Anne Bancroft Articles
I have tons of incredible interviews I've saved over the past 30 years, I'll be posting them here as quickly as I can scan 'em or type 'em! Please note that many of these items include terrific photos.
(Note
that from this point forward, I will be putting watermarks on many photos
at this site, due to unauthorized use elsewhere.)
A must-read here:
Only Child
Magazine's extensive interview with Max Brooks.
Exclusive rare photo spread of Annie in an old 1960 Pageant
magazine, here.
Patty Duke
talks about Anne and The Miracle Worker, quite interesting, it's
from 2003. Link is
Anne fannes need to read William Gibson's obituaries
here.
Writer
Dan Callahan has a very interesting and insightful view of Anne's work
that is well worth reading. I particularly appreciate his comments about
her work in my favorite AB film, The Pumpkin Eater. (Comment
section is also well worth reading, and I agree with those who say that
Anne's work in Home for the Holidays is overlooked as some of her
best work in her later years.) Link is
The recent
Vanity Fair article about the making of The Graduate -- a long
read, but well worth it! Link is
My friend
and fellow fanne Jody H. has been digging in the newly-opened NY Times
archives and came up with this gem
for us from 2002.
From Leonard Maltin's archives, a wonderful article about Anne and The
Miracle Worker. Link is
Elsewhere:
Magazines
& publication resources to look for Atlanta
Journal-Constitution (USA) Celebrity Sleuth
(USA) Cinemanía (Mexico) Cine-Tele-Revue Cine-Tele-Revue Cine-Tele-Revue Current Biography 1960, New
York Close-Up: The Movie Star
Book Ecran (Paris) Ecran Ecran (Paris) Entertainment Weekly
(USA) FHM (USA) Film Dope (London) Films and Filming (London) Films Illustrated Films Illustrated Films in Review (New
York) Hollywood Studio Magazine Le Soir (Belgium) The New York Times The New York Times Parade (USA) Photoplay Movies & Video Premiere (Boulder) Revue du Cinéma
(Paris) TIME (USA) Variety The Washington Post (USA) The Washington Post
(USA)
From LA Weekly, June of 2005, I'm finally able to post this sans
tears -- "Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson: Remembering Anne
Bancroft." It is a very good interview with Anne. Link is here,
forever version is here.
Peek-A-Boo! -- TV Guide, June 15, 1957 (here).
(Almost exactly 50 years ago!)
Anne Bancroft Revisits the 20s -- April 3, 1961 (here).
Wonderful piece by Max Brooks for Men's Health -- helping a parent through the grief
process while you yourself are grieving -- Saving Mel Brooks. Original
article is
Terrific
recent interview with Mel, November 2006, talking about his new projects
and life without Annie here.
From
December 1964 -- a fun doozy from the National Enquirer here.
From November 1974 -- Annie, an
exquisite interview for TV Guide promoting Annie
& the Hoods here.
From 1962
-- Miracle for Anne Bancroft here.
From 1953
-- Who Says a Kiss is Just a Kiss by Anne Bancroft here.
From March 1965 -- Designer's Choice for Anne Bancroft, with exquisite
photos here.
From around 2000 -- Red Loves... Anne Bancroft here.
From January 12, 2005 -- The Producers of The Producers Welcome New Stars
to the St. James Theatre here.
From late 2002 -- You can never be too rich or too thin here.
From mid 1960s -- Battling Bancroft here.
From May 2000 -- After 40 years, Anne Bancroft can still take the heat,
keep her cool here.
From June 2005 -- Farewell to Anne Bancroft here.
From January 6, 2006 Entertainment Weekly. A sweet, short piece
about Anne written by Patty Duke
here.
Thanks Jody H.!
From January 1980 Films in Review: Exquisite article about Anne
written by someone who knew her: The Odyssey of Ruby Pepper here.
From 1961:
At home with Anne Bancroft
Brief piece
in NY Daily News with Anne's mom Mildred Italiano, from June 11, 2005
From about 1954: Anne & Martin at home (stop giggling and put on your
toreador pants) here.
From 1995
"Bancroft: Patchwork career led to 'Quilt'" here.
A wonderful in-depth article
from Salon here.
