- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1891
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- September 18, 1978
Ann Shoemaker
Ann Shoemaker was an American character actress whose prolific career spanned over five decades across theater, radio, film and television. She appeared in roughly 70 films and TV movies between 1928 and 1976, frequently portraying refined, commanding or maternal figures, most famously playing Sara Delano Roosevelt (the mother of FDR) on both Broadway and in the acclaimed 1960 film adaptation of Sunrise at Campobello.
Filmography
movieCollision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976 · Mrs. Wallace
Roberta
movieRoberta
1969 · Aunt Minnie
movieThe Fortune Cookie
1966 · Sister Veronica
tvMission: Impossible
1966 · Madame Prokov
movieSunrise at Campobello
1960 · Sara Delano Roosevelt
Middle of the Night
movieMiddle of the Night
1954 · Millie
tvRevlon Mirror Theatre
1953
movieHouse by the River
1950 · Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
movieThe Reckless Moment
1949 · Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
movieShockproof
1949 · Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
movieA Woman's Secret
1949 · Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
movieWallflower
1948 · Mrs. James
movieThe Return of the Whistler
1948 · Mrs. Barkley
movieSitting Pretty
1948 · Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
movieMagic Town
1947 · Ma Peterman
movieConflict
1945 · Nora Grant
movieBoogie Woogie
1945 · Mrs. Stumplefinger
moviePhantoms, Inc.
1945 · Mrs. Martha Kenneson
movieWhat a Blonde
1945 · Mrs. DaFoe
movieThirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Mrs. Parker
movieIt's Murder
1944 · Mrs Nelson
movieMr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
movieMan from Frisco
1944 · Martha Kennedy
movieWhat a Woman
1943 · Senator's Wife (uncredited)
movieAbove Suspicion
1943 · Aunt Ellen
movieYou'll Never Get Rich
1941 · Mrs. Barton
movieScattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 · Mrs. Downs
movieEllery Queen, Master Detective
1940 · Lydia Braun
movieStrike Up the Band
1940 · Mrs. Connors
movieThe Girl from Avenue A
1940 · Mrs. Maddox
movieMy Favorite Wife
1940 · Ma
movieAn Angel from Texas
1940 · Addie Lou Coleman
movieCurtain Call
1940 · Mrs. Middleton
movieThe Farmer's Daughter
1940 · Mrs. Bingham
movieThe Marines Fly High
1940 · Mrs. Hill
movieSeventeen
1940 · Mary Baxter
movieBabes in Arms
1939 · Mrs. Barton
movieThey All Come Out
1939 · Dr. Ellen Hollis
movieAlmost a Gentleman
1939 · Mrs. Thompson
movieRomance of the Redwoods
1939 · Mother Manning
movieThe Life of the Party
1937 · Countess Martos
movieStella Dallas
1937 · Miss Margaret Phillibrown
movieThey Won't Forget
1937 · Mrs. Mountford
movieShall We Dance
1937 · Matron
movieSins of Man
1936 · Anna Engel
movieAlice Adams
1935 · Mrs. Adams
movieStranded
1935 · Mrs. Tuthill
movieA Dog of Flanders
1935 · Ilse Cogez
movieCheating Cheaters
1934 · Mrs. Grace Palmer
movieDr. Monica
1934 · Mrs. Hazlitt
movieCross Country Cruise
1934 · Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
movieChance at Heaven
1933 · Mrs. Harris