Anne Revere Wiki, Biography, Age, Spouse, Height, Net Worth, Fast Facts

Revere won an Academy Award for her supporting role in the film National Velvet (1945). She was also nominated in the same category for The Song of Bernadette (1943) and Gentleman’s Agreement (1947). She won a Tony Award for her performance in Lillian Hellman’s play Toys in the Attic in 1960.

Anne Revere Wiki, Biography

Born in New York City, Revere was a direct descendant of American Revolution hero Paul Revere.^[1] Her father, Clinton, was a stockbroker,^[2] and she was raised on the Upper West Side and in Westfield, New Jersey. In 1926, 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.^[3] 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.^[4] She 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,^[5] for which she won the 1960 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.

Personal life

Revere married Rosen on 11 April 1935, and they remained wed until his death in 1984. Revere was a Democrat who supported the campaign of Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 presidential election.

Illness and death

Revere died of pneumonia in her home at Locust Valley, New York at the age of 87. She was survived by one sister. She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Net Worth

The Estimated Net worth is $80K – USD $85k.