Ann Shoemaker
Acting Born Jan 9, 1891 Brooklyn, New York, USA 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Madame Prokov
- Revlon Mirror Theatre (1953)
- The Fortune Cookie (1966) as Sister Veronica
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) as Mrs. Parker
- My Favorite Wife (1940) as Ma
- Alice Adams (1935) as Mrs. Adams
- Magic Town (1947) as Ma Peterman
- Stella Dallas (1937) as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
- Shall We Dance (1937) as Matron
- The Reckless Moment (1949) as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
- Conflict (1945) as Nora Grant
- Babes in Arms (1939) as Mrs. Barton
- Shockproof (1949) as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
- House by the River (1950) as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
- A Woman's Secret (1949) as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
- Sitting Pretty (1948) as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
- You'll Never Get Rich (1941) as Mrs. Barton
- They All Come Out (1939) as Dr. Ellen Hollis
- The Life of the Party (1937) as Countess Martos
- Chance at Heaven (1933) as Mrs. Harris
- Above Suspicion (1943) as Aunt Ellen
- Strike Up the Band (1940) as Mrs. Connors
- Sunrise at Campobello (1960) as Sara Delano Roosevelt
- They Won't Forget (1937) as Mrs. Mountford