Veteran character actress Anne Revere became another in the long line of talented artists whose careers would crash under the weight of the "Red Scare" hysteria that tore through Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Manhattan and a direct descendant of Revolutionary War figure Paul Revere, Anne graduated from Wellesley College, then trained ...
Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
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Was the 25th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for National Velvet (1944) at The 18th Academy Awards on March 7, 1946.
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Along with her Oscar statuette, Revere's Tony award for Toys in the Attic was also sold by Heritage Auctions for $2,987.50 (November 7, 2009).
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Revere's Oscar statuette sold for $89,625 on November 7, 2009, when it was auctioned by Heritage Auctions.
Won Broadway's 1960 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Arttic."
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The widow of actor/writer/director Samuel Rosen, who directed her on Broadway in a production of "As You Like It."
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A dyed-in-the-wool Yankee, she always maintained that the photocopy of her alleged Communist Party registration card produced by HUAC as "proof" of her "subversive activities," which bore no signature, was a "plant.".
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Was once treasurer of the Screen Actors Guild.
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She was blacklisted in 1951.
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She was a descendant of American Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ryan's Hope
1977
TV Series
Marguerite Beaulac
Baretta
1975-1976
TV Series
Flower Lady / Dragon Lady
Birch Interval
1976
Mrs. Tanner
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
TV Series
Madame Salka Pal-Mir
Two for the Money
1972
TV Movie
Mrs. Gap
Macho Callahan
1970
Crystal
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
Miss Farber
A Flame in the Wind
1964
TV Series
Rose Simon (1965-1966)
Play of the Week
1960-1961
TV Series
The Edge of Night
1956
TV Series
Dorothy Stewart #1 (1969-1970)
Search for Tomorrow
1951
TV Series
Agnes Lake (1970-1971)
A Place in the Sun
1951
Hannah Eastman
The Great Missouri Raid
1951
Mrs. Samuels
You're My Everything
1949
Aunt Jane
Deep Waters
1948
Mary McKay
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
Judith Dominy
Secret Beyond the Door...
1947
Caroline Lamphere
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
Mrs. Green
Forever Amber
1947
Mother Red Cap
Body and Soul
1947
Anna Davis
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947
Mama Elsa Molina
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
Alice Pritchard
Dragonwyck
1946
Abigail Wells
The Thin Man Goes Home
1945
Crazy Mary
Fallen Angel
1945
Clara Mills
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
Mrs. Cora Rostigaff
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
Agnes Fiske
National Velvet
1944
Mrs. Brown
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
1944
Agatha Butterfield
Rainbow Island
1944
Queen Okalana
Standing Room Only
1944
Major Harriet Cromwell
The Song of Bernadette
1943
Louise Soubirous
Old Acquaintance
1943
Belle Carter
Shantytown
1943
Mrs. Gorty
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
Kitty Crockett
The Gay Sisters
1942
Miss Ida Orner
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942
Anna
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
Jessie Florian (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
1942
Geraldine Stewart
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Sarah (uncredited)
Remember the Day
1941
Miss Nadine Price
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
Miss Redfern, John's Secretary (uncredited)
Design for Scandal
1941
Nettie - Porter's Maid (uncredited)
The Flame of New Orleans
1941
Sister
Men of Boys Town
1941
Mrs. Fenely
The Devil Commands
1941
Mrs. Blanche Walters
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Mrs. Norton
One Crowded Night
1940
Mae Andrews
Double Door
1934
Caroline Van Brett
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Inheritance
1964
Documentary short
Voice (uncredited)
The 14th Annual Tony Awards
1960
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
$700,000
