Ann Shoemaker
Acting
Born: 1891-01-09 in 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.
Known For
Mission: Impossible
Madame Prokov
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Mrs. Parker
Magic Town
Ma Peterman
Revlon Mirror Theatre
The Fortune Cookie
Sister Veronica
Shall We Dance
Matron
My Favorite Wife
Ma
Babes in Arms
Mrs. Barton
Conflict
Nora Grant
Sitting Pretty
Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
You'll Never Get Rich
Mrs. Barton
The Reckless Moment
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
House by the River
Mrs. Ambrose
Above Suspicion
Aunt Ellen
Phantoms, Inc.
Mrs. Martha Kenneson
Shockproof
Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
Cheating Cheaters
Mrs. Grace Palmer
Stella Dallas
Miss Margaret Phillibrown
Boogie Woogie
Mrs. Stumplefinger
Alice Adams
Mrs. Adams
Sunrise at Campobello
Sara Delano Roosevelt
They All Come Out
Dr. Ellen Hollis
What a Woman
Senator's Wife (uncredited)
The Return of the Whistler
Mrs. Barkley
The Marines Fly High
Mrs. Hill
Chance at Heaven
Mrs. Harris
Strike Up the Band
Mrs. Connors
Wallflower
Mrs. James
They Won't Forget
Mrs. Mountford
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
It's Murder
Mrs Nelson
A Dog of Flanders
Ilse Cogez
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Bingham
The Life of the Party
Countess Martos
Cross Country Cruise
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
What a Blonde
Mrs. DaFoe
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Lydia Braun
Dr. Monica
Mrs. Hazlitt