Anne Bancroft starred in a dramatic production.
Anne Bancroft . She appeared in several movies directed or produced by her second husband , comedian Mel Brooks , including the award-winning drama The Elephant Man as well as comedies To Be or Not to Be and Dracula : Dead and Loving It . The Elephant Man is a 1980 American historical drama film about Joseph Merrick ( whom the script calls John Merrick ) , a severely deformed man in late 19th century London . The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry , based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb , who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College .