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Anne Bancroft
Anna Italiano was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1931. Among her many awards for film and theatre work, she won an Oscar for her role in The Miracle Worker. However, she is perhaps best known for playing the role of Mrs. Robinson in the movie The Graduate. She passed away in 2005.
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Anne Bancroft - what members say
review by A customer from Paignton
A timeless classic...rent it 11 January 2009
review by from England
Really not bad 4 October 2005
review by from Bury, Lancashire.
Still great after all these years 5 June 2004
Anne Bancroft - filmography
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Haven
(2001)
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Colm Feore, Hal Holbrook
Director: John Gray
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This poignant made-for-television drama star Natasha Richardson as Ruth Gruber, a brave woman from Brooklyn, New York, who travels to Europe during World War II to help thousands of Jews escape to America. The all-star supporting cast includes Colm Feore, Martin Landau, Anne Bancroft, Hal Holbrook, ..read more »
 
55%
from 148 members
Not currently released
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Heartbreakers
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta
Director: David Mirkin
Certificate: 
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HEARTBREAKERS follows Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a mother and daughter who are expert grifters, through one after another of their perfectly executed scams. Max gets wealthy men to fall in love with her and marry her, then Page seduces them, setting up grounds for Max ..read more »
64%
from 4,131 members
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Keeping The Faith
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton
Director: Edward Norton
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In actor Edward Norton's directorial debut, Brian (Norton), a priest, and his best friend, Jake (Ben Stiller), a rabbi, both fall in love with their long-lost childhood friend, Anna (Jenna Elfman), who has returned to Manhattan to pursue her hectic business career. However, Brian has taken a vow of ..read more »
62%
from 7,130 members
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Up at the Villa
(2000)
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft
Director: Philip Haas
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An impoverished English widow, on vacation near Florence, considers the marriage proposal of an aging British aristocrat who is governor of Bengal. She takes pity on a refugee, and gets in harm's way with an American playboy. After a good deed results in tragedy, she must choose between ..read more »
59%
from 23 members
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Antz
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Woody Allen
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Certificate: 
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Central Park ant drone Z longs to be an individual of accomplishment, but Z's colony is a society that puts the value of the colony over personal achievement. Young Z sets his sites on the colony's Queen daughter Bala- who is uninterested until Z successfully mounts a revolution within the colony ..read more »
66%
from 12,204 members
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Great Expectations
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
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Alfonso Cuaron (The Little Princess) directed this Mitch Glazer screenplay, a modernization of the 1860-61 classic by Charles Dickens. Some situations in the film are presented as memories -- the way the central figure, Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) recalls events many years later. At a Florida ..read more »
59%
from 4,909 members
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Critical Care
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Helen Mirren
Director: Sidney Lumet
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CRITICAL CARE, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring James Spader, focuses on a young medical doctor, Werner Ernst, who rebels against the hospital that employs him when he realises that the doctors favour wealthy patients and those with generous medical insurance.
45%
from 160 members
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G.I. Jane
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft
Director: Ridley Scott
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Demi Moore stars as Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, the first female candidate for the U.S. Navy SEAL unit, a clandestine strike force drawn from the creme de la creme of the combined services--an opportunity provided her by the political maneuvering of Senator Lillian de Haven (Anne Bancroft). To make ..read more »
63%
from 6,348 members
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Homecoming
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Kimberlee Peterson, Trevor O'Brien
Director: Mark Jean
Certificate: 
Anne Bancroft stars in this made-for-TV film about the Tillerman children, who go off in search of the mother who abandoned them. Instead, they find their grandmother (Bancroft), a stodgy woman who at first resists the children's affections. However, after much coaxing, the grandmother allows the ..read more »
58%
from 80 members
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The Sunchaser
(1996)
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda, Anne Bancroft
Director: Michael Cimino
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Michael Reynolds is a rich oncologist who has a $175,000 sports car, a multi-million dollar home, and a new boost in his career. Brandon 'Blue' Monroe is a dying patient who kidnaps Reynolds. They are going to a legendary Navajo healing place while a manhunt closes in. Soon the men get closer in ..read more »
56%
from 19 members
Currently unavailable
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Malice
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman
Director: Harold Becker
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When a brilliant surgeon is accused of savage medical malpractice by his beautiful patient, it's not certain whether he's a competent physician or a malicious monster in this plot-twisting "quadruple indemnity." MALICE is a stylish and sexy thriller, with fine acting from Alec Baldwin and Nicole ..read more »
61%
from 2,073 members
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Point of No Return - Blu-ray
(1993)
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Harvey Keitel
Director: John Badham
Certificate: 
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In a grim future America, Maggie (Bridget Fonda), a beautiful young street punk, is about to be executed for killing a cop during a robbery, and is given the choice between death and becoming a government assassin. She accepts the latter and is trained in all manner of martial (and feminine) arts. ..read more »
62%
from 592 members
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Point of No Return
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Harvey Keitel
Director: John Badham
Certificate:
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In a grim future America, Maggie (Bridget Fonda), a beautiful young street punk, is about to be executed for killing a cop during a robbery, and is given the choice between death or becoming a government assassin. She accepts the latter and is trained in all manner of martial (and feminine) arts. ..read more »
63%
from 6,619 members
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Honeymoon In Vegas
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker
Director: Andrew Bergman
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Private detective Jack Singer (Nicholas Cage) promised his mother, on her deathbed, that he would never marry. Now his girlfriend Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker) is threatening to leave him if he doesn't marry her. Jack decides, despite his fear and guilt, to give in to Betsy's demands. They fly off ..read more »
59%
from 1,484 member
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Honeymoon In Vegas - Blu-ray
(1992)
Starring: James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker
Director: Andrew Bergman
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Private detective Jack Singer (Nicholas Cage) promised his mother, on her deathbed, that he would never marry. Now his girlfriend Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker) is threatening to leave him if he doesn't marry her. Jack decides, despite his fear and guilt, to give in to Betsy's demands. They fly off ..read more »
55%
from 30 members
Currently unavailable
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Torch Song Trilogy
(1988)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein
Director: Paul Bogart
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Harvey Fierstein recreates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play. Both funny and poignant. Torch Song Trilogy chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him. Armed with a ..read more »
80%
from 1,364 member
Not currently released
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Night, Mother
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke
Director: Tom Moore
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Sissy Spacek stars as a suicidal young woman struggling to make the decision whether to live or die. Anne Bancroft portrays her mother who attempts to dissuade her from making the wrong choice. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Marsha Norman.
73%
from 42 members
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84 Charing Cross Road
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Eleanor David
Director: David Jones
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Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Road had previously been a TV program and a stage play before it was converted into this 1986 film. The scene is New York, 1949: Anne Bancroft plays a struggling writer and passionate bibliophile, who answers an advertisement from a rare-volumes bookshop at 84 ..read more »
71%
from 2,692 members
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Agnes Of God
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Jane Fonda, Meg Tilly
Director: Norman Jewison
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An extraordinary murder mystery about a nun who is suspected of murdering a child she gave birth to while living in a convent. A court appointed psychiatrist has a hard time determining the truth behind the nun's actions.
