Actress ANNE BANCROFT Has Died, She Was 73

By Wind(up)bird June 7, 2005 7:24 PM

Anne Bancroft, Mrs. Robinson from the film the Graduate, has died. She was 73. A great actress who won the Best Actress Oscar for the Miracle Worker in 1962, Bancroft died from complications with uterine cancer. Bancroft had been married to Mel Brooks since 1964. She will most likely be remembered for playing Mrs. Robinson in 1967's, The Graduate.