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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Anne Revere (1903 - 1990) Actress Born: June 25, 1903, New York, NY Died: December 1990 Education: Wellesley College Excellent character player of the American stage and screen. Trained for the stage at the American Laboratory Theatre, she appeared in stock before making her Broadway debut in 1931. She made an isolated film appearance in 1934, repeating her stage role in Double Door, and in 1940 moved to Hollywood to begin a decade-long career in films that culminated in 1945 in an Academy Award as best supporting actress for her performance as Elizabeth Taylor mother in NATIONAL VELVET (1944). She was also nominated for Oscars for THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943) and GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (1947). She was at the peak of her career in 1951 when she was blacklisted by the industry for taking the Fifth Amendment before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Unable to obtain any roles in films or on TV, she was out of work for several years but in 1958 returned to Broadway and two years later won a Tony Award for her performance in Toys in the Attic. It wasn't until 1970 that she returned to the screen, making a brief appearance in Otto Preminger's TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME, JUNIE MOON (1970), and not until 1976 that she could be seen again in a substantial film role, in BIRCH INTERVAL (1977).
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