Anne Bancroft Interview on Charlie Rose 2000

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The late great actress, Anne Bancroft was guest on The 'Charlie Rose' Show during this 4-25-2000 interview, and this rebroadcast airing in 2005. She discusses her current film atcthe time, Up At The Villa, and her major film roles, including Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, and Annie Sullivan, in The Miracle Worker and most of her career in this rare intimate interview.
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ANNE BANCROFT (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; 1931 - 2005) was an American actress, director, screenwriter and singer. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Associated with the method acting technique, having studied under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Bancroft made her film debut in the noir thriller Don't Bother to Knock (1952). Following a string of repetitive and glamorous supporting roles, her film career took a toll with executives reluctant to cast her in prestige roles. In 1958 Bancroft made her Broadway debut with the play Two for the Seesaw, winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. The following year she portrayed Anne Sullivan in the original Broadway production of The Miracle Worker, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Following her continued success on stage, Bancroft's film career was revived when she was cast in the acclaimed film adaptation of The Miracle Worker (1962) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her film career further progressed with Oscar nominated performances in The Pumpkin Eater (1964), The Graduate (1967), The Turning Point (1977), and Agnes of God (1985). Bancroft continued to act in the latter half of her life, with prominent roles in The Elephant Man (1980), Garbo Talks (1984), To Be or Not to Be (1983), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Torch Song Trilogy (1988), Home for the Holidays (1995), Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), G.I. Jane (1997), and Great Expectations (1998). She received multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including for the television films Broadway Bound (1992), Deep in My Heart (1999), for which she won, and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003). Bancroft died on June 6, 2005, at the age of 73, following her battle with uterine cancer. She was married to actor and comedian Mel Brooks, with whom she had a son named Max.
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[@RyanHLee-nc7hg]

Annie Bancroft was one of the most wondrous human beings who ever existed, a bawdy but ethereal presence who captivated everyone who encountered her, most especially her extraordinary husband.

[@jimnewcombe7584]

Interesting... especially as it's mathematically and historically impossible for you to know even one billionth of all the people that ever existed.

[@magnus9165]

The relationship between her and Mel Brooks was great to see and watch.

[@lauralutz4538]

@@jimnewcombe7584Not impossible to recount all the people one encounters in one’s own life experience is the assumed meaning…

[@jimnewcombe7584]

@@lauralutz4538 I'd say it is impossible to know truly even the closest people we encounter, let alone the cosmos which is an individual, and presumably "knowing them" depends upon them speaking, because it's speech which permits psychological revelation. But then we can encounter someone through written language, and clearly encountering Anne Bancroft is a raindrop in a river compared with Shakespeare, or William Blake, or Emily Dickinson.

[@joejones9520]

@@jimnewcombe7584 even that we're connecting thru a random comment is a statistical miracle

[@julietteyork6293]

I love that she devoted herself to raising her child, but was honest in conveying it wasn’t always easy.

[@robertmcgowan4149]

One of the greats! A beautiful human being inside & out. We will never see your likes again!!!

[@IsabelSantosCunha1972]

I was, i am and i always will be in awe of Anne Bancroft. She is one of the greatest and most underrated actresses that ever lived. A woman so gracious, such class... Some people should never die.

[@doreekaplan2589]

Seems "underrated" is a new favorite word whether true or NOT about some noteworthies nowadays. There are so many accurate, true, interesting, informative things to say about others that are relevant with some kind of meaning.

[@joevasquez3434]

I think, what the great Anne Bancroft is saying is that the journey to finding that personal peace can eventually becomes the journey itself. She' was such an amazing lady. God Bless her.

[@tiffsaver]

I first saw her in "The Miracle Worker," and have been enthralled ever since. I must have watched "The Graduate" a hundred times, just to see her and fall in love all over again. She was a National Treasure.

[@voicegirl555]

Happy Happy 90th Birthday Anne Bancroft! You are so very missed! What a terrific actress you were! You never gave a bad performance. Thank you for all the films you left behind.

[@abosworth]

Funny they both mention how accessible older films and interviews are with tapes and such. Here I am in 2024 watching on KZbin. Just watched The Graduate for the first time a few nights ago. She certainly lives on through her work. She left a mark on the world. ❤

[@caroleann_2142]

The Wonderful Anna Maria Louisa Italiano. Loved her.❤😊

[@pjchj3599]

Her acting in Great Expectations is beyond Oscars require!!! I love her acting in that

[@claudiah.2736]

Anne Bancroft (Annie as I affectionately call her) absolutely has my heart! I adore her and I adore this interview. The reason I love her so much is because she was strong, bawdy, gentle, compassionate, and tender. She wasn't like the ditzy Marilyn Monroe types (don't get me wrong I love MM) but she had gumption and grit, and she was gentle. There's something special about Anne Bancroft. Miss you, Annie! Thank you for leaving us with so much beautiful work.

