Anne Revere (June , â€" December , ) was an American actress and a
progressive member of the board of the Screen Actors' Guild. She was
best known for her work on Broadway and her film portrayals of mothers
in a series of critically acclaimed films. An outspoken critic of the
House Un-American Activities Committee, her name appeared in Red
Channels: The Report on Communist Influence in Radio and Television in
and she was subsequently blacklisted.Revere won an Academy Award for
her supporting role in the film National Velvet (). She was also
nominated in the same category for The Song of Bernadette () and
Gentleman's Agreement (). She won a Tony Award for her performance in
Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic in .Born in New York City, Revere
was a direct descendant of American Revolution hero Paul Revere. Her
father, Clinton, was a stockbroker, and she was raised on the Upper
West Side and in Westfield, New Jersey. In , she graduated from
Wellesley College. Despite her unsuccessful attempts to join dramatic
groups in high school and (initially) in college, she eventually was
successful at Wellesley and studied dramatics there. She went on to
enroll at the American Laboratory School to study acting with Maria
Ouspenskaya and Richard Boleslavsky.Revere gained early acting
experience in regional and stock theater troupes. She made her
Broadway debut in in The Great Barrington. Three years later, she
went to Hollywood to reprise her stage role in the film adaptation of
Double Door. She returned to Broadway to create the role of Martha
Dobie in the original production of The Children's Hour, and in later
years, she appeared on the New York stage in As You Like It, The Three
Sisters, and Toys in the Attic, for which she won the Tony Award for
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
progressive member of the board of the Screen Actors' Guild. She was
best known for her work on Broadway and her film portrayals of mothers
in a series of critically acclaimed films. An outspoken critic of the
House Un-American Activities Committee, her name appeared in Red
Channels: The Report on Communist Influence in Radio and Television in
and she was subsequently blacklisted.Revere won an Academy Award for
her supporting role in the film National Velvet (). She was also
nominated in the same category for The Song of Bernadette () and
Gentleman's Agreement (). She won a Tony Award for her performance in
Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic in .Born in New York City, Revere
was a direct descendant of American Revolution hero Paul Revere. Her
father, Clinton, was a stockbroker, and she was raised on the Upper
West Side and in Westfield, New Jersey. In , she graduated from
Wellesley College. Despite her unsuccessful attempts to join dramatic
groups in high school and (initially) in college, she eventually was
successful at Wellesley and studied dramatics there. She went on to
enroll at the American Laboratory School to study acting with Maria
Ouspenskaya and Richard Boleslavsky.Revere gained early acting
experience in regional and stock theater troupes. She made her
Broadway debut in in The Great Barrington. Three years later, she
went to Hollywood to reprise her stage role in the film adaptation of
Double Door. She returned to Broadway to create the role of Martha
Dobie in the original production of The Children's Hour, and in later
years, she appeared on the New York stage in As You Like It, The Three
Sisters, and Toys in the Attic, for which she won the Tony Award for
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
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