Anne Revere

Birth Name:

Anne Revere

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actress

Remained married to writer and director Samuel Rosen from 1935 to his death in 1984
Studied at Wellesley College and went on to study acting at the American Laboratory School
Her first Broadway appearance came in 1931 with a role in "The Great Barrington․"
Quote: "I'm a free thinking Yankee rebel and nobody's going to tell me what to do!"
Best known for her role as the mother of Elizabeth Taylor in the film "National Velvet," for which she won an Academy Award in 1945
Studied acting under actors Maria Ouspenskaya and Richard Boleslavsky
Banned from appearing in Hollywood films for two decades after refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities

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