[@brianmorecombe2726]

Fantastic actress.She was brilliant as Mrs Robinson.She also acted the part as a society sociallite in Elephant Man who came to John Merricks house to applaud him for his love of literature.A great actress and great memories of her on film.

[@kdmdlo]

She is just fantastic! How hard must it have been for Mel to outlive this woman by 18 years (so far).

[@MarlaLukofsky7]

I adored Anne Bancroft since her earliest roles. She was a star from the get go. My favorite still is The Miracle Worker. She worked miracles in everything she did.

[@lucadantiga5316]

How much I love her, not only a Great actress, she was a sort of living heart

[@preetakumar6593]

@@rebeccassweetmusic4632 Can you provide a timestamp for when she speaks about it?

[@CashMacGregor]

she also seemed to be aware that she would always be beautiful at every stage of her life and aged gracefully. one of my first hollywood crushes.

[@myfriendisaac]

During my 1st visit to Los Angeles, we left a restaurant and we were standing on her Hollywood Star! I told my friends of her brilliant performances 💐💝🎬

[@ytubesuks890]

I've been a fan of Anne Bancroft's since 1987 when she starred in '84 Charing Cross Road' opposite of Anthony Hopkins. She was gone MUCH to soon! RIP Anne.

[@joecastillo4884]

Hard to believe she passed away only 5 years later, in 2005. A true, consumate actress, she was!

[@annabelkira2825]

Hey 👋

[@WavvyPrince]

She deserved to be a 2 time Oscar winner & she should’ve been.

[@annabelkira2825]

Hey 👋

[@gregoryhoover2388]

This is a quality person .

[@wotan10950]

One of America’s foremost dramatic (and comedic) actresses. Gone way too soon. My father was in the same class in high school - in the Bronx. Her real name was Anna Italiano.

[@annabelkira2825]

Hey 👋

[@bwilson5401]

It just shows how great an actress she was,that she could go from a Italian family in the Bronx to playing English Aristocracy (and people thought she was English.)What a classy Bronx Lady.

[@tiffsaver]

Pt. III: When she said how much men liked the seduction aspect of The Graduate, it evoked spontaneous laughter from both of them. But no other actress in the world could have performed it with the brilliance of Bancroft. Trust me, NO ONE.

[@husseinm.4723]

Simply the best. An incandescent talent taken much too soon..

[@siliconesal]

Her best quote ever on her husband “He’s the life and soul of the party and a pain in the ass to me …” 😂👌

[@julietteyork6293]

She and Mel must have had a home filled with wonderful conversation, loads of laughs, great friendship and abiding love. How blessed they were. Today I saw the hilarious Jiminy Glick (Martin Short) interview with Mel Brooks. Watch it when you need to laugh. When you consider Anne in “The Miracle Worker” and “The Graduate” - two such vastly different roles - you can’t help but be in awe of her talent. RIP.

[@ashlincobb4274]

Anne Bancroft is such a beautiful and confident women, its sad that she passed away in 2005 tho if she was still alive she would been the celebrities with a good heart for the other different people in the world This is my favorite part when she mentioned about Whole Foods 36:34

[@dontcare9689]

She was so beautiful when she was young

[@claudial.gonzalez4268]

Helene Hanff in “84 Crossing Road “ with Anthony Hopkins is UNFORGETTABLE! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@wormsnake1]

What’s a woman. A brilliant actor and so natural in this interview.x

[@gordonjreeves5651]

👏 BRAV-OOOOO, The BRILLIANT 💐 ANNE BANCROFT 💐 👏

[@fob1xxl]

Brilliant actress! My favorites, "The Turning Point", "The Graduate" and "Fatso" ! Her range is amazing ! Thanks for all the great gears of entertainment ! 💙👍

[@damongipson-dg8pc]

Yesss my favorite of hers is the turning point

[@user-rz6bc2cl3c]

Anne was one of the most UNDERRATED actresses of all-time. She had it all, just don't understand. Why she didn't control the acting community is a very huge question. Maybe, she needed better representation. Very sophisticated and highly intelligent woman. Could play just about any role. Bravo, Annie, RIP, and thanks for all the great memories in your career.

