She was born Anne Mobley in Omaha, Nebraska in 1929. Her film career began in the 1970s, after moving to Los Angeles, with the film "The Sporting Club" (1971) in which she appeared with her husband. Throat cancer in the 1980s interrupted her career and changed the type of roles she played. Her voice and looks were affected causing her to be cast as grumpy old hag types. The pinnacle of her career came with her Academy Award nomination for her appearance in "Throw Momma From the Train" (1987) as Momma. Among her films were: "The New Centurions" (1972); "Up the Sandbox" (1972); "For Pete's Sake" (1974); "Any Which Way You Can" (1980) as Loretta Quince; "The Goonies"(1985) as Mama Fratelli; "Deadly Friend" (1986) as Elvira, a really strange film; "Scrooged" (1988); "Dr. Hackenstein" (1988) and "Homer and Eddie" (1989) as Edna, her final film. On TV she appeared in made for TV movies including: "Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway" (1976); "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" (1976) with John Travolta; "White Mama" (1980) and "Marian Rose White" (1982). She appeared in the mini-series "Blind Ambition" (1979) and guest starred on many shows including: "Wonder Woman"; "Three's Company"; "Family Ties"; "Charlie's Angels" and "Little House on the Prairie." She died of the throat cancer she had fought for so long on August 11, 1988 in Los Angeles, California.
He was born Logan Carlisle Ramsey, Jr. on March 21, 1921 in Long Beach, California, the son of Lt. Commander Logan Ramsey, Sr. who sounded the alarm at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. His father sent one of the most famous messages in the history of radio "Air raid Pearl Harbor, this is no drill!"
Among his film credits are: "Walking Tall" (1973) as John Witter; "Walking Tall Part 2" (1975) and "Walking Tall - Final Chapter" (1977) again as John Witter; "The Beast Within" (1982) as Edwin Curwin; "Pass the Ammo" (1988) as Jim Bob Collins; "Fat Man and Little Boy" (1989) as Brehon Somervell and "The Clock" (1999) as Sherman, his final film role. On TV he was a regular on the series: "The Edge of Night" (1956) as Scofield Kilborn; "On the Rocks" (1975-76) as The Warden; "The Testimony of Two Men" (1977) a mini-series, as Dr. Emil Schaeffer; "Blind Ambition" (1979) a mini-series, as J. Edgar Hoover, his personal favorite role; "Roots: The Next Generation" (1979) a mini-series, as D. L. Lewis; "The Winds of War" (1983) a mini-series, as Congressman Lacouture and "The Young and the Restless" (1984-85) as Joseph Anthony. He also appeared in TV movies including: "The Law" (1974) and "Attack on Terror: The F.B.I. vs. The Ku Klux Klan" (1975) and "Father Damien: The Leper Priest" (1980). He guested on such shows as: "Naked City"; "Star Trek"; "Ben Casey"; "Mission: Impossible"; "Maude"; "Kung Fu"; "M*A*S*H"; "Charlie's Angels"; "Quincy"; "Night Court" and "Murder, She Wrote." His stage work netted him the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for "Luther" in 1980. He died on June 26, 2000 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 79.
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