From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.- Page 2
From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#25re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 7:27pmThere just isn't a finer performance than her Annie Sullivan. Then, compare that to her role in Fatso. So versitile. Oh, I just loved her in film.
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#26re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 7:36pm"Broadway's marquees will be dimmed at 8 PM June 8 in tribute to Ms. Bancroft, Mel Brooks' spokesman, John Barlow, told Playbill.com."
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#27re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 7:45pm
That's really sad 
Less is more
Ugly is beautiful
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Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp
"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo
"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK
#28re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 7:46pmAm I the only one that loves The Turning Point? No one seems to mention it...
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#29re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 7:55pmNo you are absolutely not! I love that flick!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#30re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 7:58pmI remember I was pretty young when I saw it, totally fell in love with both of them, especially during the scene on the terrace.
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#31re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 7:58pm
Thank God for THE TURNING POINT.
Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins, Marcia Haydee, Richard Cragun, Lucette Aldous, Fernando Bujones, Antoinette Sibley, Marianna Tcherkassky, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the glorious dancers of ABT all on the silver screen in one package!
Bancroft as Emma was once again brilliant.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#32re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 8:00pmAnd lest we forget - Starr Danias, Leslie Browne, Alexandra Danilova, and James Mitchell.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#33re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 8:03pmI so wanted to be a dancer after I saw that movie... in New York City. Somewhat achieved the dancer part...
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#34re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 8:08pm
Rath!
I danced Le Spectre de La Rose with Starr.
Danilova, Balanchine's 2nd unofficial wife and a great Ballerina from the Maryinsky School.
James Mitchell, Dream Curly and Palmer Courtland.
Rath, do I know you?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#35re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 8:14pm
No - I can't put two steps together. :) But I've always been fascinated to an extent by the lives of ballet dancers, and that movie was all about that.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#36re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 8:15pmI love The Turning Point. I love all her films.
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CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#37re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 9:40pm
And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
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Updated On: 6/7/05 at 09:40 PM
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#38re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 10:48pm
I am so sad.
She will be greatly missed by everyone and my heart goes out to Mel and their family.
Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?
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#39re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 10:59pmGod Bless Anna Maria Italiano,,her and her family are in my prayers. I loved and respected her as both a person and an actress. "FATSO" will always be one of my favorites.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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#40re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 11:05pmI was also a huge fan of "Garbo Talks"... she was truly a shining star and I feel so bad for Mel...
"Not a day goes by..."
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#42re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/7/05 at 11:58pmi love THE TURNING POINT also. thank you, ms bancroft, for sharing your incredible talent.
RIP glebby <3
#43re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:08am
So, so, so so sad. At first I couldn't believe it.... What a wonderful actress and what a great loss.
I love her in every single movie she appeared in, whether it was "The Graduate", "The Turning Point" or "The Miracle Worker", but also in her smaller roles like "The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone" or her really funny and touching part in "Keeping The Faith".
May she rest in peace.
"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#44re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:12amThis one really got to me. I think Ann Bancroft is one of the best actors of her generation. What a great, classy and funny woman. She truly will be missed.
PEACE.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#45re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/8/05 at 6:23amIn one of the obits on TV it said she talked Mel into musicalizing The Producers. In addition originally up for the Mrs Robinson role was Lauren bacall. Bancroft was quoted as saying The Miracle Worker & not The Graduate was her favorite role
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#46re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/8/05 at 7:37am
Am I the only one who remembers ANNIE AND THE SEVEN HOODS for TV?
I was very young and staying up way past bed time because mom let me so it is a blurry memory but I'll never forget - "Here comes the Queen, Bambi Levine."
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
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Featured Actor Joined: 5/17/05
#48re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:49am
She is one of my favorite actors. One of her more recent performances that I love is in Home for the Holidays. She was hilarious as Holly Hunter's mom.
Last night, was the first time I ever cried when I heard that a famous person had passed away. It was such a shock, and it's such a loss.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
#49re: From CNN: Ann Bancroft has died.
Posted: 6/8/05 at 8:52am
Cheers to the fabulous Ann Bancroft.
I hope she's somewhere out there playing scrabble with Judy Garland, Judy Holliday, Ruth Gordon and Jessica Tandy.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
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