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Unlike Mama's Bank Account, which drew on the experiences of her Norwegian-born maternal grandmother, Annie Lund (1849-1928), this novel was closer to Forbes' actual childhood.įorbes moved to an apartment in San Francisco to be near her physician for her chronic emphysema. In 1947, Forbes published Transfer Point, regarding the daughter of divorced parents. In 1979, Richard Rodgers wrote the music for the second musical version, for which Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann played the role of Mama. The first, adapted by Neal Du Brock and John Clifton, opened in Buffalo, New York in 1972 with Celeste Holm in the role of Mama. įorbes' novel was twice turned into a stage musical.

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Mama, a television series based on the film, was broadcast on CBS from July 1, 1949, to March 17, 1957, and starred Peggy Wood as Mama. In 1948, a film version of the play was released by RKO Pictures and starred Irene Dunne as Mama and Barbara Bel Geddes as her daughter, an aspiring writer. įorbes' book served as the inspiration for John Van Druten's 1944 play I Remember Mama. Mama's Bank Account, her best-known work, was published in 1943 and revolved around the daily struggles and aspirations of a Norwegian family living in San Francisco in the 1910s.

Work įorbes was a radio scriptwriter before she began writing short stories. Kathryn married Robert McLean, a carpenter, with whom she had two sons. Her grandmother emigrated to California from Norway in the late 19th century both of Anderson's parents were native-born Americans. Kathryn Anderson was born in San Francisco in 1908.

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