[@VCJS31]

She's an incredibly talented actress, especially in The Miracle Worker and The Elephant Man.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

And as the OCD overly solicitous middleaged mother to Sissy Spacek's pre-suicidally overly dutiful character in the film Goodnight, Mother.

[@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

Miracle worker is truly a miracle. Her Patty Duke dinner scene is one of the best scenes in cinema history. It's shame people only talk about Joan Crawford and Bette Davis and the fued.

[@aaronssocks]

God bless you. A great woman x

[@OhSankYouDoktor]

Total class! She was so talented, so committed to her husband and son. Taken way too soon.

[@Autostade67]

A great lesson that only a great actor has the security to give (even though Anne seems to have been touched with that healthy insecurity which I believe is another sign of greatness): just be honest about your life. It was good to learn that she took time off to raise her son...I always thought it was that no one was offering her parts. We lost her too soon but she left a marvellous record of talent. I would have loved to have seen her in 'Two for the Seesaw'.

[@denilsonalvim.fanfilms20sat50s]

I love hearing that voice so striking and husky. I love. 👌🏻 Brilliant Actress. 🌹🌹🌹 Eternal Memories 🌹🌹🌹

[@zoecunningham3019]

What delightful flow of a mutual respect of conversation. 👏

[@Richie8a8y]

Anne Bancroft was such a gracious woman and a marvelous actor. Never more apparent than here in this interview. She turns his insipid impertinent banal questions and all his ridiculously nasty comments into endearing sincerity.

[@JamesVaughan]

Just saw her in one of the all-time great examples of film noir, "Nightfall" (1957), also starring Aldo Ray and directed by Jacques Tourneur. She was perfect (and stunningly beautiful) as the femme fatale.

[@annabelkira2825]

Hey 👋

[@MsLouise1960]

Beautiful, such a beautiful human being 🫶🏽🤗

[@mardiedodds7562]

She's my favorite! Just extraordinary! I like all her films. Especially The Pumpkineater! You just can't take your eyes if her in that movie.

[@ajsmith5295]

She has beautiful smiling eyes

[@jonmcay9659]

What a beautiful lady .

[@aaronssocks]

Real classy

[@brutusalwaysminded]

"Will you stop putting words in my mouth!" What every guest wants to say to "Cha-lee". lol Miss him. Thanks.

[@gordygibson8776]

Charlie Rose was probably the most overrated interviewer - here Anne Bancroft generously and goodnaturedly indulges his ego whilst pullng him up for his shortcomings. Sheer magic.

[@308W82]

This interview is priceless! She is so full of life and energy, and her ebullience shines! From her truly powerful and virtuosic performance in "The Miracle Worker" thankfully also captured on film, garnering her Oscar win to the aging seductress of Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate", she remains one Theatre and Film's most cherished actresses! And this interview shows just how she accomplished it -- with the love of her acting profession, her tremendously hard work, her terrific sense of humor (NO surprise whatsoever that the love of her life was Mel Brooks), and her thoroughly charming personality. OH -- just wish we could have seen a final chapter in her life (after she died too young!) -- she'd have been the perfect spokesperson for us old-timers!!! Thankfully her work will love on...forever!

[@mony2934]

May your gracious soul rest in peace, Anne Bancroft 🙏

[@lindaeasley5606]

A legendary actress so underappreciated.

[@ghw7192]

So beautiful in so many ways...

[@thomassimmons1950]

One of the most beautiful women, inside and out ever to come along. Don't make'm like that no more.

[@annabelkira2825]

Hey 👋

[@douglaswhite9524]

Oh, how I miss her!!!

[@MysticalMoonBaby80]

I admire Anne bancroft ❤

[@peggymoore7448]

Precious woman

[@dustyblue2ify]

Anne Bancroft not just a well known actress a lovely humna being~ my beloved homeroom teacher "Coach Petrino" was Cousins to Annie. To hearing of old school kids to adults now on Fire Island, where I too spent many Summers, Anne & Mel shared there time~ so many stories. Bless Anne B in Spirit Beloved ❤🕊

[@tiffsaver]

OMG... I just learned that she didn't do the love scenes in The Graduate. It was just movie magic!!

[@tonybrunner673]

Ladys and gentleman the original femme fatale, miss Anne Bancroft

[@annabelkira2825]

Hey 👋

[@stevemoore9509]

She will always be Mrs. Robinson I just love that movie and I love her. May she R.I.P.

