Ann Shoemaker
Known for Acting · 52 credits
- Born
- 1891-01-09
- Died
- 1978-09-18
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Anne Dorothea Shoemaker
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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (50)
Conflict
1945
as Nora Grant
Stranded
1935
as Mrs. Tuthill
Shockproof
1949
as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
as Mrs. Parker
Shall We Dance
1937
as Matron
Above Suspicion
1943
as Aunt Ellen
My Favorite Wife
1940
as Ma
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Sister Veronica
Stella Dallas
1937
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
Alice Adams
1935
as Mrs. Adams
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
The Reckless Moment
1949
as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Magic Town
1947
as Ma Peterman
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
Chance at Heaven
1933
as Mrs. Harris
House by the River
1950
as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
as Mrs. Barton
Curtain Call
1940
as Mrs. Middleton
Strike Up the Band
1940
as Mrs. Connors
Babes in Arms
1939
as Mrs. Barton
Wallflower
1948
as Mrs. James
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
as Mrs. Wallace
Man from Frisco
1944
as Martha Kennedy
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
as Lydia Braun
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
They Won't Forget
1937
as Mrs. Mountford
Roberta
1969
as Aunt Minnie
The Return of the Whistler
1948
as Mrs. Barkley
It's Murder
1944
as Mrs Nelson
Dr. Monica
1934
as Mrs. Hazlitt
Cross Country Cruise
1934
as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
Seventeen
1940
as Mary Baxter
Cheating Cheaters
1934
as Mrs. Grace Palmer
An Angel from Texas
1940
as Addie Lou Coleman
What a Woman
1943
as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Sins of Man
1936
as Anna Engel
They All Come Out
1939
as Dr. Ellen Hollis
Middle of the Night
1954
as Millie
A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Ilse Cogez
The Life of the Party
1937
as Countess Martos
The Farmer's Daughter
1940
as Mrs. Bingham
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
The Marines Fly High
1940
as Mrs. Hill
What a Blonde
1945
as Mrs. DaFoe
The Girl from Avenue A
1940
as Mrs. Maddox
Romance of the Redwoods
1939
as Mother Manning
Almost a Gentleman
1939
as Mrs. Thompson
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Mrs. Downs
Boogie Woogie
1945
as Mrs. Stumplefinger
About 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. With 52 credits spanning from 1933 to 1976, Ann Shoemaker has appeared in 50 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ann Shoemaker Movies
- Conflict (1945) — as Nora Grant
- Stranded (1935) — as Mrs. Tuthill
- Shockproof (1949) — as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) — as Mrs. Parker
- Shall We Dance (1937) — as Matron
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