59%
from 364 members
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Garbo Talks
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Master dramatist Sidney Lumet takes a gentler, more lighthearted approach to human nature in his gentle comedy GARBO TALKS. While the film centers on the main character's obsession with the great Greta Garbo, it is Anne Bancroft as the obsessed woman herself who is the luminous heart of the film. ..read more »
53%
from 99 members
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Marco Polo
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel
Director: Giuliano Montaldo
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First broadcast in 1982, this Emmy award winning epic adventure cost a staggering ten million dollars and featured an all-star, Oscar winning cast. Filmed on location in Italy, Morocco, Nepal and China this lavish mini-series was the first Western production to film in China after WWII and took ..read more »
60%
from 61 members
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The Elephant Man - Blu-ray
(1980)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Director: David Lynch
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David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »
82%
from 600 members
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The Elephant Man - HD
(1980)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »
79%
from 318 members
Not currently released
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Fatso
(1980)
Starring: Candice Azzara, Argentina Brunetti, Ron Carey
Director: Anne Bancroft
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In this dark and sometimes sad comedy, Dominick -- an extremely obese man -- is pushed by his sister Antoinette to shed a few pounds lest he end up dead like his cousin. To do so, she helps him enroll in the fanatical weight-loss group, the Chubby Checkers, who will do anything to keep fellow ..read more »
10%
from 1 member
Currently unavailable
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The Elephant Man
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »
75%
from 12,346 members
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The Turning Point
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Browne
Director: Herbert Ross
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Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft star in this musical drama and touching portrait of the world of dance in New York City. A ballet star (Anne Bancroft) is reunited with her best friend and rival (Shirley MacLaine) after years apart. Against the engrossing background of the world of ballet, their ..read more »
62%
from 231 members
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Jesus Of Nazareth
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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This epic chronicle of Christ begins with the arrangements of the wedding between Joseph and Mary, proceeds through Jesus' birth, his encounter with John the Baptist, and all the way to the grueling, transfigurative end. The all-star cast includes Anne Bancroft, Laurence Olivier, Michael York, ..read more »
73%
from 1,271 member
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Silent Movie
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Marty Feldman, Marcel Marceau, Paul Newman
Director: Mel Brooks
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Silent Movie is just that: a totally nonverbal comedy, save for one single line. Director Mel Brooks stars as a once-famous comedy director, who with his faithful assistants Dom DeLuise and Marty Feldman return to Hollywood with plans for a comeback. Brooks wants to return to the good old days by ..read more »
63%
from 748 members
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The Hindenburg
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Burgess Meredith
Director: Robert Wise
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An all-star cast highlights THE HINDENBURG, an imaginative, stylish suspense thriller that attempts to shed light on the 1937 disaster of the Nazi blimp that exploded over New Jersey, killing 36 people on board. In the intricately woven plot, Colonel Ritter (George C. Scott), assisted by Nazi ..read more »
66%
from 49 members
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The Graduate - Blu-ray
(1967)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Director: Mike Nichols
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Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation. In the late 1960s, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a confused college graduate, is pulled in myriad directions by family, friends, and associates just days ..read more »
78%
from 372 members
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The Graduate - HD
(1967)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Director: Mike Nichols
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Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation. In the late 1960s, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a confused college graduate, is pulled in myriad directions by family, friends, and associates just days ..read more »
72%
from 263 members
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The Graduate
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Director: Mike Nichols
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Just one word: plastic. Are you here for an affair? These lines and others became cultural touchstones, as 1960s youth rebellion seeped into the California upper middle-class in Mike Nichols' landmark hit. Mentally adrift the summer after graduating from college, suburbanite Benjamin Braddock (..read more »
71%
from 30,140 members
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Pumpkin Eater
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch
Director: Jack Clayton
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In her fourth marriage, Jo (Anne Bancroft) finds out that her husband (Peter Finch) is having an affair. When he explains that he finds nothing wrong with his behaviour, Jo must decide whether to keep the marriage for the sake of her children, or strike out on her own.
69%
from 71 members
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The Miracle Worker
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory, Andrew Prine
Director: Arthur Penn
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The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, THE MIRACLE WORKER is a gripping and inspiring story of the battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller (a brilliant Patty Duke) is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind,..read more »
70%
from 597 members
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Demetrius And The Gladiators
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie
Director: Delmer Daves
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Emperor Caligula has two things on his mind: gladiatorial displays and gaining possession of the robe which fell from Jesus on the cross and is now in the hands of Demetrius (Victor Mature). Caligula and Messalina, young wife of the Emperor's uncle Claudius, work together to get the robe away from ..read more »
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from 304 members
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Anne Bancroft facts
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...her trainer, who is in love with her, and also a good performance from the late Anne Bancroft.
One of briget fonda's best films. Plus cracking soundtrack from nina simone. ...
