Ann Shoemaker
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieCollision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
Mrs. Wallace
Roberta
1969
Aunt Minnie
movieThe Fortune Cookie
1966
Sister Veronica
tvMission: Impossible
1966
Madame Prokov
movieSunrise at Campobello
1960
Sara Delano Roosevelt
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
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
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