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Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft

17/09/1931- 06/06/2005
Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress, director, screenwriter, and singer associated with the method acting school, having studied under Lee Strasberg. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft was acknowledged for her work in film, theatre, and television. She won one Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globes, two Tony Awards, and two Emmy Awards, and several other awards and nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anne Bancroft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Graduate

The Graduate
8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 21/12/1967
  • Character: Mrs. Robinson
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations
6.8/10
Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.

Antz

Antz
6.5/10
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.

G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane
6/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 19/08/1997
  • Character: Senator Lillian DeHaven
A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man
8.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 02/10/1980
  • Character: Mrs. Kendal
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles
7.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 07/02/1974
  • Character: Churchgoer (uncredited)
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

Point of No Return

Point of No Return
6.1/10
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Dracula: Dead and Loving It
5.8/10
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.

Heartbreakers

Heartbreakers
6.2/10
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.

Malice

Malice
6.5/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 29/09/1993
  • Character: Mrs. Kennsinger
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

Demetrius and the Gladiators

Demetrius and the Gladiators
6.6/10
The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.

How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 06/10/1995
  • Character: Glady Joe Cleary
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.

Critical Care

Critical Care
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 31/10/1997
  • Character: Nun
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?

The Sunchaser

The Sunchaser
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 29/05/1996
  • Character: Dr. Renata Baumbauer
A young half-Navajo convict dying of cancer forces a yuppie doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.

The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg
6.2/10
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.

Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 14/04/2000
  • Character: Ruth Schram
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.

Agnes of God

Agnes of God
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 13/09/1985
  • Character: Mother Miriam Ruth
When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.

84 Charing Cross Road

84 Charing Cross Road
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 13/02/1987
  • Character: Helene Hanff
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.

Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays
6.6/10
After losing her job, making out with her soon to be ex-boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson has to face spending the holiday with her family. She wonders if she can survive their crazy antics.

Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 08/10/1993
  • Character: Dr. Catherine Holland
The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.

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