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Did Irene Dunne win an Oscar for I Remember Mama? ›

Dunne is considered one of the best actresses of The Golden Age of Hollywood never to win an Academy Award. After I Remember Mama was released, Liberty magazine hoped she would "do a Truman" at the 1949 Oscars whereas Erskine Johnson called her and Best Actor nominee Montgomery Clift the dark horses of that ceremony.

It was based on the nostalgic stories of Kathryn Forbes about her Norwegian immigrant family's struggle to adjust to life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco; it had been successfully dramatized on Broadway in 1943 by John Van Druten.

Although earlier incarnations of I Remember Mama had focused primarily on the relationship between Marta and Katrin, the television series typically dealt with a specific family member's problem and eventually drew the whole family into helping with its resolution.

After announcing some of the money will go towards the purchase of the winter coat Marta wants, Katrin confesses her story is titled Mama and the Hospital. She begins to read it to her family, and the story's introduction concludes and the film itself ends with the line "But first and foremost, I remember Mama".

(And criminally, Dunne was never awarded an honorary Oscar.) Decades after they'd worked together, Cary Grant said of his co-star, “Irene Dunne's timing was marvelous. She was so good that she made comedy look easy. If she'd made it look as difficult as it really is, she would have won her Oscar.”

Barbra Streisand

Streisand won her second Academy Award in 1977 for Best Original Song for "Evergreen," the love theme from A Star Is Born (1976).

Marlon Brando played a minor role, making his Broadway debut as Nels.

Did you know. As a child actor he went by the name Boots Brown. When he got the role of Nels in "I Remember Mama" he was going to use his real name Cecil Brown, however he didn't want there to be confusion with a radio actor of the same name. He then opted for Steve Brown.

Beyond the music films like "Sweet Adeline","Stingaree" "Show Boat", "High, Wide And Handsome" and "Joy Of Living", music was a steady, recurring element in Irene's films - she sang in 26 of her 41 films.

I Remember Mama stars Irene Dunne as the matriarch of a Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco circa 1910.

Who played Trina in I Remember Mama? ›

Ellen Corby: Aunt Trina Halvorsen.

I Remember Mama (1948) - Barbara Bel Geddes as Katrin Hanson - IMDb.

Mama recognizes her lost baby and her appearance briefly turns human. However, Lily calls out for Mama, causing her to revert to her monstrous form and attempt to take the girls. Victoria asks to stay with Annabel instead of leaving with Mama. Mama accepts and she and Lily plummet off the cliff.

Mama jumps off the cliff with just Lilly, and upon hitting the branch, Mama and Lilly turn into a shower of butterflies. The movie ends with Victoria realizing that one of the butterflies watching over her is in fact Lilly, perhaps referencing a ghostly regret of Victoria not going with her.

The following features lists of the film and television performances of actress and singer Irene Dunne (1898–1990), who appeared in 42 movies between 1930 and 1952, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress five times.

There are only two instances of a parent and child receiving acting nominations in the same film: Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda in On Golden Pond. Diane Ladd and Laura Dern in Rambling Rose.

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