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Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (born 1931)

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Died
2005 · June 6

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Who they were

Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (born 1931)

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Anne Bancroft appears on our June 6 calendar for 2005 as a death entry.

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June 6 2005.

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