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{{Infobox person
| name = Effie Bancroft
| image = file:Effie_Bancroft.jpg
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| birth_name = Marie Effie Wilton
| birth_date = 1836
| birth_place = [[Doncaster]], England
| death_date = 1921 (age 84 or 85)
| death_place =
| occupation = [[actress]], [[theatre manager]]
| spouse = [[Squire Bancroft]]
}}
'''Marie Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft''' (1836–1921) was an English actress and [[Actor-manager|theatre manager]]. She appeared onstage as '''Marie Wilton''' until after her marriage in December 1867 to [[Squire Bancroft]], when she adopted his last name. Bancroft and her husband were important in the development of [[Victorian era]] theatre through their presentation of innovative plays at the London theatres that they managed, first the [[Prince of Wales's Theatre]] and later the [[Haymarket Theatre]].