Ann Shoemaker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1891
- Died
- September 18, 1978 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Movie · as Mrs. Wallace
Roberta
Movie · as Aunt Minnie
The Fortune Cookie
Movie · as Sister Veronica
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Madame Prokov · 1 ep
Sunrise at Campobello
Movie · as Sara Delano Roosevelt
Middle of the Night
Movie · as Millie
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV · 1 ep
House by the River
Movie · as Mrs. Ambrose
A Woman's Secret
Movie · as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
The Reckless Moment
Movie · as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Shockproof
Movie · as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
The Return of the Whistler
Movie · as Mrs. Barkley
Wallflower
Movie · as Mrs. James
Sitting Pretty
Movie · as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Magic Town
Movie · as Ma Peterman
Conflict
Movie · as Nora Grant
What a Blonde
Movie · as Mrs. DaFoe
Boogie Woogie
Movie · as Mrs. Stumplefinger
Phantoms, Inc.
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Movie · as Mrs. Parker
Man from Frisco
Movie · as Martha Kennedy
It's Murder
Movie · as Mrs Nelson
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Movie
Above Suspicion
Movie · as Aunt Ellen
What a Woman
Movie · as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Movie · as Mrs. Downs
You'll Never Get Rich
Movie · as Mrs. Barton
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Movie · as Lydia Braun
Seventeen
Movie · as Mary Baxter
The Marines Fly High
Movie · as Mrs. Hill
Strike Up the Band
Movie · as Mrs. Connors
The Farmer's Daughter
Movie · as Mrs. Bingham
An Angel from Texas
Movie · as Addie Lou Coleman
My Favorite Wife
Movie · as Ma
Curtain Call
Movie · as Mrs. Middleton
The Girl from Avenue A
Movie · as Mrs. Maddox
They All Come Out
Movie · as Dr. Ellen Hollis
Almost a Gentleman
Movie · as Mrs. Thompson
Babes in Arms
Movie · as Mrs. Barton
Romance of the Redwoods
Movie · as Mother Manning
Stella Dallas
Movie · as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
They Won't Forget
Movie · as Mrs. Mountford
The Life of the Party
Movie · as Countess Martos
Shall We Dance
Movie · as Matron
Sins of Man
Movie · as Anna Engel
Alice Adams
Movie · as Mrs. Adams
Stranded
Movie · as Mrs. Tuthill
A Dog of Flanders
Movie · as Ilse Cogez
Dr. Monica
Movie · as Mrs. Hazlitt
Cheating Cheaters
Movie · as Mrs. Grace Palmer
Cross Country Cruise
Movie · as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
Chance at Heaven
Movie · as Mrs. Harris