I Remember Mama

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For the Broadway musical of the same title, see I Remember Mama.

I Remember Mama is a 1944 John Van Druten play, based on the memoir Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes.

The plot focuses on a loving family of Norwegian immigrants living in San Francisco in the 1910s.

The 1948 RKO film version was adapted by DeWitt Bodeen and directed by George Stevens. It stars Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oskar Homolka, Philip Dorn, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Edgar Bergen, Rudy Vallee, Barbara O'Neil, Ellen Corby, and Tommy Ivo.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Dunne), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Homolka), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Bel Geddes and Corby), and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Nicholas Musuraca).

A CBS television series, Mama, starring Peggy Wood, ran from 1949 until 1957.

In 1979, a musical version starring Liv Ullmann had a brief run on Broadway.