LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES - MEL BROOKS & ANNE BANCROFT

MEL BROOKS & ANNE BANCROFT

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'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

"Opening Night"

From Wikipedia:

MEL BROOKS

Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American film director, screenwriter,composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a stand-up comic and as a writer for the early TV variety show 'Your Show of Shows'. He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner, The 2000 Year Old Man. In middle age he became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top ten money makers of the year that they were released. His most well known films include "The Producers","The Twelve Chairs", "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein", "Silent Movie", "High Anxiety", "History of the World, Part I" and "Spaceballs". More recently he has had a smash hit on Broadway with the musical adaptation of his first film, "The Producers". 

He was married to the actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005.

ANNE BANCROFT

Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress associated with the method acting school, which she had studied under Lee Strasberg. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft was often acknowledged for her work in film, theatre and television. She won one Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globes, two Tony Awards and two Emmy Awards, and several other awards and nominations.
She made her film debut in "Don't Bother to Knock" (1952) and, following a string of supporting film roles during the 1950s, won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Miracle Worker" (1962), receiving subsequent nominations for her roles in "The Pumpkin Eater" (1964), "The Graduate" (1967), "The Turning Point" (1977), and "Agnes of God" (1985). 

She also starred in seven television films, the last of which was "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" (2003) for which she received Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

Bancroft died of uterine cancer, age 73, in 2005. Among her survivors were her mother Mildred, her husband of 40 years, Mel Brooks, and their son Max Brooks.

Tomorrow is the Tony Awards broadcast.....

BCnU!