The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film starring Anne Bancroft as an unusually fertile woman and Peter Finch as her philandering husband. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same title by Penelope Mortimer and was directed by Jack Clayton. The title is a reference to the nursery rhyme "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater".
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Anne Bancroft was an American actress and director. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Studio publicity photograph, c. 1952
Bancroft (left) with Patty Duke in the stage production of The Miracle Worker, 1960
Bancroft in the television show Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, 1964
Bancroft with husband Mel Brooks at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival