Anne Ramsey Highlights

  • 1989: Last film appearance, "Meet the Hollowheads"
  • 1987: Performed signature role, as the ghastly mother of Danny DeVito in his "Throw Momma From the Train"; received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress
  • 1985: Major feature supporting role, Mama Fratelli in the popular children's adventure, "The Goonies"
  • 1984: Had part of her tongue removed during throat cancer surgery (date approximate)
  • 1973: TV debut, "The Third Girl From the Left", an ABC TV-movie that also marked the TV-movie debuts of Tony Curtis and Kim Novak
  • 1971: Feature debut, "The Sporting Club"
  • 1959: Co-founded (with Logan Ramsey) the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia
  • 1936: Sent to a Shakespeare camp in Brattleboro, VT at age seven (date approximate)
  • 1933: Decided to act after seeing "The Petrified Forest" with her father at age four (date approximate)
  • Raised in suburban New York and Connecticut
  • Memorized "Twelfth Night" and "As You Like It"; acted out each part at home for anyone who would watch
  • Attended Rosemary Hall, an exclusive girls' school in Connecticut; began performing on stage
  • Performed summer stock in Maine; met her future husband Logan Ramsey
  • Moved to L.A. with her husband in the mid-1980s
  • Appeared in various LA productions including "Vision of Keroucac", "The Threepenny Opera", and "Persons Unclaimed"
  • Joined the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC
  • Appeared Off-Broadway in Gertrude Stein's "Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights"
  • Wrote about food for The New York Times
  • Did guest shots on various TV shows including "Knight Rider", "ALF", and "Night Court"

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