ACTOR

Anne Bancroft

1931 - 2005

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Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress and director. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Bancroft has received more than 10,351,977 page views. Her biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Anne Bancroft is the 388th most popular actor (up from 475th in 2019), the 698th most popular biography from United States (up from 898th in 2019) and the 190th most popular American Actor.

Anne Bancroft is most famous for her roles in The Graduate, The Miracle Worker, and Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate.

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  • 64.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anne Bancroft ranks 388 out of 13,578. Before her are Burgess Meredith, Joan Fontaine, Ray Liotta, Douglas Fairbanks, Bradley Cooper, and Jack Palance. After her are Chow Yun-fat, Hattie McDaniel, Kevin Bacon, Sally Field, Bolo Yeung, and Lee Marvin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Anne Bancroft ranks 35. Before her are João Gilberto, Dries van Agt, Johannes Rau, D. B. Cooper, Martinus J. G. Veltman, and Khieu Samphan. After her are Aldo Rossi, Hiroto Muraoka, Riccardo Giacconi, Sri Chinmoy, William Shatner, and Jim Jones. Among people deceased in 2005, Anne Bancroft ranks 26. Before her are Jack Kilby, Joseph Rotblat, Aslan Maskhadov, Sister Lúcia, Saul Bellow, and James Callaghan. After her are Ernst Mayr, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Pat Morita, George F. Kennan, Lucien Laurent, and Milton Obote.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anne Bancroft ranks 698 out of 20,380. Before her are Ray Liotta (1954), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), Bradley Cooper (1975), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Jack Palance (1919), and Murray Rothbard (1926). After her are Cyndi Lauper (1953), Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977), Hattie McDaniel (1893), Kevin Bacon (1958), H. L. Mencken (1880), and Sally Field (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Anne Bancroft ranks 190. Before her are George Kennedy (1925), Burgess Meredith (1907), Ray Liotta (1954), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), Bradley Cooper (1975), and Jack Palance (1919). After her are Hattie McDaniel (1893), Kevin Bacon (1958), Sally Field (1946), Lee Marvin (1924), Montgomery Clift (1920), and Edwin Booth (1833).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Graduate
Mrs. Robinson
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Dec 21st 19677.6 / 10
The Elephant Man
Mrs Kendal
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Oct 9th 19808 / 10
Antz
Queen (voice)
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
Oct 2nd 19986.163 / 10