Anne Bancroft
- Birthplace: Bronx, New York
- Birthday: September 17, 1931
Sometimes an actor is lucky enough to find one role for which they will always be remembered, which can be both a blessing and a curse. For Anne Bancroft it was her turn as the angry, seductive Mrs. Robinson in Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" (1967). In a career that has spanned some five decades and has encompassed parts as varied as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and the sight-impaired teacher of Helen Keller, this chameleonic, husky-voiced performer seems frozen in time as the extremely peeved and aggressive older female who be…more