Article: Anne Bancroft.(in memoriam)(actress)(Brief Article)(Obituary)

Two-time Tony-winner Anne Bancroft died in June in New York City at age 73. The Bronx-born actress--who was famed for her film work as well, most notably as Mrs. Robinson in Mike Nichols's The Graduate--won both of her Tony plaudits in plays by William Gibson, directed by Arthur Penn: Two for the Seesaw and The Miracle Worker. Born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, Bancroft first tried Hollywood, where 20th Century Fox recommended her new name. She ...

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