Besides realizing experiences of surreal psychological insanity, David Lynch wonderfully portrayed tragedy and human emotion ...

Anne Bancroft and John Hurt in The Elephant Man This eventually included Brooks, who hit it off with the director when he met Lynch. “His shirt was buttoned – always buttoned – at the top.

Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano ... She starred in a number of other films, including The Elephant Man (1980), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), and Agnes of God (1985), for which ...

Brooks, who purposely left his role uncredited to avoid the misconception Elephant Man might be comedic, helped assemble a star-studded cast for Lynch, including Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft ...