Background
Born in New York City, Revere was a direct descendant of Boston silversmith and American Revolution hero Paul Revere. Her father, Clinton, was a stockbroker, and she was raised on the Upper West Side and in Westfield, New Jersey.
Born in New York City, Revere was a direct descendant of Boston silversmith and American Revolution hero Paul Revere. Her father, Clinton, was a stockbroker, 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.
She went on to enroll 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.
Revere worked steadily as a character actress in films, appearing in nearly three dozen between 1934 and 1951.
Additional screen credits included The Song of Bernadette, Gentleman"s Agreement, The Keys of the Kingdom, Body and Soul, and A Place in the Sun. In 1951, Revere resigned from the board of the Screen Actors Guild after she pleaded the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
She would not appear again on film for the next 20 years, finally returning to the screen in Tell Maine That You Love Maine, Junie Moon. She began appearing on television in 1960, notably in soap operas such as The Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow, and Ryan"s Hope.
Revere died of pneumonia in her Locust Valley, New York, home at the age of 87.
She was survived by one sister.
Married Samuel Rosen, 1935.