Anne (Italiano) Bancroft
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Anne Maria Louisa (Italiano) Bancroft (1931 - 2005)

Anne Maria Louisa Bancroft formerly Italiano aka May, Brooks
Born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.map
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Wife of — married 1 Jul 1953 (to 13 Feb 1957) in Riverside, Riverside, California, United Statesmap
Wife of [private husband (1920s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Died at age 73 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Anne (Italiano) Bancroft has Italian Roots.

"Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, known professionally as Anne Bancroft, was an American actress, director, screenwriter and singer associated with the method acting school, having studied under Lee Strasberg. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft was acknowledged for her work in film, theater and television. She won one Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globes, two Tony Awards, and two Emmy Awards and several other awards and nominations."[1]

"After her film debut in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) and a string of supporting film roles during the 1950s, Bancroft won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her lead role in The Miracle Worker (1962) as the teacher of young Helen Keller, reprising her role from the 1959 Broadway stage play in which she had won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. On Broadway in 1965, she played a medieval nun obsessed with a priest (Jason Robards) in John Whiting's play The Devils, based on the Aldous Huxley novel The Devils of Loudun. Bancroft was perhaps best known as seductress Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967), a role that she later said had come to overshadow her other work." [1]

"Bancroft received several other Oscar nominations and continued in lead roles until the late 1980s; notable film roles during this time include The Turning Point (1977) and Agnes of God (1985)."[1]

Anna Maria Louisa Italiano was born 17 September 1931 in The Bronx, New York, the daughter of Michael Italiano and Mildred Di Napoli. She had two sisters, Joan and Phyllis.[2] Anne graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan. At the start of her career she used the name Anne Marno; however, later, after being told this name sounded too ethnic, she adopted the professional name of Anne Bancroft.

She was married twice. Her first husband was Martin Alexander May[3], an attorney, whom she married 1 July 1953 in Riverside, California.[4] They separated in 1955 and divorced two years later in 1957.

Her second husband was Mel Brooks, who turned out to be the love her life. He later said that after their first date, they were connected like glue. They were married August 5, 1964 in Manhattan at New York City Hall. [5]Their son, Max, was born in 1972, and Anne and Mel were together for 40 years until her death.

Anne died 6 June 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York after suffering uterine cancer. She was 73.[6] Her remains were buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.[7][8]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Anne Bancroft on Wikipedia.
  2. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ2B-DBN : 24 January 2020), Marie Italiano in household of Michael Italiano, Assembly District 6, Bronx, New York City, Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-907, sheet 7A, line 15, family 159, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2483.
  3. Alexander May was born 1921; died 1982; US Navy Veteran World War II.
  4. Martin A. May and Anne M. Italiano in the California Marriage Index; Martin A. May, age 29; marriage date: 1 July 1953; riverside, CA; spouse: Anne M. Italiano, age 21.
  5. Seattle Daily Times, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1964, Seattle, WA page 27. "Associated Press, New York, Aug. 11 -- Anne Bancroft, winner of Hollywood's Oscar and two Broadway Tony awards, has married Mel Brooks, 38, a comedy writer. The marriage, the second for both, took place at City Hall last Wednesday, but Miss Bancroft used her real name, Anna Maria Italiano, and the marriage wasn't revealed until last night. Miss Bancroft, 32, won an Oscar for her performance in "The Miracle Worker" and Tonys for "The Miracle Worker" and "Two for the Seesaw." Brook won an Oscar in 1962 for that year's best movie short, "The Critic."
  6. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVT8-J6XW : accessed 5 May 2020), Anne Sullivan Brooks Bancroft, Albany, New York, United States, 8 Jun 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Times Union, The, born-digital text.
  7. Find a Grave Memorial for Anne Bancroft (Anna Maria Louisa Italiano).
  8. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVT8-J6XN : accessed 3 July 2018), Anna Maria Louise Italiano in entry for Anne Sullivan Brooks Bancroft, Albany, New York, United States, 8 Jun 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Times Union, The, born-digital text.




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