Anne Bancroft

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Dir. David Lynch · With Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

Dir. Mike Nichols · With Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

Dir. Arthur Penn · With Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory

Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s New York City, neither come easily. After a series of heartaches, Arnold believes he has found the love of his life in Alan, and the couple make plans to adopt. But when tragedy strikes, Arnold's life is shaken to its very core, leading to a confrontation with his overbearing mother, who has never approved of her son's lifestyle.

Dir. Paul Bogart · With Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick, Anne Bancroft

Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.

Dir. Franco Zeffirelli · With Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Yorgo Voyagis

When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.

Dir. David Hugh Jones · With Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench

A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape.

Dir. Alan Johnson · With Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.

Dir. Alfonso Cuarón · With Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

Dir. Jacques Tourneur · With Aldo Ray, Anne Bancroft, Brian Keith

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

Dir. Harold Becker · With Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman

Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.

Dir. John Badham · With Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

Dir. Jodie Foster · With Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft

Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize they are most attracted to each other.

Dir. Dale Launer · With Sandra Bullock, Tate Donovan, Anne Bancroft

Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.

Dir. David Mirkin · With Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Lee

Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.

Dir. Edward Norton · With Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman

Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.

Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse · With Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn

A young half-Navajo convict dying of cancer forces a yuppie doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.

Dir. Michael Cimino · With Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda, Anne Bancroft

When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.

Dir. Norman Jewison · With Jane Fonda, Meg Tilly, Anne Bancroft

Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.

Dir. Robert Wise · With George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton

On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.

Dir. Andrew Bergman · With James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker

The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr. Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.

Dir. Mike Figgis · With Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Anne Bancroft

A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.

Dir. Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson · With Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Dan Aykroyd