Anne Revere (June 25, 1903 - December 18, 1990) was an award-winning American stage, film, and television actress.
Born in New York City, Revere was a direct descendant of American Revolution hero Paul Revere. Her father was a stockbroker, and she was raised on the Upper West Side and in Westfield, New Jersey. In 1926, she graduated from Wellesley College, then enrolled at the American Laboratory School to study acting with Maria Ouspenskaya and ...
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Anne Revere (June 25, 1903 - December 18, 1990) was an award-winning American stage, film, and television actress.
Born in New York City, Revere was a direct descendant of American Revolution hero Paul Revere. Her father was a stockbroker, and she was raised on the Upper West Side and in Westfield, New Jersey. In 1926, she graduated from Wellesley College, then enrolled at the American Laboratory School to study acting with Maria Ouspenskaya and Richard Boleslavsky.
Revere made her Broadway debut in 1931 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 1934 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 1960 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
Revere worked steadily as a...
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