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Quiz about Heres To You Mrs Robinson
Quiz about Heres To You Mrs Robinson

Here's To You, Mrs. Robinson Trivia Quiz


We lost Anne Bancroft June 6, 2005. She was one of the best and most versatile actors of our time, and she will be sadly missed. How well do you know her and some of the people in her life?

A multiple-choice quiz by braunda. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
braunda
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
209,999
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
1364
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 15
1. Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft were married 41 years. He was her only husband.


Question 2 of 15
2. How many Tony awards did Anne win? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Anne Bancroft won her first Oscar in 1962 for "The Miracle Worker." Who won in the Supporting Actress category for the same film? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. What was the age difference between Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft when they made "The Graduate"? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks starred in only one film together though she made a brief appearance in a couple of Brooks' movies. What is the title of the movie in which Anne and Mel play the leads? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Anne Bancroft was a grandmother.


Question 7 of 15
7. Who was the first actress offered the part of Mrs. Robinson?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)
Question 8 of 15
8. Anne Bancroft appeared in a lovely little film called "84 Charing Cross Road" with Anthony Hopkins in 1986. To what does the title refer? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Who is Bancroft's leading man in the 1965 drama "The Slender Thread"? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Who wrote the screenplay (and original play) of one of Bancroft's most acclaimed films "The Pumpkin Eaters" (1964)? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Which of the following names was Anne Bancroft given at her birth in 1931? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Bancroft appeared as Nicolas Cage's mother in "Honeymoon in Vegas" (1992).


Question 13 of 15
13. Anne Bancroft was survived by her mother.


Question 14 of 15
14. Where was Anne Bancroft educated? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft play lifelong friends in "The Turning Point" (1977) What is MacLaine's profession in that film? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft were married 41 years. He was her only husband.

Answer: False

She was married to Martin A. May, a building contractor from 1954-1957.
2. How many Tony awards did Anne win?

Answer: Two

She won Best Featured Actress in a Play for "Two For the Seesaw" (1958) and "The Miracle Worker" (1960). She was not signed for the film version of "Seesaw"; instead the part went to Shirley MacLaine, ironically her co-star and fellow Oscar nominee for "The Turning Point" (1977).
3. Anne Bancroft won her first Oscar in 1962 for "The Miracle Worker." Who won in the Supporting Actress category for the same film?

Answer: Patty Duke

Patty Duke's knockout performance (literally, considering the stage fight the recalcitrant Helen Keller has with her teacher, Annie Sullivan) made her the youngest winner in her category until Tatum O'Neal took the statuette at 10 for "Paper Moon." She also appeared on Broadway in the same part with Anne Bancroft.
4. What was the age difference between Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft when they made "The Graduate"?

Answer: 6 years

Yep, 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock was played by 30-year-old Hoffman, and forty-something Mrs. Robinson was really only 36. Unfortunately for Bancroft, she was pegged as an "older woman," which didn't help her career in films.
5. Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks starred in only one film together though she made a brief appearance in a couple of Brooks' movies. What is the title of the movie in which Anne and Mel play the leads?

Answer: To Be or Not to Be

All are Brooks' films, of course, but "To Be or Not to Be" (1983) is the only time the Brooks/Bancroft couple starred together on screen. Bancroft had a cameo in "Silent Movie." She also is in "Dracula, Dead and Loving It" (1995).
6. Anne Bancroft was a grandmother.

Answer: True

Bancroft and Brooks' son, Maximillian, was born in 1972. Bancroft was ahead of her time in having a child at 40! Max Brooks has one son, so yes, she was a granny.
7. Who was the first actress offered the part of Mrs. Robinson?

Answer: Doris Day

Odd as it sounds, Doris Day was offered the part. She was effectively retired from movies, though she did have a couple of tv series, at the time. However, the story is that she turned the part down because she didn't want to sully her image. The irony here is that she was a thrice-married woman who had been a teenaged mother, an abused wife, and is rumored to have had affairs with other men. Bancroft's real life image was squeaky clean.

When you think about Day's early work, especially "Love Me or Leave Me," she probably could have done the part, and was old enough to play it, as well.
8. Anne Bancroft appeared in a lovely little film called "84 Charing Cross Road" with Anthony Hopkins in 1986. To what does the title refer?

Answer: The address of a London book shop

Most people haven't seen this movie, and everyone who loves books, Bancroft, Hopkins or any combination thereof should. Bancroft believably plays a woman who is obsessed with books from her twenties to her fifties. Hopkins is the manager of the bookshop with whom she develops an epistolary romance. Just as a matter of interest: Judi Dench has a small role as Hopkins' wife.
9. Who is Bancroft's leading man in the 1965 drama "The Slender Thread"?

Answer: Sidney Poitier

Bancroft is a suicidal housewife who calls a hotline and reaches Poitier. Powerful performances from both. She didn't work with Tracy, appeared with Widmark in "Don't Bother to Knock", and Fonda was her leading man in the Broadway version of "Two for the Seesaw." (He didn't get the movie either. A terribly befuddled looking Robert Mitchum played the part.)
10. Who wrote the screenplay (and original play) of one of Bancroft's most acclaimed films "The Pumpkin Eaters" (1964)?

Answer: Harold Pinter

Bancroft plays another desperate housewife in this one, a real pattern in her career!
11. Which of the following names was Anne Bancroft given at her birth in 1931?

Answer: Anna Maria Louisa Italiano

Bancroft acted under the name "Anne Marno" early in her career, but when she went to Hollywood, it was still deemed "too ethnic." So, of a list of names she was given, she chose "Bancroft" because she thought it sounded classy. Anna Magnani was a famous Italian actress best known in this country for the film version of "The Rose Tattoo" (1955) and Anna Maria Alberghetti was a singer/actress who appeared in the '50s on Broadway in "Carnival." She become known to the baby boom generation for peddling Good Seasons salad dressings in tv commercials.
12. Bancroft appeared as Nicolas Cage's mother in "Honeymoon in Vegas" (1992).

Answer: True

Well, at least they're both Italian! (Remember Nic Cage's real name is Nicola Coppola.)
13. Anne Bancroft was survived by her mother.

Answer: True

Bancroft died at 73. In addition to her mother, she was also survived by two sisters, her son, her daughter-in-law, and a grandson.
14. Where was Anne Bancroft educated?

Answer: American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Her parents scrimped to send her to AADA after high school, and her career was launched there when she was observed rehearsing which led to a role in the 1950s drama series "Studio One." That was her (excuse the pun) "Turning Point."
15. Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft play lifelong friends in "The Turning Point" (1977) What is MacLaine's profession in that film?

Answer: Ballet teacher

MacLaine's and Bancroft's characters become friends as young dancers, but only Bancroft's "Emma" had the career. "DeeDee" (MacLaine) quit to raise a family and run a ballet school with her husband played by Tom Skerritt. Young ballerina Leslie Brown played their daughter and was nominated for a Supporting Actress Oscar but did not continue a film career and became an "Emma" herself--an acclaimed dancer, and now a teacher. Her lover was played by Mikhail Baryshnikov in his film debut.

Both MacLaine and Bancroft were nominated for Best Actress Oscars, but lost to Diane Keaton for "Annie Hall." (The other two nominees were Marsha Mason for "The Goodbye Girl" and Jane Fonda for "Julia.") That was a great year for women's roles!
Source: Author braunda

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