Bancroft was recognized for her acting abilities and flexibility in cinema, theater, and television. She received one Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and several other honors and nominations. In 1998, she became the first actress to receive the Hollywood Walk of Fame's Starlite Marker award. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for 1975's The Turning Point, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress. This made her only the second person (after Marlon Brando) to win Oscars for playing both leading men and women roles, the other being Rod Steiger. Bancroft was also the first actress to receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. She has been cited as an influence by such actors and actresses as Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shirley MacLaine, Meryl Streep, and Natalie Portman. Bancroft passed away on February 18, 2010, at the age of 70 after suffering from brain cancer. She had four children: actor Marcus Bancroft, musicians Stephen and Andy Bancroft, and Naomi Bancroft-Hill.