[@gordygibson8776]

Yes she played Mrs Robinson and countless other less popular great role on stage and screen.

[@Yvonne19712010]

She played her so cool, great actress and stunning.

[@annabelkira2825]

Hey 👋

[@annabelkira2825]

@@gordygibson8776 hey 👋

[@florinest]

The Best.

[@MrJimmy1953]

Classy, funny, smart, beautiful, the best. 💙🌈

[@reyesplace1096]

Fabulous actress

[@donfontana8282]

I absolutely adored ann Bancroft as an actress... But this interview is so frenetic... whether she realized it or not, she was conflicted in the interview .. all over the place.

[@calebwitt207]

I miss Anne & Charlie

[@delrey874]

She's such great actress 👏

[@binkyfaith]

So beautiful…. Love her👏🏿💯❤️🙏🏿

[@tracybenson6364]

This interview is so funny. “I didn’t say that!” I think he had a crush on her.

[@annabelkira2825]

Hey 👋

[@giusymastrogiacomo4879]

She was half Italian...She played the part of Maria Maddalena in Zeffirelli's movie about Jesus

[@stephenbrown3835]

Ann ~~ beautiful and brilliant ~~~ thanks 🙏 for your entertainment!! 🌟🌍🌟

[@bwilson5401]

If the English dictionary could redefine 'Woman,' it would be Anne Bancroft

[@mathew21686]

Anne caused a major controversy at the Oscar’s when she kissed Sidney Poitier on the cheek after handing him his Oscar for best actor. That historic moment caused more controversy than celebration. Sidney and Anne’s moment of embrace offended so many people who persecuted them by complaining to the academy and the studios. As well, Anne’s genuine reaction of excitement and happiness was so offensive that she received death threats. Whenever I heard about such things being so controversial I would say “I can’t believe” that happened. But given our past and the way things are currently going I stopped believing that such things could happen.

[@benbergin538]

Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson

[@deborahbarnes8377]

Classic beauty

[@robertbruce2128]

Charlie Rose: “It is said-and you can correct me if this is a wrong assumption-that you and Mr. Brooks have one of the great relationships.” Anne Bancroft: “Oh, I can’t wait to get home and tell him.” Genius!

[@johnflynn9619]

Anne was a Great Actress. A PRO. RIP

[@pollymiller6370]

I love you Anne.

[@CliffBronson1212]

"State of mind of peace" 😇

[@johncronin1082]

What an enchanting lady

[@ZAOUWV]

Beautiful woman at 69 years of age!

[@alanstrong55]

Little Annie was a doll. Now gone to Glory.

[@msmolyansky]

Great interview - Mel was probably devastated when she passed away

[@henzcarltupas328henzcarltu2]

Anne Bancroft as Mary of Magdalene .... Her facial features reminds me of Marian Seldes

[@Happyboymargarine]

Chick was talented and really beautiful.

[@davidreid8075]

Modesty.. a virtue. More like Anne please..

[@chriskroell6956]

Gorgeous

[@mikelieber3357]

A very very beautiful lady. Anne Bancroft

[@calamityj3634]

She’s lovely ❤

[@seattlejayde]

Love Her

[@jtrain5615]

Charlie wasn't "putting words in her mouth," he was adding his own thoughts.

[@allangow4746]

Anne is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen , with a wonderful personality. Anne is an effortlessly natural actress , her husband is a very lucky man.

[@mardiedodds7562]

Yes the most beautiful woman in the world. I can’t take my eyes off her!

[@ademirmartins6533]

Mrs Robinson. Beautifull.

[@shlokamsrivastava6782]

Her voice is so silky.

[@BBnose]

The way she speak pretty much like a politician

[@sueroork8452]

If speaking thoughtfully and truthfully and intelligently is like a politician the so be it. What are you trying to say?

[@MsLouise1960]

Yeah, I love what she is like !

[@emmarose4234]

Read the last page (before the back cover) of World War Z. It says four simple words: “I love you, Mom.”

[@Telluwide]

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me." ...We can only wish!

[@willfromyadkinville]

i absolutely was in love with her! a true professional! miss her dearly! so beautiful!

[@raulflores1666]

Mrs. Robison was an artist -

[@armandogabba8966]

Beautiful mouth...attractive like nobody...the real paisana

[@levenscott645]

What a fun person.

[@ajsmith5295]

She is so attractive I thought it was rude of him to say ageing ballerina

[@randysills4418]

That was the role that she played and not her...

[@randysills4418]

The movie was "The Turning Point"...