Ann Shoemaker

Acting

Born January 9, 1891, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• 1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur — Mrs. Wallace
• 1969Roberta — Aunt Minnie
• Mission: Impossible — Madame Prokov
• 1966The Fortune Cookie — Sister Veronica
• 1960Sunrise at Campobello — Sara Delano Roosevelt
• 1954Middle of the Night — Millie
• Revlon Mirror Theatre
• 1950House by the River — Mrs. Ambrose
• 1949A Woman's Secret — Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
• 1949Shockproof — Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
• 1949The Reckless Moment — Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
• 1948Sitting Pretty — Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
• 1948The Return of the Whistler — Mrs. Barkley
• 1948Wallflower — Mrs. James
• 1947Magic Town — Ma Peterman
• 1945Boogie Woogie — Mrs. Stumplefinger
• 1945Conflict — Nora Grant
• 1945Phantoms, Inc. — Mrs. Martha Kenneson
• 1945What a Blonde — Mrs. DaFoe
• 1944It's Murder — Mrs Nelson
• 1944Man from Frisco — Martha Kennedy
• 1944Mr. Winkle Goes to War
• 1944Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo — Mrs. Parker
• 1943Above Suspicion — Aunt Ellen
• 1943What a Woman — Senator's Wife (uncredited)
• 1941Scattergood Pulls the Strings — Mrs. Downs
• 1941You'll Never Get Rich — Mrs. Barton
• 1940An Angel from Texas — Addie Lou Coleman
• 1940Curtain Call — Mrs. Middleton
• 1940Ellery Queen, Master Detective — Lydia Braun
• 1940My Favorite Wife — Ma
• 1940Seventeen — Mary Baxter
• 1940Strike Up the Band — Mrs. Connors
• 1940The Farmer's Daughter — Mrs. Bingham
• 1940The Girl from Avenue A — Mrs. Maddox
• 1940The Marines Fly High — Mrs. Hill
• 1939Almost a Gentleman — Mrs. Thompson
• 1939Babes in Arms — Mrs. Barton
• 1939Romance of the Redwoods — Mother Manning
• 1939They All Come Out — Dr. Ellen Hollis
• 1937Shall We Dance — Matron
• 1937Stella Dallas — Miss Margaret Phillibrown
• 1937The Life of the Party — Countess Martos
• 1937They Won't Forget — Mrs. Mountford
• 1936Sins of Man — Anna Engel
• 1935A Dog of Flanders — Ilse Cogez
• 1935Alice Adams — Mrs. Adams
• 1935Stranded — Mrs. Tuthill
• 1934Cheating Cheaters — Mrs. Grace Palmer
• 1934Cross Country Cruise — Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
• 1934Dr. Monica — Mrs. Hazlitt
• 1933Chance at Heaven — Mrs. Harris