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Ann Shoemaker
Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker

ActingBorn January 9, 1891Died September 18, 1978 (age 87)Brooklyn, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

1969
Roberta

as Aunt Minnie

Movie
1966
The Fortune Cookie

as Sister Veronica

Movie
1966
Mission: Impossible

as Madame Prokov

TV
1960
Sunrise at Campobello

as Sara Delano Roosevelt

Movie
1954Movie
1950
House by the River

as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper

Movie
1949
The Reckless Moment

as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Shockproof

as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)

Movie
1949
A Woman's Secret

as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother

Movie
1948
Wallflower

as Mrs. James

Movie
1948Movie
1948
Sitting Pretty

as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Magic Town

as Ma Peterman

Movie
1945
Conflict

as Nora Grant

Movie
1945
Boogie Woogie

as Mrs. Stumplefinger

Movie
1945
Phantoms, Inc.

as Mrs. Martha Kenneson

Movie
1945
What a Blonde

as Mrs. DaFoe

Movie
1944Movie
1944
It's Murder

as Mrs Nelson

Movie
1944
Man from Frisco

as Martha Kennedy

Movie
1943
What a Woman

as Senator's Wife (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Above Suspicion

as Aunt Ellen

Movie
1941
You'll Never Get Rich

as Mrs. Barton

Movie
1941Movie
1940Movie
1940
Strike Up the Band

as Mrs. Connors

Movie
1940Movie
1940Movie
1940
An Angel from Texas

as Addie Lou Coleman

Movie
1940
Curtain Call

as Mrs. Middleton

Movie
1940
The Farmer's Daughter

as Mrs. Bingham

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Seventeen

as Mary Baxter

Movie
1939
Babes in Arms

as Mrs. Barton

Movie
1939
They All Come Out

as Dr. Ellen Hollis

Movie
1939
Almost a Gentleman

as Mrs. Thompson

Movie
1939
Romance of the Redwoods

as Mother Manning

Movie
1937
The Life of the Party

as Countess Martos

Movie
1937
Stella Dallas

as Miss Margaret Phillibrown

Movie
1937
They Won't Forget

as Mrs. Mountford

Movie
1937Movie
1936
Sins of Man

as Anna Engel

Movie
1935
Alice Adams

as Mrs. Adams

Movie
1935
Stranded

as Mrs. Tuthill

Movie
1935
A Dog of Flanders

as Ilse Cogez

Movie
1934
Cheating Cheaters

as Mrs. Grace Palmer

Movie
1934
Dr. Monica

as Mrs. Hazlitt

Movie
1934
Cross Country Cruise

as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)

Movie
1933
Chance at Heaven

as Mrs. Harris

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 9, 1891
Day of DeathSeptember 18, 1978
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
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