Acting
Ann Shoemaker
EN cinema · 50 credits
Born
9 January 1891
Died
18 September 1978 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known as Anne Dorothea 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.
Known for
Filmography
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Mrs. Wallace
Roberta
1969
Roberta
as Aunt Minnie
The Fortune Cookie
as Sister Veronica
Sunrise at Campobello
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
House by the River
as Mrs. Ambrose
A Woman's Secret
as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
The Reckless Moment
as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Shockproof
as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
The Return of the Whistler
as Mrs. Barkley
Wallflower
as Mrs. James
Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Magic Town
as Ma Peterman
Conflict
as Nora Grant
What a Blonde
as Mrs. DaFoe
Boogie Woogie
as Mrs. Stumplefinger
Phantoms, Inc.
as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Mrs. Parker
Man from Frisco
as Martha Kennedy
It's Murder
as Mrs Nelson
Above Suspicion
as Aunt Ellen
What a Woman
as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Mrs. Downs
You'll Never Get Rich
as Mrs. Barton
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Lydia Braun
Seventeen
as Mary Baxter
The Marines Fly High
as Mrs. Hill
Strike Up the Band
as Mrs. Connors
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Bingham
An Angel from Texas
as Addie Lou Coleman
Curtain Call
as Mrs. Middleton
The Girl from Avenue A
as Mrs. Maddox
They All Come Out
as Dr. Ellen Hollis
Almost a Gentleman
as Mrs. Thompson
Babes in Arms
as Mrs. Barton
Romance of the Redwoods
as Mother Manning
Stella Dallas
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Mountford
The Life of the Party
as Countess Martos
Shall We Dance
as Matron
Sins of Man
as Anna Engel
Alice Adams
as Mrs. Adams
Stranded
as Mrs. Tuthill
A Dog of Flanders
as Ilse Cogez
Dr. Monica
as Mrs. Hazlitt
Cheating Cheaters
as Mrs. Grace Palmer
Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
Chance at Heaven
as Mrs. Harris