notstarring.com notstarring.com
Find your favorite actors or movies:
I Remember Mama (1948)  «   » 
 Who was considered for I Remember Mama?

Marlene Dietrich
Badly wanted to star as the Norwegian matriarch, but was turned down by the producers because she didn't project sufficient maternal quality on screen.
Actor who got the part: Irene Dunne

Greta Garbo
Garbo turned down the role of the Norwegian matriarch at the same time she turned down Alfred Hitchcock's "The Paradine Case." She is reported to have said, "No murderesses, no mamas."
Actor who got the part: Irene Dunne



See more 1940s trivia




Take Today's Quiz
before they were famous






 Other Popular Movies:
- I Take This Woman (1)
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1)
- Ice Age (2)
- The Ice Harvest (1)
- The Ice Storm (1)
- The Iceman Cometh (1)
- Idiot's Delight (2)
- The Idol (2)
- If Lucy Fell (1)
- The Illusionist (1)
- Images (1)
- Imitation of Life (1)
- Imitation of Life (1959) (2)
- In a Lonely Place (2)
- In America (1)
- In Country (1)
- The In Crowd (1)
- In Good Company (1)
- In Old Arizona (1)
- In The Cool of The Day (1)
- In the Cut (2)
- In The Good Old Summertime (1)
- In the Line of Fire (8)
- In The Name of The Father (1)
- In The Valley of Elah (1)
- Inception (1)
- The Incredible Hulk (1)
- The Incredible Sarah (1)
- Indecent Proposal (18)
- Independence Day (1)