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Anne Bancroft

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

 
Walk the Proud LandWalk the Proud Land (1956)
Dir. Jesse Hibbs
Feat. Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Charles Drake
Considered one of Audie Murphy's best Westerns, based on the true story of an Indian agent who is sent to try a new approach to peace with the…
Miracle Worker, TheMiracle Worker, The (1962) Recommended
Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft
The classic telling of the Helen Keller story, in which blind, profoundly deaf Keller was coaxed into communication by her Irish governess Anne…
Pumpkin Eater, ThePumpkin Eater, The (1964) Recommended
Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason
Anne Bancroft is riveting as a woman of the verge of a nervous breakdown in this penetrating and vastly under–rated British melodrama. As…
Graduate, TheGraduate, The (1967) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross
An endearing Dustin Hoffman in his first leading role, is seduced by a middle–aged woman and then falls in love with her daughter. A brilliant…
Young WinstonYoung Winston (1972)
Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Simon Ward
The early life of Britain's greatest political leader, through his time in India, Sudan and the Boer War to his ascendancy at the House of Commons.
Hindenburg, TheHindenburg, The (1975)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton
Tense thriller follows the last flight of the Hindenburg airship from Nazi Germany to New York in 1937, where it notoriously burst into flames upon…
LipstickLipstick (1976)
Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Perry King
A trashy yet compulsive thriller in which a gorgeous fashion model (Margaux Hemingway) is raped by a seemingly benign admirer, who dabbles in bizarre…
Jesus of Nazareth (Mini Series)Jesus of Nazareth (Mini Series) (1977) Recommended
Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Anne Bancroft
Touched by the hand of Franco Zeffirelli and a who's–who of famous thesps, this is the most respectfully detailed and complete retelling of the…
Turning Point, TheTurning Point, The (1977)
Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rarely are ballet films quite so dramatically satisfying – if still laden with a few cliches – than this tale of two friends reuniting,…
To Be or Not to BeTo Be or Not to Be (1983)
Dir. Alan Johnson
Feat. Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson
Mel Brooks features in this remake of the 1940s Ernst Lubitsch comedy.
Garbo TalksGarbo Talks (1984)
Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Ron Silver, Greta Garbo, Anne Bancroft
This enchanting film sees Ron Silver attempting to fulfil his dying mother's last request; to meet Greta Garbo. Fine supporting cast.
Agnes of GodAgnes of God (1985)
Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Jane Fonda, Meg Tilly, Anne Bancroft
Jane Fonda investigates, in this intriguing murder–mystery set in a nunnery.
84 Charing Cross Road84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Dir. David Jones
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins
Book–loving New Yorker Anne Bancroft corresponds with London bookseller Anthony Hopkins in the decades following WWII, leading to some platonic…
Broadway BoundBroadway Bound (1992)
Dir. Paul Bogart
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Hume Cronyn
Third film in the trilogy based on the Neil Simon's memoirs remains faithful to its stage origins. His alter–ego aspires to write successful…
Assassin, TheAssassin, The (Point of No Return) (1993)
Dir. John Badham
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney
Hollywood goes for the sure thing with this virtual frame–by–frame remake of NIKITA. Bridget Fonda does the best she can as the sexy…
Home for the HolidaysHome for the Holidays (1995)
Dir. Jodie Foster
Feat. Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jnr., Anne Bancroft
Holly Hunter returns to her family for a holiday get–together and finds a mixture of romance and family conflicts amid some bright, eccentric…
How to Make an American QuiltHow to Make an American Quilt (1996)
Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse
Feat. Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn
Pleasurable, star–domed female–stitching movie has Winona Ryder sorting out her personal foibles with an ear for the mixed–fortuned…
Sunchaser, TheSunchaser, The (1996)
Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Woody Harrelson, John Seda, Anne Bancroft
A Hollywood surgeon is kidnapped and traipsed through wild gang frontiers by a dying half–breed hoodlum. Shot full of Navajo mystic hokum, it's…
GI JaneGI Jane (1997)
Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft
A staunch, suede–headed Demi Moore is enlisted in a US Army commando squad in a call for equal–opportunity by stylist dir. Ridley Scott. …
Great ExpectationsGreat Expectations (1998)
Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft
Bold revamp of the Charles Dickens classic traces the inter–twining fortunes of Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow, orphans linked via a murky…
Up at the VillaUp at the Villa (1999)
Dir. Philip Haas
Feat. Sean Penn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne Bancroft
Adrift in pre–fascist 1930s Italy, widowed Englishwoman Kirsten Scott Thomas lives on the generosity of her well–heeled peers before…
Deep In My HeartDeep In My Heart (1999)
Dir. Anita W. Addison
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Gloria Reuben, Lynn Whitfield
Made for television true story about a young woman raised in a foster home, who decides to find her birth mother, unaware that she was the result of…
Keeping the FaithKeeping the Faith (2000)
Dir. Edward Norton
Feat. Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, Ben Stiller
The directing debut of actor Edward Norton, this is a relaxed and genial love–triangle comedy, the twist being that Big Apple executive Jenna…
HeartbreakersHeartbreakers (2001)
Dir. David Mirkin
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta
Sparky, though a little overlong, this teams Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt as a mother–daughter con–women team. Initially…
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, TheRoman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The (2003)
Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
Feat. Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez, Anne Bancroft
Reasonably solid telemovie version of Tennessee Williams' only novel, with Mirren here playing the aging actress lured into an affair after the…
DelgoDelgo (2008)
Dir. Marc F. Adler, Jason Maurer
Feat. Freddie Prinze Jnr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Malcolm McDowell
Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt and others voice this fantasy animation about a magical world on the brink of destruction. Lacks subtely and…

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