Anne Revere

Actor

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Also Known As

Ann Revere

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

June 25, 1903

Died

December 18, 1990

Cause of Death

Pneumonia

Biography

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Character actress from the stage who specialized in portraying morally upright mothers. Plain, if slightly severe-looking, Revere hit her stride during the 1940s when she won an Oscar as Elizabeth Taylor's wise mother in "National Velvet" (1944), she was also nominated for Academy Awards as the mother of Jennifer Jones in "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), and Gregory Peck in "Gentleman's ...

Filmography

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Birch Interval (1976)

Two For the Money (1972)

Macho Callahan (1970)

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)

A Place in the Sun (1951)

The Great Missouri Raid (1951)

Photos & Videos

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Gentleman's Agreement (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Care About The Jews

Song Of Bernadette, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) If You Go Early

Family & Companions

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Samuel Rosen

Husband

Stage director. Married April 11, 1935 until his death in 1984.

Notes

"Nobody went to jail because they were Communists. They went to jail for contempt. But the awful thing about the whole bloody era was that whether you answered or didn't, cooperated or not, you were dead in the business."--Anne Revere in 1975 interview.

Biography

Character actress from the stage who specialized in portraying morally upright mothers. Plain, if slightly severe-looking, Revere hit her stride during the 1940s when she won an Oscar as Elizabeth Taylor's wise mother in "National Velvet" (1944), she was also nominated for Academy Awards as the mother of Jennifer Jones in "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), and Gregory Peck in "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947).

Perhaps her most representative role was as John Garfield's mother and conscience in Robert Rossen's moral indictment of the American dream, "Body and Soul" (1947). Among several who worked on the film, Revere was blacklisted by the industry for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951. After playing Montgomery Clift's Salvation Army mother in "A Place in the Sun" (1951), a role that reputedly was substantially cut as a result of her blacklisting, Revere's film career virtually ended. She returned to the stage, winning a Tony Award in 1960 for her performance in Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Attic" and began acting on TV in 1962. After an absence of 19 years, she returned to the big screen in "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon" (1970).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Birch Interval (1976)

Two For the Money (1972)

Macho Callahan (1970)

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)

A Place in the Sun (1951)

The Great Missouri Raid (1951)

You're My Everything (1949)

Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

Caroline ["Carey"] Lamphere

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)

Deep Waters (1948)

Gentleman's Agreement (1948)

Forever Amber (1947)

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)

Alice Pritchard

Body and Soul (1947)

Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)

Dragonwyck (1946)

The Keys of the Kingdom (1945)

The Song of Bernadette (1945)

Louise Soubirous

National Velvet (1945)

Fallen Angel (1945)

The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)

Don Juan Quilligan (1945)

Mrs. Cora Rostigaff

Standing Room Only (1944)

Rainbow Island (1944)

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944)

Agatha Butterfield

Star Spangled Rhythm (1943)

The Meanest Man in the World (1943)

Shantytown (1943)

Old Acquaintance (1943)

The Gay Sisters (1942)

Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)

The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

Remember the Day (1942)

Meet the Stewarts (1942)

Geraldine Stewart

H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)

The Flame of New Orleans (1941)

Design for Scandal (1941)

Nettie, the maid

The Devil Commands (1941)

Men of Boys Town (1941)

One Crowded Night (1940)

Double Door (1934)

Caroline Van Brett, her sister

Cast (Short)

Screen Actors (1950)

Life Events

1934

Film debut, "Double Door"

1934

Broadway debut, "The Children's Hour"

1950

Last film before being blacklisted, "A Place in the Sun"

1951

Refused to testify before HUAC

1962

First appeared on TV in "The Edge of Night"

1970

First film after being blacklisted, "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon"

Photo Collections

Old Acquaintance - Scene Stills

Here are a number of scene stills from Warner Bros' Old Acquaintance (1943), starring Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, and Gig Young.

Videos

Gentleman's Agreement (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Care About The Jews Much talked about but just introduced Dave (John Garfield), a lifelong Jewish pal of writer Phil (Gregory Peck), now in New York after a tour abroad, hears about his friend's unorthodox approach to his assignment, Anne Revere the mom, in Gentleman's Agreement, 1948.

Song Of Bernadette, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) If You Go Early Little dialogue in director Henry King's opening, Jennifer Jones (as "Bernadette") makes her official movie debut asleep, mother and father (Anne Revere, Roman Bohnen) fighting poverty in 19th century France, in The Song Of Bernadette, 1945.

Gentleman's Agreement (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Indifference, Outrage, Contempt Wrapping up a call with his new gal (Dorothy McGuire), writer Phil (Gregory Peck), with his helpful mom (Anne Revere), struggles to find an angle for the anti-Semitism story he's been assigned by his new magazine, in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement, 1948.

Devil Commands, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Be Well Paid Lame-brained aide Karl (Ralph Penney) has led Dr. Blair (Boris Karloff) to meet medium Mrs. Walters (Anne Revere), whom he exposes as a fraud, then recruits, in The Devil Commands, 1941.

Devil Commands, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Open, My Father's House Opening credits and excellent narration by Amanda Duff (as "Anne Blair") introducing her father (Boris Karloff) and his problems, in Edward Dmytryk's The Devil Commands, 1941.

Devil Commands, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Mrs. Marcy Nosy housekeeper Mrs. Marcy (Dorothy Adams) discovers the excellent work being done by Dr. Blair (Boris Karloff), Karl (Ralph Penney) and Mrs. Walters (Anne Revere) in The Devil Commands, 1941.

Gentleman's Agreement - (Academy Award trailer) Three Academy Awards went to Gentleman's Agreement (1947) an exposé of American anti-semitism starring Gregory Peck and John Garfield, directed by Elia Kazan.

Dragonwyck - (Original Trailer) A farm girl (Gene Tierney) signs on as governess in a gloomy mansion in Dragonwyck (1946).

Gay Sisters, The - (Original Trailer) Barbara Stanwyck marries a real estate man to save her family's mansion only to discover he's after it as well in The Gay Sisters (1942).

Thin Man Goes Home, The --(Original Trailer) On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation in The Thin Man Goes Home (1944).

Design For Scandal -- (Original Trailer) Walter Pidgeon is a reporter assigned to dig up dirt on lady judge Rosalind Russell in Design For Scandal (1941).

National Velvet - (Original Trailer) A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase in National Velvet (1944), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney.

Old Acquaintance - (Original Trailer) Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives in Old Acquaintance (1943) starring Bette Davis.

Song Of Bernadette, The - (Re-issue trailer) Jennifer Jones won a Best Actress Oscar for her first starring role in The Song Of Bernadette (1943), playing a French girl who has a vision of the Virgin Mary.

Place in the Sun, A - (Original Trailer) Montgomery Clift and ELizabeth Taylor star in A Place in the Sun, an adaptation of the Theodore Dreiser novel. An American Tragedy.

Fallen Angel - (Original Trailer) A man (Dana Andrews) is accused of killing a waitress he had tried to seduce with his wife's money in Fallen Angel (1945).

Men of Boys Town -- (Original Trailer) Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) continues to fight for his pioneering orphanage in the sequel to Boys Town (1938), Men Of Boys Town (1941).

Family

Clinton Revere

Father

Stockbroker.

Companions

Samuel Rosen

Husband

Stage director. Married April 11, 1935 until his death in 1984.

Bibliography

Notes

"Nobody went to jail because they were Communists. They went to jail for contempt. But the awful thing about the whole bloody era was that whether you answered or didn't, cooperated or not, you were dead in the business."--Anne Revere in 1975 interview.

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