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Anna Maria Louisa Italiano -LRB- September 17 , 1931 -- June 6 , 2005 -RRB- , known professionally as Anne Bancroft , was an American actress associated with the method acting school , having studied under Lee Strasberg .. American. United States. method acting. method acting. Lee Strasberg. 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 .. Academy Award. Academy Award. BAFTA Awards. BAFTA Awards. Golden Globes. Golden Globe Awards. Tony Awards. Tony Awards. Emmy Awards. Emmy Awards. Emmy. Emmy. After her film debut in Do n't Bother to Knock -LRB- 1952 -RRB- 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 -LRB- 1962 -RRB- as the teacher of teenage Helen Keller , reprising her role in the Broadway stage play .. Academy Award. Academy Award. Academy Award for Best Actress. Academy Award for Best Actress. The Miracle Worker. The Miracle Worker ( 1962 film ). teacher. Anne Sullivan. Helen Keller. Helen Keller. She won both an Oscar for her work in the film , and a Tony for the same role in the play .. On Broadway in 1965 , she played a medieval nun obsessed with a priest -LRB- Jason Robards -RRB- in John Whiting 's play The Devils , based on the Aldous Huxley novel The Devils of Loudun .. Jason Robards. Jason Robards. John Whiting. John Whiting. The Devils. The Devils ( play ). Aldous Huxley. Aldous Huxley. The Devils of Loudun. The Devils of Loudun. She was perhaps best known as the seductress , Mrs. Robinson , in The Graduate -LRB- 1967 -RRB- , a role that she later stated had come to overshadow her other work .. The Graduate. The Graduate. Bancroft received several other Oscar nominations and continued in lead roles until the late 1980s .. She played a ballet dancer in The Turning Point -LRB- 1977 -RRB- , and in Agnes of God -LRB- 1985 -RRB- , she played the mother superior of a convent who clashes with a psychiatrist played by Jane Fonda over dealings with a troubled young novice nun played by Meg Tilly .. The Turning Point. The Turning Point ( 1977 film ). Agnes of God. Agnes of God ( film ). Jane Fonda. Jane Fonda. Meg Tilly. Meg Tilly. In 1987 , she starred with Anthony Hopkins in 84 Charing Cross Road .. Anthony Hopkins. Anthony Hopkins. 84 Charing Cross Road. 84 Charing Cross Road ( film ). 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 .. Mel Brooks. Mel Brooks. The Elephant Man. The Elephant Man ( film ). To Be or Not to Be. To Be or Not to Be ( 1983 film ). In the 1990s she returned to supporting roles in films , but continued to play lead roles in television films .. She received Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations , for The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , as well as an Emmy nomination for 2001 's Haven .. Emmy. Emmy. Screen Actors Guild Award. Screen Actors Guild Award. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone ( 2003 film )