Anne Bancroft
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Oct 16, 2026
speaker_4HOST
It is a perfect example of a smaller, perhaps less famous text being expanded into a massive cultural touchstone.
speaker_4HOST
We have Dustin Hoffman in his breakout role as Benjamin Braddock and Anne Bancroft as the iconic predatory Mrs. Robinson.
speaker_3HOST
On the surface, if you just read the plot, it's a sex comedy about a recent college grad drifting aimlessly and stumbling into a scandalous affair with his parents' friend.
speaker_4HOST
That's the plot, yes.
LeslieHOST
Yeah.
JeffHOST
Uh, this movie stars Holly Hunter as Claudia Larson, Anne Bancroft as, uh, Mrs. Robinson's mom, uh, Adele Larson.
JeffHOST
Uh, Robert Downey Jr. as Tommy.
JeffHOST
Charles Durning as delightful-
Stephen SajdakGUEST
Yes.
Bob MackeyHOST
I think with Mel Brooks it was more like David Mirkin met Mel Brooks when he came in with Anne Bancroft to record, and he thought, "Okay, what episode has room for Mel Brooks?"
Stephen SajdakGUEST
Yes.
Henry GilbertHOST
Yep.
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Henry GilbertHOST
I like that Homer is bad at being the straight man, just like, "And, uh, what was the, uh, national anthem?"
Stephen SajdakGUEST
[laughs] Yes.
Henry GilbertHOST
As Bob said, they got Mel Brooks because Anne Bancroft did Fear of Flying.
Henry GilbertHOST
He came along with her, and they're like, "Well, as long as you're here, would you agree to do a guest spot on the show?" And he did, and he came back.
Brad ShreveHOST
Yeah.
Brad ShreveHOST
The way this came up, I can't remember what episode it was, we were talking about movies, and, uh, I had mentioned that I had watched numerous times To Be or Not To Be by, uh, Mel Brooks and his, uh, lovely wife, whose name is escaping me, Anne Bancroft.
Brad ShreveHOST
And, uh, I think it was from 1984-ish.
Brad ShreveHOST
And-
Brandon DavisHOST
But no, she is, she is magnetic, and she is riveting in this.
Brandon DavisHOST
I think, I'm, I'm a huge fan of Anne Bancroft, but I think the earlier sequences with her [laughs] and singing when we know she's being dubbed and everything, they kinda slow it down-
Alisha SoperGUEST
Right
Brandon DavisHOST
...
Brandon DavisHOST
in the beginning and bog it down.
Brandon DavisHOST
It's when you finally get into the, you know, the meat of it, when Marilyn and Richard Widmark finally meet each other and all of that to where the movie really gets going and you can't take your eyes off of it.
Brandon DavisHOST
Th- but, you know, the Anne Bancroft stuff pays off at the end and b- and, and, and-
Alisha SoperGUEST
Right
Brandon DavisHOST
But no, she is, uh, she is magnetic, and she is riveting in this.
Brandon DavisHOST
I think, I'm, I'm a huge fan of Anne Bancroft, but I think the earlier sequences with her [laughs] and singing when we know she's being dubbed and everything, they kinda slow it down-
Alisha SoperGUEST
Right
Brandon DavisHOST
...
Brandon DavisHOST
in the beginning and bog it down.
Brandon DavisHOST
It's when you finally get into the, you know, the meat of it when Marilyn and Richard Widmark finally meet each other and all of that to where the movie really gets going, and you can't take your eyes off of it.
Brandon DavisHOST
Th- but, you know, the Anne Bancroft stuff pays off at the end and b- and, and-
Alisha SoperGUEST
Right
Brandon DavisGUEST
...
Brandon DavisGUEST
I adore Mel Brooks, but he, uh, w- and when they did the remake in the '80s with him and Anne Bancroft and Charles Durning-
Steve CubineHOST
Yeah
Brandon DavisGUEST
... an amazing cast, it just didn't come across the same way.
Evan HusneyHOST
it.
Evan HusneyHOST
It reached Broadway by 65, starring Anne Bancroft and Jason Robards.
Evan HusneyHOST
Yes.
Remy BennettHOST
Wait,
Uncle PatchesHOST
Okay.
Uncle PatchesHOST
So you know who he was married to for all them years, right? Anne Bancroft, Mrs.
Uncle PatchesHOST
Robinson from The Graduate.
Brant BumpersGUEST
From The Graduate, yes.
Uncle PatchesHOST
Um, this is before they did The Professional.
Sinister CinemaHOST
Yeah.
Uncle PatchesHOST
But Anne Bancroft was in that film, and she played the one that was supposed to clean her up and, and make her presentable-
Sinister CinemaHOST
Mm
Emma Rosa KatharinaHOST
He thought she resembled the figure in Michelangelo's Pieta, and after meeting producer Lou Great in London, she had the part.
Emma Rosa KatharinaHOST
The miniseries, broadcast in 1977, reunited her with Saffirelli, and put her alongside Robert Powell as Jesus, Anne Bancroft as Mary Magdalene, Laurence Olivier and Peter Ustinov.
Emma Rosa KatharinaHOST
Olivia wanted to show Mary's faith and strength, but also the exhaustion of a mother who grows older and loses her child.
Emma Rosa KatharinaHOST
Alongside Juliet, it became the performance she was proudest of.
Emma Rosa KatharinaHOST
That was how she made sense of it in the book.
Emma Rosa KatharinaHOST
The crucifixion scene frightened her more than anything else.
Emma Rosa KatharinaHOST
During a break, Anne Bancroft suggested a couple of glasses of wine to settle her nerves.
Emma Rosa KatharinaHOST
After three glasses, Olivia went back into the artificial rain, watched Powell's body being lowered from the cross, and performed Mary's Grief.
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