I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama

You'll just love...MAMA!

1948•2h 14m•7.2/10

FamilyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(65)

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.

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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Irene Dunne

Irene Dunne

Mama

Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

Katrin

Oskar Homolka

Oskar Homolka

Uncle Chris

Philip Dorn

Philip Dorn

Papa

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Mr. Hyde

Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen

Mr. Thorkelson

Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee

Dr. Johnson

Barbara O'Neil

Barbara O'Neil

Jessie Brown

Florence Bates

Florence Bates

Florence Dana Moorhead

Peggy McIntire

Christine

June Hedin

Dagmar

Steve Brown

Nels

Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

Aunt Trina

Hope Landin

Hope Landin

Aunt Jenny

Edith Evanson

Edith Evanson

Aunt Sigrid

Tommy Ivo

Tommy Ivo

Cousin Arne

Stanley Andrews

Stanley Andrews

Minister (uncredited)

George Atkinson

Postman (uncredited)

Lela Bliss

Lela Bliss

Head Nurse (uncredited)

Louise Colombet

Nurse (uncredited)

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