Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born January 9, 1891
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.
MovieCollision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
as Mrs. Wallace
Roberta
1969
as Aunt Minnie
MovieThe Fortune Cookie
1966
as Sister Veronica
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Madame Prokov
MovieSunrise at Campobello
1960
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
Middle of the Night
1954
as Millie
TVRevlon Mirror Theatre
1953
MovieHouse by the River
1950
as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
MovieThe Reckless Moment
1949
as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
MovieShockproof
1949
as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
MovieA Woman's Secret
1949
as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
MovieWallflower
1948
as Mrs. James
MovieThe Return of the Whistler
1948
as Mrs. Barkley
MovieSitting Pretty
1948
as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
MovieMagic Town
1947
as Ma Peterman
MovieConflict
1945
as Nora Grant
MovieBoogie Woogie
1945
as Mrs. Stumplefinger
MoviePhantoms, Inc.
1945
as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
MovieWhat a Blonde
1945
as Mrs. DaFoe
MovieThirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
as Mrs. Parker
MovieIt's Murder
1944
as Mrs Nelson
MovieMr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
MovieMan from Frisco
1944
as Martha Kennedy
MovieWhat a Woman
1943
as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
MovieAbove Suspicion
1943
as Aunt Ellen
MovieYou'll Never Get Rich
1941
as Mrs. Barton
MovieScattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Mrs. Downs
MovieEllery Queen, Master Detective
1940
as Lydia Braun
MovieStrike Up the Band
1940
as Mrs. Connors
MovieThe Girl from Avenue A
1940
as Mrs. Maddox
MovieMy Favorite Wife
1940
as Ma
MovieAn Angel from Texas
1940
as Addie Lou Coleman
MovieCurtain Call
1940
as Mrs. Middleton
MovieThe Farmer's Daughter
1940
as Mrs. Bingham
MovieThe Marines Fly High
1940
as Mrs. Hill
MovieSeventeen
1940
as Mary Baxter
MovieBabes in Arms
1939
as Mrs. Barton
MovieThey All Come Out
1939
as Dr. Ellen Hollis
MovieAlmost a Gentleman
1939
as Mrs. Thompson
MovieRomance of the Redwoods
1939
as Mother Manning
MovieThe Life of the Party
1937
as Countess Martos
MovieStella Dallas
1937
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
MovieThey Won't Forget
1937
as Mrs. Mountford
MovieShall We Dance
1937
as Matron
MovieSins of Man
1936
as Anna Engel
MovieAlice Adams
1935
as Mrs. Adams
MovieStranded
1935
as Mrs. Tuthill
MovieA Dog of Flanders
1935
as Ilse Cogez
MovieCheating Cheaters
1934
as Mrs. Grace Palmer
MovieDr. Monica
1934
as Mrs. Hazlitt
MovieCross Country Cruise
1934
as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
MovieChance at Heaven
1933
as Mrs. Harris
