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Anne Ramsey

Highest Rated: 77% The Goonies (1985)

Lowest Rated: 0% Homer & Eddie (1989)

Birthday: Mar 27, 1929

Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

The queen of playing mean ​characters on screen, Anne Ramsey hailed from a blueblood family and enjoyed a distinguished theatrical career, founding the Theatre of the Living Arts with her husband Logan Ramsey. Beginning her film career later in life, her distinctively gruff voice and demeanor quickly set her apart. Immediately recognizable and unforgettable, she booked small appearances in high-profile projects throughout the 1970s, including "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" (ABC, 1976), "Fun with Dick and Jane" (1977), "Goin' South" (1978) and "Any Which Way You Can" (1980). In 1984, she underwent surgery for esophageal cancer, which necessitated the removal of part of her tongue and jaw, which added to her trademark slurred speech and gravelly voice, which she used to wonderful effect as the villainous Mama Fratelli in "The Goonies" (1985), for which she won a Best Supporting Actress Saturn Award. Sweet in real life but hilariously abusive and deliciously mean-spirited onscreen, Ramsey scored again with small bits in "Deadly Friend" (1986) and "Love at Stake" (1987), and won her second Saturn Award as Danny DeVito's mother-from-hell in "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987), as well as nominations for an Oscar and Golden Globe. Sadly, her cancer returned and she died on Aug. 11, 1988, with several projects already in the can, including a cameo in Bill Murray's "Scrooged" (1988). Much loved for her one-of-a-kind character work, Anne Ramsey earned enormous critical and popular acclaim for her unexpectedly lovable characters.

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Highest rated movies

77% 91% The Goonies Watchlist
71% 54% Weeds
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64% 54% Throw Momma From the Train
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33% 55% The Black Marble
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20% 45% Any Which Way You Can
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20% 38% Deadly Friend Watchlist
0% 38% Homer & Eddie
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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
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47% The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
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A Small Killing
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 44% Meet the Hollowheads Babbleaxe (Character) $1.8K 1989
0% 38% Homer & Eddie Edna (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Old Boy The Hag (Character) - 1988
64% 54% Throw Momma From the Train Mrs. Lift (Character) $54.4M 1987
71% 54% Weeds Mom Umstetter (Character) $1.5M 1987
20% 38% Deadly Friend Elvira Parker (Character) $8.9M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Say Yes Major (Character) - 1986
77% 91% The Goonies Agatha "Mama" Fratelli (Character) $935.0K 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Small Killing Doris (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 44% The Killing of Randy Webster Landlady (Character) - 1981
20% 45% Any Which Way You Can Loretta Quince (Character) - 1980
33% 55% The Black Marble Bessie Callahan (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marilyn: The Untold Story Unknown (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 100% White Mama Heavy Charm (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 47% The Boy in the Plastic Bubble Rachel (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway Librarian (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Third Girl From the Left Madelaine (Character) - 1973

TV

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No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Claudia Gideon (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 79% ALF Ethel Buttonwood (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet 80% Knight Rider Crossing Guard (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet 95% Three's Company Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laverne & Shirley Unknown (Guest Star) 1979 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little House on the Prairie Mrs. Schiller (Guest Star) 1978
100% 82% Wonder Woman Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1976