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
The Fortune Cookie
Sister Veronica
Mission: Impossible
Madame Prokov
My Favorite Wife
Ma
The Reckless Moment
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
Matron
House by the River
Mrs. Ambrose
Stella Dallas
Miss Margaret Phillibrown
Conflict
Nora Grant
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Mrs. Parker
Alice Adams
Mrs. Adams
You'll Never Get Rich
Mrs. Barton
A Woman's Secret
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
Sitting Pretty
Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Babes in Arms
Mrs. Barton
Shockproof
Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
Above Suspicion
Aunt Ellen
Magic Town
Ma Peterman
They Won't Forget
Mrs. Mountford
Strike Up the Band
Mrs. Connors
The Return of the Whistler
Mrs. Barkley
Sunrise at Campobello
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Chance at Heaven
Mrs. Harris
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Dr. Monica
Mrs. Hazlitt
They All Come Out
Dr. Ellen Hollis
Wallflower
Mrs. James
The Marines Fly High
Mrs. Hill
Stranded
Mrs. Tuthill
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Bingham
An Angel from Texas
Addie Lou Coleman
Phantoms, Inc.
Mrs. Martha Kenneson
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Lydia Braun
The Life of the Party
Countess Martos
What a Woman
Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Curtain Call
Mrs. Middleton
What a Blonde
Mrs. DaFoe
Cross Country Cruise
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
A Dog of Flanders
Ilse Cogez
Almost a Gentleman
Mrs. Thompson