Ann Shoemaker
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.
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Films (50)
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976 · Mrs. Wallace
Roberta
1969 · Aunt Minnie
The Fortune Cookie
1966 · Sister Veronica
Sunrise at Campobello
1960 · Sara Delano Roosevelt
Middle of the Night
1954 · Millie
House by the River
1950 · Mrs. Ambrose
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Shockproof
1949 · Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
1949 · Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
Wallflower
1948 · Mrs. James
The Return of the Whistler
1948 · Mrs. Barkley
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Magic Town
1947 · Ma Peterman
Conflict
1945 · Nora Grant
Boogie Woogie
1945 · Mrs. Stumplefinger
Phantoms, Inc.
1945 · Mrs. Martha Kenneson
What a Blonde
1945 · Mrs. DaFoe
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Mrs. Parker
It's Murder
1944 · Mrs Nelson
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Man from Frisco
1944 · Martha Kennedy
What a Woman
1943 · Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943 · Aunt Ellen
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 · Mrs. Barton
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 · Mrs. Downs
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940 · Lydia Braun
Strike Up the Band
1940 · Mrs. Connors
The Girl from Avenue A
1940 · Mrs. Maddox
My Favorite Wife
1940 · Ma
An Angel from Texas
1940 · Addie Lou Coleman
Curtain Call
1940 · Mrs. Middleton
The Farmer's Daughter
1940 · Mrs. Bingham
The Marines Fly High
1940 · Mrs. Hill
Seventeen
1940 · Mary Baxter
Babes in Arms
1939 · Mrs. Barton
They All Come Out
1939 · Dr. Ellen Hollis
Almost a Gentleman
1939 · Mrs. Thompson
Romance of the Redwoods
1939 · Mother Manning
The Life of the Party
1937 · Countess Martos
Stella Dallas
1937 · Miss Margaret Phillibrown
They Won't Forget
1937 · Mrs. Mountford
Shall We Dance
1937 · Matron
Sins of Man
1936 · Anna Engel
Alice Adams
1935 · Mrs. Adams
Stranded
1935 · Mrs. Tuthill
A Dog of Flanders
1935 · Ilse Cogez
Cheating Cheaters
1934 · Mrs. Grace Palmer
Dr. Monica
1934 · Mrs. Hazlitt
Cross Country Cruise
1934 · Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
Chance at Heaven
1933 · Mrs. Harris
