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| 3 | Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, better known as [[StageNames Anne Bancroft]] (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005), was an American actress associated with the school of method acting and respected for her acting prowess and versatility. |
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| 5 | She was born [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity The Bronx]] to the children of Italian immigrants, and raised in the Belmont neighborhood. She graduated from Christopher Columbus High School and later attended HB Studio, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Actors Studio, and the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women at the University of California. After appearing in several live television dramas as Anne Marno, she was told to change her surname for her film debut in 1952. |
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| 7 | Bancroft led an award-winning career across film, theater, and television that spanned more than fifty years and ended with her death to uterine cancer in 2005. She was also married to comedian Creator/MelBrooks from 1964 until her death; they had one child together, the actor and author Creator/MaxBrooks. |
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| 10 | !!Roles with TV Tropes pages: |
| 11 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
| 14 | * ''Film/DontBotherToKnock'' (1952) |
| 15 | * ''Film/DemetriusAndTheGladiators'' (1954) |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{The Raid|1954}}'' (1954) |
| 17 | * ''Theatre/TheMiracleWorker'' (1962) |
| 18 | * ''Film/SevenWomen'' (1966) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheGraduate'' (1967) |
| 20 | * ''Film/YoungWinston'' (1972) |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{The Hindenburg|1975}}'' (1975) |
| 22 | * ''Film/SilentMovie'' (1976) |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{The Turning Point|1977}}'' (1977) |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Fatso}}'' (1980, also director and writer) |
| 25 | * ''Film/TheElephantMan'' (1980) |
| 26 | * ''Film/ToBeOrNotToBe'' (1983) |
| 27 | * ''Film/AgnesOfGod'' (1985) |
| 28 | * ''Theatre/NightMother'' (1986) |
| 29 | * ''Theatre/TorchSongTrilogy'' (1988) |
| 30 | * ''Film/LovePotionNumberNine'' (1992) |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{Malice}}'' (1993) |
| 32 | * ''[[Film/{{Nikita}} Point of No Return]]'' (1993) |
| 33 | * ''Film/HowToMakeAnAmericanQuilt'' (1995) |
| 34 | * ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'' (1995) |
| 35 | * ''Film/HomeForTheHolidays'' (1995) |
| 36 | * ''Film/GIJane'' (1997) |
| 37 | * ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' (1998) |
| 38 | * ''Film/KeepingTheFaith'' (2000) |
| 39 | * ''Film/{{Heartbreakers}}'' (2001) |
| 40 | [[/folder]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Television roles]] |
| 43 | * ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' (1962–1964, Mystery Guest, three episodes) |
| 44 | * ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' (1977) |
| 45 | * ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' (2004, episode: "Opening Night") |
| 46 | [[/folder]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[folder:Voice acting roles]] |
| 49 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (1994, episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying "Fear of Flying"]]) |
| 50 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' (1998) |
| 51 | * '' WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}'' (2008, her final role, released posthumously) |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Theatre roles]] |
| 55 | * ''Theatre/TheMiracleWorker'' (1959) |
| 56 | * ''Theatre/MotherCourageAndHerChildren'' (1963) |
| 57 | * ''Theatre/TheLittleFoxes'' (1967) |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
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| 60 | ---- |
| 61 | !!Tropes associated with her work: |
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| 63 | * ActorAllusion: In ''Film/AgnesOfGod'', a birth certificate reveals her character's name as Anna Maria, which was her birth name. |
| 64 | * AdamWesting: In ''Film/{{Heartbreakers}}'' she plays [[spoiler: the mentor to a conwoman who makes her money seducing less attractive men]]. |
| 65 | * AsHerself: |
| 66 | ** In the CBS special ''Annie, the Woman in the Life of a Man'' - which won her an MediaNotes/EmmyAward. |
| 67 | ** In ''Film/SilentMovie'' as well. |
| 68 | ** And in an episode of ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. |
| 69 | * CastingGag: In a modern version of ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' of course she plays the Mrs Havisham equivalent (named Mrs Dinsmoor). |
| 70 | * TheDanza: She plays Annie in ''The Miracle Worker'' and Anna in ''To Be or Not To Be''. |
| 71 | * DirectedByCastMember:[[invoked]] She directed and starred in ''Fatso'', which she co-wrote the script of. |
| 72 | * EvilIsHammy: She embraces this in [[spoiler: ''Film/GIJane'']]. |
| 73 | * IAmNotSpock:[[invoked]] You'd think she only starred in ''Film/TheGraduate'' and nothing else, from how everyone refers to her as MrsRobinson. She herself said the film came to overshadow all her other work. |
| 74 | * MethodActing:[[invoked]] To prepare for ''Film/AgnesOfGod'', she spoke to a reverend mother of a convent and attended vespers in that same convent. |
| 75 | * PosthumousCredit: '' WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}'', her final role, was released in 2008, three years after her death. |
| 76 | * StageNames: Her last name Marno was considered "too ethnic", so she chose Bancroft. |
| 77 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]] |
| 78 | ** She was the original choice to play Creator/JoanCrawford in ''Film/MommieDearest'', but backed out of the project when she was dissatisfied with the screenplay. The film's initial vision had Crawford as a glamorous, sympathetic Hollywood martyr, but Christina Crawford wanted it to focus more on her mother's abusive behavior. Creator/FayeDunaway ended up taking the role, to the subsequent detriment of her career. |
| 79 | ** She had to pass on the role of Chris in ''Film/TheExorcist'' because she was pregnant at the time. Creator/EllenBurstyn played the role in the end. |
| 80 | ** She was in the running for Aurora in ''Film/TermsOfEndearment''. Creator/ShirleyMacLaine got it and won an Oscar for her performance. |
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