Anne Revere

• Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
• Birthday: June 25, 1903

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 Ross…more