Anne Bancroft was directed.
Agnes of God is a 1985 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison , written by John Pielmeier based on his play of the same name , and starring Jane Fonda , Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly , about a novice nun who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virgin conception . Anne Bancroft . After her film debut in Do n't Bother to Knock ( 1952 ) and a string of supporting film roles during the 1950s , she won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her lead role in The Miracle Worker ( 1962 ) as the teacher of teenage Helen Keller , reprising her role in the Broadway stage play . 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 .