Appeared with her husband, actor Logan Ramsey in The Sporting Club (1971), The Law (1974) (TV), "Blind Ambition" (1979), Any Which Way You Can (1980), Say Yes (1986), Scrooged (1988), Doctor Hackenstein (1988) and Meet the Hollowheads (1989).
Daughter of a successful insurance executive and his wife who was a descendant of the Pilgrims, she attended exclusive schools in Connecticut and made her debut the same season as Jacqueline Bouvier, the future Mrs. John F. Kennedy.
Died just six months after receiving her Oscar nomination for Throw Momma from the Train (1987).
Following the death of their own mother ("Mom always liked you best!"), the Smothers Brothers chose Anne Ramsey to receive the flowers and honors on their Mothers' Day show.
Though she played the elderly mother of Danny DeVito's character Owen in Throw Momma from the Train (1987), Ms. Ramsey was actually only fifteen years older than DeVito.