Director: George Stevens

Writer: DeWitt Bodeen

From short stories: Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes

From a play: I Remember Mama by John Van Druten

Music by: Roy Webb

Producer: Harriet Parsons

Keywords: Drama

Matriarch guides her Norwegian family in pre-WWI San Francisco, as her daughter struggles to become a writer. Beautifully acted and filmed, exemplary performance by Irene Dunne, in the sentimental family saga. Received Oscar nominations for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and two for Best Supporting Actress, Barbara Bel Geddes and Ellen Corby.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Florence Bates	Actor	15-Apr-1888	31-Jan-1954	The Moon and Sixpence
Barbara Bel Geddes	Actor	31-Oct-1922	8-Aug-2005	Miss Ellie on Dallas
Edgar Bergen	Actor	16-Feb-1903	30-Sep-1978	Radio's greatest ventriloquist
Ellen Corby	Actor	3-Jun-1911	14-Apr-1999	Grandma on The Waltons
Philip Dorn	Actor	30-Sep-1901	9-May-1975	Random Harvest
Irene Dunne	Actor	20-Dec-1898	4-Sep-1990	Penny Serenade
Cedric Hardwicke	Actor	19-Feb-1893	6-Aug-1964	Suspicion
Oskar Homolka	Actor	12-Aug-1898	27-Jan-1978	Sabotage
Barbara O'Neil	Actor	17-Jul-1910	3-Sep-1980	Ellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Rudy Vallee	Actor	28-Jul-1901	3-Jul-1986	Singer, actor, bandleader

CAST

Irene Dunne	...   Mama
co-starring
Barbara Bel Geddes	...   Katrin
Oskar Homolka	...   Uncle Chris
Philip Dorn	...   Papa
with
Cedric Hardwicke	...   Mr. Hyde
Edgar Bergen	...   Mr. Thorkelson
Rudy Vallee	...   Dr. Johnson
Barbara O'Neil	...   Jessie Brown
Florence Bates	...   Florence Dana Moorhead
Peggy McIntyre	...   Christine
June Hedin	...   Dagmar
Steve Brown	...   Nels
Ellen Corby	...   Aunt Trina
Hope Landin	...   Aunt Jenny
Edith Evanson	...   Aunt Sigrid
Tommy Ivo	...   Cousin Arne

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