NEW YORK -- Anne Bancroft, who won the 1962 best actress Oscar as the teacher of a young Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" but achieved greater fame as the seductive Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate, ...
NEW YORK — Anne Bancroft, who won the 1962 best actress Oscar as the teacher of a young Helen Keller in ‘‘The Miracle Worker'' but achieved greater fame as the seductive Mrs. Robinson in ‘‘The ...
Anne Bancroft was one of the few performers to win all three major acting awards: the Oscar, two Tonys and an Emmy. She is best known for two parts in her long and prolific career: Helen Keller's ...