Though there was no shortage of Hamlet quotes in Mel Brooks's send-up of Shakespearean actors To Be or Not to Be, "Frailty, thy name is woman" was not one of them. Indeed, Brooks had an opportunity to ...

Anne Bancroft, who died of cancer Monday at 73, was an Academy Award and Tony award-winning actress known, above all, for her portrayal of the world-weary, frustrated Mrs. Robinson in “The Graduate.” ...

Susie Essman revealed that the legendary actress had to ask Larry David what to say for her appearance on a 2004 episode. Behar also stepped in to praise the star of The Graduate, who was also a ...

She lay down on the bed, and her svelte leg made an inverted V, framing poor Benjamin Braddock. Against the bleak will of such a woman, the young man was no match–just a light lunch for the spider ...

Think Dracula and the cape, the fangs and bloodlust come to mind. On screen, perhaps the image of Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee or Gary Oldman. Nic Cage thought Dracula and saw Anne Bancroft in “The ...

Ann Bancroft is an Arctic explorer and the first woman to reach both the North and South poles. She’s been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and in 1991 created the Ann Bancroft ...

Polar explorer and teacher Ann Bancroft was 10 years old when she first read "Endurance," the gripping account of Ernest Shackleton and his crew, who in 1915 were trapped in the Antarctica and ...