Anne Bancroft a great talent

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: June 9, 2005| Author: Deseret Morning News editorial | Copyright information

It would be nice to write a eulogy for Anne Bancroft without mentioning her role as the lusty Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate." It could be easily done. Bancroft's career was one of accomplishment and class. But, alas, the world chooses what it will remember, and Bancroft lived her life in the shadow of a 1967 character she'd created. Mrs. Robinson was her personal ghost.

Bancroft died of uterine cancer at age 73 earlier this week. Awards lined her walls -- an Oscar for "The Miracle Wor...

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