Tuesday, June 7, 2005

THE ROOM NUMBER, BENJAMIN. I THINK YOU OUGHT TO TELL ME THAT: Sad day in Hollywood: Anne Bancroft has passed away from cancer.

I love the fact that she pulled off playing Mrs. Robinson at the age of 36, only six years older than Hoffman at the time, and it's just a brilliant performance, cynical, sexy and complicated. (And, as Ebert noted, "The only character in the movie who is alive--who can see through situations, understand motives, and dare to seek her own happiness--is Mrs. Robinson".) I admired her work as a farceur in her husband's remake of To Be Or Not To Be, and her-practically-a-cameo in Honeymoon in Vegas when she makes Nicolas Cage promise never to get married.

Bancroft had five Best Actress nominations to her credit, with one win (The Miracle Worker). She was 73.

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