Polar explorer Ann Bancroft was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.(Photo By JOEY MCLEISTER/Star Tribune via Getty Images) Ann Bancroft, the polar explorer, has ...

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" These famous lines from The Graduate (1967) would forever link Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) to the groundbreaking film and confirm her status as a ...

In 1963, the Best Actress race at the Oscars boiled down to a heated battle between Bette Davis for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and Anne Bancroft for The Miracle Worker (though the other nominees, ...

Anne Bancroft would've celebrated her 87th birthday on September 17. Born in 1931, the actress had a celebrated career on both the stage and screen, becoming one of the few people to win the trifecta ...