Ann Shoemaker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1891
- Died
- September 18, 1978
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur 1976
as Mrs. Wallace
- Roberta
Roberta 1969
as Aunt Minnie
The Fortune Cookie 1966
as Sister Veronica
Sunrise at Campobello 1960
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
- Middle of the Night
Middle of the Night 1954
as Millie
House by the River 1950
as Mrs. Ambrose
The Reckless Moment 1949
as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Shockproof 1949
as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
A Woman's Secret 1949
as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
Wallflower 1948
as Mrs. James
The Return of the Whistler 1948
as Mrs. Barkley
Sitting Pretty 1948
as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Magic Town 1947
as Ma Peterman
Boogie Woogie 1945
as Mrs. Stumplefinger
Conflict 1945
as Nora Grant
Phantoms, Inc. 1945
as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
What a Blonde 1945
as Mrs. DaFoe
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944
as Mrs. Parker
It's Murder 1944
as Mrs Nelson
Mr. Winkle Goes to War 1944
Actor
Man from Frisco 1944
as Martha Kennedy
What a Woman 1943
as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Above Suspicion 1943
as Aunt Ellen
You'll Never Get Rich 1941
as Mrs. Barton
Scattergood Pulls the Strings 1941
as Mrs. Downs
Ellery Queen, Master Detective 1940
as Lydia Braun
Strike Up the Band 1940
as Mrs. Connors
The Girl from Avenue A 1940
as Mrs. Maddox
My Favorite Wife 1940
as Ma
An Angel from Texas 1940
as Addie Lou Coleman
Curtain Call 1940
as Mrs. Middleton
The Farmer's Daughter 1940
as Mrs. Bingham
The Marines Fly High 1940
as Mrs. Hill
Seventeen 1940
as Mary Baxter
Babes in Arms 1939
as Mrs. Barton
They All Come Out 1939
as Dr. Ellen Hollis
Almost a Gentleman 1939
as Mrs. Thompson
Romance of the Redwoods 1939
as Mother Manning
The Life of the Party 1937
as Countess Martos
Stella Dallas 1937
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
They Won't Forget 1937
as Mrs. Mountford
Shall We Dance 1937
as Matron
Sins of Man 1936
as Anna Engel
Alice Adams 1935
as Mrs. Adams
Stranded 1935
as Mrs. Tuthill
A Dog of Flanders 1935
as Ilse Cogez
Cheating Cheaters 1934
as Mrs. Grace Palmer
Dr. Monica 1934
as Mrs. Hazlitt
Cross Country Cruise 1934
as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
Chance at Heaven 1933
as Mrs. Harris
Credits from TMDB.