She played Mrs. Robinson in the film The Graduate.

A story should be published soon. It was just announced moments ago on CH TV here in Montreal. :(

Ahhh - sorry to hear that. She was a fabulous actress. :(

Wow...that somewhat comes as a shock. She was a brilliant actress. RIP "The Miracle Worker" :(

RIP Anne :( howd she die?

RIP Anne :( howd she die?

She died of cancer. :(


Here's The Story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050607/ap_on_en_mo/obit_bancroft).

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She died of cancer. :(


Here's The Story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050607/ap_on_en_mo/obit_bancroft).
I read it :(

Says she didn't like not being known as much for The Miracle Worker (more for The Graduate because of the Oscar nod) but I'll ALWAYS remember her as Annie Sullivan. She and Patty Duke were incredible in that movie.

Says she didn't like not being known as much for The Miracle Worker (more for The Graduate because of the Oscar nod) but I'll ALWAYS remember her as Annie Sullivan. She and Patty Duke were incredible in that movie.

That's weird since she won the Oscar for The Miracle Worker.

I just heard about it too. RIP :(

Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson....

This is awful. :( I had no idea she was sick. I really liked her in the Graduate. R.I.P. Anne.

I'm shocked by this news, too. She was a very good actress and she'll be missed. Rest in peace. :(

I'm shocked by this news, too. She was a very good actress and she'll be missed. Rest in peace. :(
Dustin Hoffman looks sooooo freakin young in that pic ( so does Anne )

What a shame. She was a very talented woman. Mel Brooks must be devistated.

That's weird since she won the Oscar for The Miracle Worker.


I know - I don't understand it. And The Graduate was only made a few years after The Miracle Worker so it's not like it was a recent movie that she was more known for. :confused:

R.I.P. Anne. :(

Dustin Hoffman looks sooooo freakin young in that pic ( so does Anne )


Have you ever seen the movie Jack? Hoffman looked like such a goofy kid in it. We were watching Meet The Fockers on the weekend and I was struck at just how much he has aged since doing that movie. (course it has been about 36 years!!!) OMG do I ever feel old now! :(

Have you ever seen the movie Jack? Hoffman looked like such a goofy kid in it. We were watching Meet The Fockers on the weekend and I was struck at just how much he has aged since doing that movie. (course it has been about 36 years!!!) OMG do I ever feel old now! :(
And in real life Hoffman wasn't that much younger then Bancroft. He sure did look young though.

Dustin Hoffman looks sooooo freakin young in that pic ( so does Anne )

Yeah, they do look very young. :nod:

Yeah, they do look very young. :nod:
Yup :D

Dustin Hoffman looks sooooo freakin young in that pic ( so does Anne )


LOl We were all so freakin' young then! :lol: RIP Anne! :(

LOl We were all so freakin' young then! :lol: Yeah I was -21 :lol: I wasnt even born yet!

Yeah I was -21 :lol: I wasnt even born yet!
I was 2. :lol:

I was 2. :lol:
Cool :lol:

Anne Bancroft Dies at 73
Jun 7, 5:55 PM EST


The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Anne Bancroft, who won the 1962 best actress Oscar as the teacher of a young Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" but achieved greater fame as Mrs. Robinson, the seducer of her daughter's boyfriend in the 1967 movie "The Graduate," has died, a spokesman for her husband, producer Mel Brooks, said Tuesday. She was 73.

She died of cancer on Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital, spokesman John Barlow said.

Bancroft was awarded the Tony for creating the role on Broadway of poor-sighted Annie Sullivan, the teacher of Keller, who was born deaf and blind. She repeated her portrayal in the film version. Despite her Academy Award and four other nominations, "The Graduate" overshadowed her other achievements.

Dustin Hoffman delivered the famous line when he realized his girlfriend's mother was coming on to him: "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. ... Aren't you?"

Bancroft complained to a 2003 interviewer: "I am quite surprised that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about `The Miracle Worker.' We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world.... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet."

Her beginnings in Hollywood were unimpressive. She was signed by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1952 and given the glamour treatment. She had been acting in television as Anne Marno (her real name: Anna Maria Louise Italiano), but it sounded too ethnic for movies. The studio gave her a choice of names; she picked Bancroft "because it sounded dignified."

After a series of B pictures, she escaped to Broadway in 1958 and won her first Tony opposite Henry Fonda in "Two for the Seesaw." The stage and movie versions of "The Miracle Worker" followed. Her other Academy nominations: "The Pumpkin Eater" (1964); "The Graduate" (1967); "The Turning Point" (1977); "Agnes of God" (1985).


REST IN PEACE ANN!!!

:( RIP

Yeah I was -21 :lol: I wasnt even born yet!


OMG! -21 - think about that for a minute!!! You weren't even a glimmer in your father's eyes yet!! :lol: That's freaky!!

I was 7/8


And that's right - Hoffman ISN'T that much younger - certainly not what was portrayed in the movie.

:(

OMG! -21 - think about that for a minute!!! You weren't even a glimmer in your father's eyes yet!! :lol: That's freaky!!

I was 7/8


And that's right - Hoffman ISN'T that much younger - certainly not what was portrayed in the movie.
I know

Yeah I know too!

That's too bad. I wasn't aware that she was ill. Great actress, and she was a gutsy lady. Her husband Mel Brookes must be devastated.

RIP Anne.

She was excellent in The Graduate, and I've seen the miniseries 'Jesus of Nazareth' a few times, where she played Mary Magdalene and was great in that too.

:( This sucks, she was a great actress. I loved her in The Graduate, The Prisoner of Second Avenue (Co-starred with Jack Lemmon in that) and Torch Song Trilogy.

R.I.P Ann

R.I.P

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson, Jesus loves you more than you will know...

She played Mrs. Robinson in the film The Graduate.

I've heard of the movie, but I heard the song "Mrs. Robinson" done by Simon & Garfunkel. That was also in the movie. RIP: Annehttp://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif

RIP Anne! I enjoyed her in The Graduate and also Home for the Holidays.

RIP Anne! I enjoyed her in Home for the Holidays.


I love that movie! I watch it every Thanksgiving! Really not because of Anne but because of Holly Hunter who is my favorite actress! But Anne was very funny in it! :D

I love that movie! I watch it every Thanksgiving! Really not because of Anne but because of Holly Hunter who is my favorite actress! But Anne was very funny in it! :D


I love that movie too, and I do the same exact thing. I mean there's not a lot of good Thanksgiving movies out there, that's probably the only one I've seen.

I love that movie too, and I do the same exact thing. I mean there's not a lot of good Thanksgiving movies out there, that's probably the only one I've seen.


I also watch" Planes Trains And Automobiles" and "Alice's Restaurant" . Plus "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" And I taped an old Walton's 2 hour episode that takes place on Thanksgiving. I have a holiday video inventory t hat reaches through all the holidays! :lol: I love holiday shows! :lol: :wave:

I also watch" Planes Trains And Automobiles" and "Alice's Restaurant" . Plus "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" And I taped an old Walton's 2 hour episode that takes place on Thanksgiving. I have a holiday video inventory t hat reaches through all the holidays! :lol: I love holiday shows! :lol: :wave:


Oh yeah! I forgot about Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Great Steve Martin and John Candy movie. I miss John. :( I'm not into any of the Charlie Brown movies though, I don't know why but Charlie Brown depresses me.