Ann Shoemaker
Acting
Born 1891-01-09 · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Died 1978-09-18
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.
Acting
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Mrs. Wallace
Roberta
Aunt Minnie
The Fortune Cookie
Sister Veronica
Mission: Impossible
Madame Prokov
Sunrise at Campobello
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Middle of the Night
Millie
Revlon Mirror Theatre
House by the River
Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
The Reckless Moment
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Shockproof
Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
Wallflower
Mrs. James
The Return of the Whistler
Mrs. Barkley
Sitting Pretty
Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Magic Town
Ma Peterman
Conflict
Nora Grant
Boogie Woogie
Mrs. Stumplefinger
Phantoms, Inc.
Mrs. Martha Kenneson
What a Blonde
Mrs. DaFoe
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Mrs. Parker
It's Murder
Mrs Nelson
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Man from Frisco
Martha Kennedy
What a Woman
Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
Aunt Ellen
You'll Never Get Rich
Mrs. Barton
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Mrs. Downs
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Lydia Braun
Strike Up the Band
Mrs. Connors
The Girl from Avenue A
Mrs. Maddox