Ann Shoemaker
Acting
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Acting 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.
Known For
Filmography
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
as Mrs. Wallace
Roberta
1969
as Aunt Minnie
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Sister Veronica
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Madame Prokov
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
Middle of the Night
1954
as Millie
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
House by the River
1950
as Mrs. Ambrose
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
The Reckless Moment
1949
as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Shockproof
1949
as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
The Return of the Whistler
1948
as Mrs. Barkley
Wallflower
1948
as Mrs. James
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Magic Town
1947
as Ma Peterman
Conflict
1945
as Nora Grant
What a Blonde
1945
as Mrs. DaFoe
Boogie Woogie
1945
as Mrs. Stumplefinger
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
as Mrs. Parker
Man from Frisco
1944
as Martha Kennedy
It's Murder
1944
as Mrs Nelson
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Above Suspicion
1943
as Aunt Ellen
What a Woman
1943
as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Mrs. Downs
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
as Mrs. Barton
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
as Lydia Braun
Seventeen
1940
as Mary Baxter
The Marines Fly High
1940
as Mrs. Hill
Strike Up the Band
1940
as Mrs. Connors
The Farmer's Daughter
1940
as Mrs. Bingham
An Angel from Texas
1940
as Addie Lou Coleman
My Favorite Wife
1940
as Ma
Curtain Call
1940
as Mrs. Middleton
The Girl from Avenue A
1940
as Mrs. Maddox
They All Come Out
1939
as Dr. Ellen Hollis
Almost a Gentleman
1939
as Mrs. Thompson
Babes in Arms
1939
as Mrs. Barton
Romance of the Redwoods
1939
as Mother Manning
Stella Dallas
1937
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
They Won't Forget
1937
as Mrs. Mountford
The Life of the Party
1937
as Countess Martos
Shall We Dance
1937
as Matron
Sins of Man
1936
as Anna Engel
Alice Adams
1935
as Mrs. Adams
Stranded
1935
as Mrs. Tuthill
A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Ilse Cogez
Dr. Monica
1934
as Mrs. Hazlitt
Cheating Cheaters
1934
as Mrs. Grace Palmer
Cross Country Cruise
1934
as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
Chance at Heaven
1933
as Mrs. Harris