"My own mother was ill late in her life and became irritable and impatient. She was very demanding and I found some elements in her for Momma. But I've never known anyone as rude and awful as Momma Lift. So I made her a composite of some of the traits I saw in women when I was younger and used to people-watch in Grand Central and Pennsylvania stations in New York. Of course it was an unflattering role, but audiences love her. And I got all my hostilities out playing the character." a proposito del suo personaggio in Getta la mamma dal treno (1987) che le valse una candidatura ai premi Oscar.

(Anne Ramsey, nata Anne Mobley, attrice; Omaha, 1º settembre 1929 – Los Angeles, 11 agosto 1988)