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My Take
What stays with me about Anne Revere is not the Oscar she won in 1946, but the career she sacrificed for it. A Wellesley-educated stage and screen actress who specialized in playing quietly luminous mothers, she was blacklisted during the McCarthy era after refusing to name names. That choice cost her years of film work, yet she rebuilt herself on Broadway and claimed a Tony in 1960. I admire performers who treat integrity as non-negotiable, and Revere clearly did. Her story is a reminder that some of the most important roles an actor plays happen off-camera, in moments nobody applauds.
Overview
Anne Revere (June 25, 1903 – December 18, 1990) was an American actress and a 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anne Revere
- Name (Japanese)
- アン・リヴィア
- Reading
- あん・りゔぃあ
- Born
- June 25, 1903 – December 18, 1990
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Wellesley College
Awards & achievements
- 1946 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 1960 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.