Joan Crawford accepts Anne Bancroft’s Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 35th Academy Awards for her performance as Annie Sullivan in the biographical film ‘The Miracle Worker.’ Anne could not attend the ceremony, as she was starring in the stage play ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ at the time. Bancroft originally played Annie Sullivan in the 1959 Broadway production of ‘The Miracle Worker’ and later reprised the role in the film adaptation. The movie was adapted from Helen Kelle

Remembering Anne Bancroft, Roddy McDowall, and director Edgar G. Ulmer on their birthdays | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

405K views · 12K reactions | Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel @ Central Park, New York, NY on Sept. 19, 1981. This was written in 1968 for the movie The Graduate, starring Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson, a middle-aged woman who seduces the much younger Dustin Hoffmann. | Paul B. Leonor | Facebook

Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson. The enticing Anne Bancroft returns to the big screen for a special 50th anniversary screening of The Graduate on April 23rd and 26th! Tickets available now: http://bit.ly/GradTrailer | Fathom Entertainment

2.1K views · 199 reactions |  Anne Bancroft — the unforgettable Mrs. Robinson, a Hollywood icon, and Mel Brooks’ greatest leading lady on and off screen.  #AnneBancroft #TheGraduate #HollywoodLegend #MelBrooks | Classic Film | Facebook

TO BE OR NOT TO BE ('83) marked the first onscreen pairing of Anne Bancroft with her husband, actor & filmmaker Mel Brooks. Already married for nearly two decades, the two star in the film as husband and wife. See it tonight as part of Bancroft's #SummerUndertheStars tribute. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM