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- Actress Anne Bancroft won Tony Awards for Two for the Seesaw (1958) and The Miracle Worker (1960). Her husband, Mel Brooks, won three Tonys in 2001 for The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical. He took home medallions for Best Book of a Musical, Best Score, and Best Musical (as a producer).
Anne Bancroft Obituary Visit Guest Book NEW YORK (AP) - Anne Bancroft, who won the 1962 best actress Oscar as the teacher of a young Helen Keller in âThe Miracle Workerâ but achieved greater fame as the seductive Mrs. Robinson in âThe Graduate,â has died.