Heres to you, Mrs. Robinson

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She was a classy dame :(

:(

Just got done listening to that song, actually, and in her honor. I can't imagine S&G wrote it thinking of the role Bancroft played in the Bachelor, though?

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Originally Posted by Grindel

Just got done listening to that song, actually, and in her honor. I can't imagine S&G wrote it thinking of the role Bancroft played in the Bachelor, though?

I believe they did write it for The Graduate. Clarification edit -- they wrote snippets for the movie. The entire song apparently was not compiled from those fragments until later, assuming that this Wikipedia article is correct (given that this IS Wikipedia, I make no guarantees for its complete accuracy):

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In the film, listless recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has an affair with an older married woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft). The song was not completed for the film; only snippets are heard as incidental music. When the film and the music became popular, Paul Simon put the snippets together into a complete song.

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Originally Posted by Grindel

Just got done listening to that song, actually, and in her honor. I can't imagine S&G wrote it thinking of the role Bancroft played in the Bachelor, though?

Well she was Mrs. Robinson on Broadway and the film version of The Graduate...while possible Id be surprised if they werent inspired by her.

i think hellen keller is the only one of her movies ive seen maybe it was on cable one time.

How did I go all this time and not know she was married to Mel Brooks? And my favourite line from The Graduate, which went into my husband's 30th birthday card last month:

Mrs. Robinson: Do you find me undesirable?
Benjamin: Oh no, Mrs. Robinson. I think, I think you're the most attractive of all my parents' friends. I mean that.

I was just talking about her last weekend too, trying to explain to someone the meaning of "Mrs. Robinson! You're trying to seduce me!"

:( She'll be missed.

Her sitting on that chair and spreading her legs so that poor Benjamin got the full effect is one of the earliest erotic movie moments I can recall. Great actress.

Iirc the movies contains snippets that aren't in the song version. I always wondered why until now. My favorite role of hers was as the aging actress in Elephant Man.