Acting
Ann Shoemaker
Born January 9, 1891 · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Died September 18, 1978
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.
Known for
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7.2
The Fortune Cookie
Sister Veronica
717.9
Mission: Impossible
Madame Prokov
707.2
My Favorite Wife
Ma
707.1
The Reckless Moment
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
747.4
Shall We Dance
Matron
607.0
House by the River
Mrs. Ambrose
717.4
Stella Dallas
Miss Margaret Phillibrown
737.2
Conflict
Nora Grant
727.2
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Mrs. Parker
636.8
Alice Adams
Mrs. Adams
556.6
You'll Never Get Rich
Mrs. Barton
426.0
A Woman's Secret
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
777.4
Sitting Pretty
Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
576.3
Babes in Arms
Mrs. Barton
526.5
Shockproof
Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
526.5
Above Suspicion
Aunt Ellen
496.4
Magic Town
Ma Peterman
7.2
They Won't Forget
Mrs. Mountford
6.8
Strike Up the Band
Mrs. Connors
6.4
The Return of the Whistler
Mrs. Barkley
Filmography
- 1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthurMrs. WallaceMovie
- 1969RobertaAunt MinnieMovie
- 1966The Fortune CookieSister VeronicaMovie
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleMadame ProkovSeries
- 1960Sunrise at CampobelloSara Delano RooseveltMovie
- 1954Middle of the NightMillieMovie
- 1953Revlon Mirror TheatreSeries
- 1950House by the RiverMrs. AmbroseMovie
- 1949The Reckless MomentMrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)Movie
- 1949ShockproofDr. Daniels (Uncredited)Movie
- 1949A Woman's SecretMrs. Matthews, Brook's MotherMovie
- 1948WallflowerMrs. JamesMovie
- 1948The Return of the WhistlerMrs. BarkleyMovie
- 1948Sitting PrettyMrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)Movie
- 1947Magic TownMa PetermanMovie
- 1945ConflictNora GrantMovie
- 1945Boogie WoogieMrs. StumplefingerMovie
- 1945Phantoms, Inc.Mrs. Martha KennesonMovie
- 1945What a BlondeMrs. DaFoeMovie
- 1944Thirty Seconds Over TokyoMrs. ParkerMovie
- 1944It's MurderMrs NelsonMovie
- 1944Mr. Winkle Goes to WarMovie
- 1944Man from FriscoMartha KennedyMovie
- 1943What a WomanSenator's Wife (uncredited)Movie
- 1943Above SuspicionAunt EllenMovie
- 1941You'll Never Get RichMrs. BartonMovie
- 1941Scattergood Pulls the StringsMrs. DownsMovie
- 1940Ellery Queen, Master DetectiveLydia BraunMovie
- 1940Strike Up the BandMrs. ConnorsMovie
- 1940The Girl from Avenue AMrs. MaddoxMovie
- 1940My Favorite WifeMaMovie
- 1940An Angel from TexasAddie Lou ColemanMovie
- 1940Curtain CallMrs. MiddletonMovie
- 1940The Farmer's DaughterMrs. BinghamMovie
- 1940The Marines Fly HighMrs. HillMovie
- 1940SeventeenMary BaxterMovie
- 1939Babes in ArmsMrs. BartonMovie
- 1939They All Come OutDr. Ellen HollisMovie
- 1939Almost a GentlemanMrs. ThompsonMovie
- 1939Romance of the RedwoodsMother ManningMovie
- 1937The Life of the PartyCountess MartosMovie
- 1937Stella DallasMiss Margaret PhillibrownMovie
- 1937They Won't ForgetMrs. MountfordMovie
- 1937Shall We DanceMatronMovie
- 1936Sins of ManAnna EngelMovie
- 1935Alice AdamsMrs. AdamsMovie
- 1935StrandedMrs. TuthillMovie
- 1935A Dog of FlandersIlse CogezMovie
- 1934Cheating CheatersMrs. Grace PalmerMovie
- 1934Dr. MonicaMrs. HazlittMovie
- 1934Cross Country CruiseMrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)Movie
- 1933Chance at HeavenMrs. HarrisMovie