GoldenGlobeBestActressMotionPictureDrama 1961-1980}}
{{GoldenGlobeBestActressMotionPictureMusicalComedy 1961-1980}}
{{National Board of Review Award for Best Actress}}
{{Silver Shell for Best Actress}}
{{TonyAward PlayLeadActress 1947-1975}}
{{TonyAward PlayFeaturedActress 1947-1975}}
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{{Triple Crown of Acting winners}}
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