tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post1780518833601600889..comments2024-03-28T18:11:40.841-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Remember Her?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-16258359457018591442011-05-04T22:49:34.661-04:002011-05-04T22:49:34.661-04:00I loved everything Anne Bancroft did. She was one ...I loved everything Anne Bancroft did. She was one of my favorite actresses and I'll never forget seeing her performance on stage and screen in "The Miracle Worker" and, of course, "The Graduate" was truly memorable. I was in college when it came out and my friends Marie, Jeanne and I sat through it twice! But it really was crazy -- and typical of Hollywood's attitude toward women -- to cast a beautiful 36-year-old woman as the cougar who seduced the callow young man, played by an actor only a few years younger!Dr. Kathy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-19282636346794469372011-05-04T09:24:28.236-04:002011-05-04T09:24:28.236-04:00I do remember her and thinking it was crazy that D...I do remember her and thinking it was crazy that Dustin Hoffman was only 3 years younger! I just started my own midlife blog, you can find me at: http://alittlebitabouteverything-teri.blogspot.com/. <br /><br />TerryTerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382748737031648032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-82114079805003197282011-05-03T16:10:54.479-04:002011-05-03T16:10:54.479-04:00I knew it was Anne Bancroft, one of my favorite ac...I knew it was Anne Bancroft, one of my favorite actresses. And married to that crazy commedian who made Springtime for Hitler.schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-20384640525745695392011-05-03T12:17:44.882-04:002011-05-03T12:17:44.882-04:00I do remember her! A very smart, very attractive a...I do remember her! A very smart, very attractive and talented actress.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-11481024410468315242011-05-03T05:24:40.686-04:002011-05-03T05:24:40.686-04:00Wow, wasn't she just beautiful? ...all her lif...Wow, wasn't she just beautiful? ...all her life?<br />The Graduate was, somehow, a defining movie for my friends and me.<br /><br />"I have one word for you."<br />"Yes, sir?"<br />"One word."<br />"Yes sir."<br />"Plastics."<br /><br />"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."<br /><br />"Here she is, having a nice glass of water."<br /><br />And that shot of her all in leopard, shows her giving The Death Look to Benjamin as he pounded on the glass above the wedding ceremony.<br /><b>"Elaine! Elaine! Elaine! Elaine!"</b>Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.com