Anne Revere

Anne Revere
Revere in the 1940s
Born	(1903-06-25)June 25, 1903 New York City, U.S.
Died	December 18, 1990(1990-12-18) (aged 87) Locust Valley, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Mount Auburn Cemetery
Education	Wellesley College American Laboratory Theatre
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1931–1977
Spouse	Samuel Rosen ​ ​ (m. 1935; died 1984)​

Anne Revere (June 25, 1903 – December 18, 1990) was an American actress and a liberal member of the board of the Screen Actors' Guild. She was best known for her work on Broadway and her portrayals of mothers in a series of critically acclaimed films. An outspoken critic of the House Un-American Activities Committee, her name appeared in Red Channels: The Report on Communist Influence in Radio and Television in 1950 and she was subsequently blacklisted.

Revere won an Academy Award for her supporting role in the film National Velvet (1945). She was also nominated in the same category for The Song of Bernadette (1943) and Gentleman's Agreement (1947). She won a Tony Award for her performance in Lillian Hellman's play Toys in the Attic in 1960.

Early life

Born in New York City, Revere was a direct descendant of

Revere gained early acting experience in regional and

Revere worked steadily as a character actress in films, appearing in nearly three dozen between 1934 and 1951.[2] She was frequently cast in the role of a matriarch and played mother to Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, John Garfield, and Montgomery Clift. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress three times and won for her performance in National Velvet.^[8] Additional screen credits included The Song of Bernadette, Gentleman's Agreement, The Keys of the Kingdom, Body and Soul, and A Place in the Sun.

In 1951, Revere resigned from the board of the Screen Actors Guild. At the time, she was an active member of the American Communist Party. She later pleaded the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.^[9] A Place in the Sun was her last film role for two decades.^[2] She returned to the screen in Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon.

In 1962, television director Joseph Hardy fought for Revere to appear in the popular soap opera A Time for Us. ABC finally agreed to cast Revere in the role and after that Revere appeared frequently in television soap operas like A Flame in the Wind, The Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow, and Ryan's Hope.^[10]

Revere and her husband,

Revere died of pneumonia in her home at Locust Valley, New York, on December 18, 1990, at the age of 87.^[13][2] She was survived by one sister.^[9] She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[14]

Filmography

References

External links

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