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Sadly, on June 6, 2005, Bancroft passed away at the age of 73 from uterine cancer. Her death surprised many, as she had not revealed any information of her illness to the public.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 29-31. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.

She also started to make some TV films, including Deep in My Heart (1999) for which she won an Emmy.

In 1998 she made a special appearance at the The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) and participated in the Oscar Winners Tribute sequence along with other Academy Award winners.

Jane (1997), Great Expectations (1998) and Up at the Villa (2000).

In 1993 she (together with Dustin Hoffman) accepted the Oscar for "Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium" on behalf of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony.

Selective for much of her intermittent career, she appeared on the screen more frequently in the '90s, playing a range of characters in such films as Love Potion #9 (1992), Point of No Return (1993), Home for the Holidays (1995), G. I.

In 1987 was booked to appear on the British chat show Wogan (1982). In the green room five minutes before airtime, host Terry Wogan informed her that the show was live. According to Wogan she turned a deathly shade of pale and said she never did live television. In order to calm her down, Wogan suggested that she count 1, 2, 3... before walking on. When she was called onto the set, she could quite noticeably be seen counting whilst walking to her seat. She remained very uncomfortable and all her answers were monosyllabic. Wogan still says she was his most difficult guest.

Was a leading choice to play Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment (1983). The part went to Shirley MacLaine, who won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance.

Was in consideration for the role of Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest (1981), which went to Faye Dunaway.

Is one of three actresses to have won the Best Actress Academy Award for their portrayal of a character named "Annie". The others are Diane Keaton (for Annie Hall (1977)) and Kathy Bates (for Misery (1990)).

Was in consideration for the role of Alice Hyatt in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). The part went to Ellen Burstyn, who won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance.

Was offered the role of Chris MacNeil in The Exorcist--The Version You've Never Seen Before (1973), but had to turn it down because she was pregnant. The part went to Ellen Burstyn.

Among her survivors was her husband of 41 years, Mel Brooks, and her only child, Max Brooks, who was born in 1972.

Robinson in The Graduate (1967). Her status as the predatory "older woman" in the film is iconic, although in real life she was only eight years older than Katharine Ross and six years older than Dustin Hoffman. Bancroft would later express her frustration over the fact that the film overshadowed her other work.

Bancroft went on to give acclaimed performances in The Pumpkin Eater (1964), The Slender Thread (1965), Young Winston (1972), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), The Elephant Man (1980), To Be or Not to Be (1983), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) and other movies as lead actress, but her most famous role would be as Mrs.

In 1963 she won her Oscar for "Best Actress in a Leading Role" against Geraldine Page. In 1986 it was Page who won the Oscar for "Best Actress in a Leading Role" beating out Bancroft, who was nominated for her performance in Agnes of God (1985).

She returned to the screen in 1962 with her portrayal of Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (1962), for which she won an Oscar.

Has won two Tony Awards: in 1958, as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "Two for the Seesaw", and in 1960, as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "The Miracle Worker", a role she recreated in her Oscar-winning performance in the film version of the same name, The Miracle Worker (1962). She was also Tony nominated in 1978 as Best Actress (Play) for "Golda", in which she played the title character, Golda Meir.

By 1957 she had grown dissatisfied with the roles she was getting, left the film industry and spent the next five years doing plays on Broadway.

Suffered a pinched nerve, following an accident, while filming The Last Hunt (1956) and was replaced by Debra Paget.

She made her cinema debut in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) in 1952 and over the next five years appeared in a lot of undistinguished movies as a supporting actress, such as Gorilla at Large (1954), New York Confidential (1955) and The Girl in Black Stockings (1957).

Anne Bancroft was born on September 17, 1931 in the Bronx, the daughter of Michael Italiano (1905-2001), a dress pattern maker, and Mildred DiNapoli (1908-2010), a telephone operator, both of whom were the children of Italian immigrants.

Parents: Michael (1905-2001) and Mildred (1908-2010).