Anne Bancroft RIP

She was supremely beautiful. And if any young girl aspires to film, she should study Anne Bancroft.

Miss Bancroft did what an actor is supposed to do; play above the ordinariness of life, but not so large as to be unbelieveable. And even though she once said the secret to good acting is to be a lier, I believed every word of fiction that came out of her mouth.

Whether playing the teacher of one of the world's great women, or a suburban vixen, or a housewife whose crumbling marriage leads her to attempt suicide, Anne Bancroft crafted her way into our hearts and minds, always with a noble spirit and intelligent style.

She died Monday, at 73, of uterine cancer.

Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.

Joe Postove