Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks

 Anne Bancroft (Sept. 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) and Mel Brooks. They were married for 41 years. They first met at a rehearsal for the Perry Como Variety Show in 1961, and got married three years later on August 5, 1964. Anne has received an Academy Award, 3 BAFTA Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards, 2 Tony Awards, 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. Among the feature films Anne Bancroft starred in are:

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)

In Search of Peace - Part One: 1948-1967 (2001)

Heartbreakers (2001)

Up At the Villa (2000)

Keeping the Faith (2000)

Deep in My Heart (1999)

Antz (1998)

Mark Twain's America in 3-D (1998)

Great Expectations (1998)

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (1998)

G.I. Jane (1997)

Critical Care (1997)

The Sunchaser (1996)

Homecoming (1996)

Home for the Holidays (1995)

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

How To Make An American Quilt (1995)

Point Of No Return (1993)

Malice (1993)

Mr. Jones (1993)

Honeymoon In Vegas (1992)

Neil Simon's Broadway Bound (1992)

Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)

Torch Song Trilogy (1988)

'Night, Mother (1986)

84 Charing Cross Road (1986)

Agnes Of God (1985)

Mother Miriam Ruth

Garbo Talks (1984)

To Be or Not to Be (1983)

An Audience with Mel Brooks (1983)

The Elephant Man (1980)

Fatso (1980)

The Turning Point (1977)

Lipstick (1976)

Silent Movie (1976)

The Hindenburg (1975)

The Prisoner Of Second Avenue (1974)

Young Winston (1972)

The Graduate (1967)

Seven Women (1966)

The Slender Thread (1965)

The Pumpkin Eater (1964)

The Miracle Worker (1962)

The Restless Breed (1957)

Nightfall (1957)

The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)

The Last Frontier (1956)

Walk the Proud Land (1956)

A Life in the Balance (1955)

New York Confidential (1955)

The Naked Street (1955)

Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

Gorilla at Large (1954)

The Raid (1954)

Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)

Tonight We Sing (1953)

The Kid from Left Field (1953)

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Mel Brooks has won an Academy Award, 4 Emmy Awards, 3 Tony Awards, 3 Grammy Awards and has been nominated for 6 Golden Globes and a BAFTA Award. With his Tony wins for The Producers in 2001, he became one of only 15 people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

Among the feature films Mel Brooks has directed, starred in written and produced are:

Director:

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Life Stinks (1991)

Spaceballs (1987)

An Audience with Mel Brooks (1983)

History of the World Part I (1981)

High Anxiety (1977)

Silent Movie (1976)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

The Twelve Chairs (1970)

The Producers (1968)

Cast:

The Automat (2021)

Toy Story 4 (2019)

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)

Blazing Samurai (2018)

Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)

Leap! (2017)

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

Robots (2005)

The Producers (2005)

It's a Very Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)

Screw Loose (2000)

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (1998)

American Dreamers (1996)

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

The Little Rascals (1994)

The Silence Of The Hams (1994)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Life Stinks (1991)

Look Who's Talking Too (1990)

Spaceballs (1987)

Sunset People (1984)

An Audience with Mel Brooks (1983)

To Be or Not to Be (1983)

History of the World Part I (1981)

The Muppet Movie (1979)

High Anxiety (1977)

Silent Movie (1976)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Free To Be...You And Me (1974)

The Twelve Chairs (1970)

Putney Swope (1969)

Writer:

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control (2008)

Get Smart (2008)

The Producers (2005)

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Life Stinks (1991)

Spaceballs (1987)

History of the World Part I (1981)

The Nude Bomb (1980)

Characters As Source Material

High Anxiety (1977)

Silent Movie (1976)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

The Twelve Chairs (1970)

The Producers (1968)

New Faces (1954)

Producer:

Blazing Samurai (2018)

The Producers (2005)

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

The Vagrant (1992)

Life Stinks (1991)

Spaceballs (1987)

Solarbabies (1986)

The Fly (1986)

84 Charing Cross Road (1986)

The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

To Be or Not to Be (1983)

History of the World Part I (1981)

High Anxiety (1977)

Their son, Max Brooks, was born in 1972. He is an author. He has been married to playwright Michelle Kholos since 2003. Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft remained married until 2005 when Anne died due to cancer.