Forever version is here.
Nia Vardalos & Anne
Bancroft: "the inspired, the admired" here.
Another must-read quickie
interview here.
Another
fun one, from 1997 -- here.
"Anne Bancroft: Life's a laugh with Mel"
here.
"Bancroft's royal
role" here.
One
of the nicest articles about Anne I've ever read, here
at
Otto Bruno's blog. He also discusses Fatso here.
Graduate
Star Anne Bancroft Dies --
BBC
obituary, with a photo gallery.
The Guardian has a
comprehensive section from June '05, including a photo gallery and
biography here.
Anne
Bancroft -- Salon
piece on Anne's career.
NPR
has photos, video, some interesting links here
and here.
(this is by no means everything):
American
Theatre
September 2005
June 10, 2005, Vol. 57 #161, page E-2
"Movie Mojo: Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson" by Bob Longino &
Eleanor Ringel GillespireBack
Stage West
June 23, 2005
1990, Vol. 3 #4, page 8-9
"Anne Bancroft"
November 1997, Vol. 2 #14, page 72
"Cinegrafías: Anne Bancroft"
Jan 26, 1978, 58, page 52
"La vedette de la semaine: Anne Bancroft"
Jun 28, 1979, 59, pages 20-23
"Les immortels du cinema: Anne Bancroft" by J. Von Cottom
May 10, 1984, 64, page 56
"La vedette de la semaine"
edited by Danny Peary, New York, 1978
"Anne Bancroft: She Paid Her Dues" by Karen ArthurDaily
Telegraph (London, England)
June 9, 2005
September 1978
"Anne Bancroft"
Jan 15, 1979, 76, pages 23-24
"Les mille acteurs: errata et addenda au 15/12/78"
Dec 15, 1979, 86, pages 47-48
"Les mille acteurs: errata et addenda au 15/11/79"
June 17, 2005, Vol. 1 # 825, pg. 18
"Legacy: Anne Bancroft" by Mark Harris
December 2002 #28, page 116
"The 20 Sexiest Lingerie Moments of All Time #4" by Tom Conlon
March 1982
"Anne Bancroft"
May 1987
Anne interviews Allan Hunter
Feb 7, 1978, pages 220-221
"Two women at the turning point"
May 7, 1978, pages 344-345
"Why a prima ballerina throws away her toe shoes and turns
to movies" by David Castell
January 1980
"Anne Bancroft: The Odyssey of Ruby Pepper" by J.R. HaspielGuardian
(London, England)
June 9, 2005Hollywood
Reporter
June 8, 2005
1986, 19 n8, pages 20-21
"The incredible actress and lady... Anne Bancroft" by Margie
SchultzIndependent
(London, England)
June 9, 2005
June 8, 2005, page 25
"Décès d'Anne Bancroft, madame Mel Brooks" by V.Q.
Oct 15, 1984, 134, page C-13.
"Bancroft portrays a feisty frump" by Leslie Bennetts
May 19, 1992, 141, page C-18.
"Even a star can identify with rage" by Bernard WeinraubThe
New York Times
June 8, 2005Observer
(London, England)
June 12, 2005
May 7, 2000, page 24
"From Mrs. Robinson to Mischievous Matchmaker" by Jane
CiabattariPeople
June 20, 2005
Feb 1986, 37, pages 48-52
"The habit of acting" by Colette Maude
December 9, 1995
Interview with T. Casablanca
May 1990
"Troublez-nous encore" by Didier Roth-BettoniStar-Ledger
(Newark, NJ)
June 8, 2005
December 21, 1959, Vol. 74 # 25
Cover photoTIME
(USA)
June 20, 2005
Jan 6, 1982, 305, 6+ [2p]
"Mel Brooks-Anne Bancroft re-do of Ernst Lubitsch, 1942"Variety
June 13, 2005
June 8, 2005, Vol. 128 #185, pages C-1 & C-10
"Appreciation: The Actress Who Had A Leg Up on Stardom" by Peter
Marks
June 8, 2005, Vol. 128 #185, page B-6
"Oscar-Winning Actress Anne Bancroft Dies at 73" by Matt Schudel
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away."
