Birthday: Sep 17, 1931

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA

Biography: Anna Maria Louisa Italiano was born Sept. 17, 1931, in the Bronx to Italianimmigrant parents. Her father, Michael, was a patternmaker, and her mother, Mildred was a telephoneoperator. By the time Anne was 2 years old she was learning to sing and dance.At seventeen years of age, she began her acting studies at New York's AmericanAcademy of Dramatic Arts.A graduate of the Academy in Manhattan, she was signed on by Twentieth Century-Foxin 1952.The studio gave her a choice of names; she picked Bancr... ... (read more...) oft "because it soundeddignified." Her nickname? Annie.From July 1st 1953 - February 1957, she was married to Martin May, a buildingcontractor. Their marriage ended in divorce.On December 21st, 1959 Anne appeared on the cover of Time Magazine.In 1964, Anne Bancroft married award-winning comedian/filmmaker/musician TheProducers creator, Mel Brooks -- born Melvin Kaminsky. They met on the set of a TV talk show. Mel later paid a woman who worked on the showto tell him which restaurant Anne was going to eat at that night so he could"accidentally" bump into her again and strike up a conversation.In 1972, Bancroft had a son, Maximilian Brooks. In her other early films she co-starred with Cornel Wilde, Susan Hayward and VictorMature.In 1980 Bancroft made her debut as a director/screenwriter in 'Fatso', with comicDom DeLuise.The 1984 remake of the 1942 comedy classic To Be Or Not To Be was one of a number ofcollaborations with her husband.In a 1992 interview with The Times' Bernard Weinraub she admitted to taking parts"even if they are one page," because "there are very few good scripts, even forJulia Roberts."In 1999, Bancroft received a Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her role in theTV-movie 'Deep in My Heart.'In 1999, she also became the fifteenth performer to win the Triple Crown of acting.An Oscar: Best Actress, 'The Miracle Worker' (1962), Tonys: Best SupportingActress-Play, 'Two for the Seesaw' (1958) Best Actress-Play, 'The MiracleWorker' (1960), and an Emmy: Best Supporting Actress-Miniseries/Movie, 'Deep in MyHeart' (1999).