Here’s to you, Mrs Bancroft |
We lost one of the greats yesterday — Anne Bancroft dead at 73 with cancer. I wish I could say I’d seen more of her films before today, but in truth I only know her as the iconic Mrs Robinson. She was the sort of actor I felt certain I would love on spec — she had a stately, luminous quality about her; a bit aloof perhaps, yet she never gave the impression she took herself too seriously. I was shocked and saddened by the news — I actually miss her, and I will spend the next few days discovering why.
My Anne Bancroft marathon, in whatever order strikes my fancy:
The Graduate – my 10th favorite film of all the times
The Miracle Worker — Bancroft’s Oscar-winning performance
To Be or Not to Be — Mel Brooks comedies are not my cup of tea, but I look forward to seeing her in a flat-out comedic role opposite the love of her life.
84 Charring Cross Road — Anne and Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench and a love story among used books.
Agnes of God
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