Ann Shoemaker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 9 January 1891 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- 18 September 1978
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
Acting 50
- 1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Mrs. Wallace
- 1969Roberta as Aunt Minnie
- 1966The Fortune Cookie as Sister Veronica
- 1960Sunrise at Campobello as Sara Delano Roosevelt
- 1954Middle of the Night as Millie
- 1950House by the River as Mrs. Ambrose
- 1949The Reckless Moment as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
- 1949Shockproof as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
- 1949A Woman's Secret as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
- 1948Wallflower as Mrs. James
- 1948The Return of the Whistler as Mrs. Barkley
- 1948Sitting Pretty as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
- 1947Magic Town as Ma Peterman
- 1945Conflict as Nora Grant
- 1945Boogie Woogie as Mrs. Stumplefinger
- 1945Phantoms, Inc. as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
- 1945What a Blonde as Mrs. DaFoe
- 1944Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Mrs. Parker
- 1944It's Murder as Mrs Nelson
- 1944Mr. Winkle Goes to War
- 1944Man from Frisco as Martha Kennedy
- 1943What a Woman as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
- 1943Above Suspicion as Aunt Ellen
- 1941You'll Never Get Rich as Mrs. Barton
- 1941Scattergood Pulls the Strings as Mrs. Downs
- 1940Ellery Queen, Master Detective as Lydia Braun
- 1940Strike Up the Band as Mrs. Connors
- 1940The Girl from Avenue A as Mrs. Maddox
- 1940My Favorite Wife as Ma
- 1940An Angel from Texas as Addie Lou Coleman
- 1940Curtain Call as Mrs. Middleton
- 1940The Farmer's Daughter as Mrs. Bingham
- 1940The Marines Fly High as Mrs. Hill
- 1940Seventeen as Mary Baxter
- 1939Babes in Arms as Mrs. Barton
- 1939They All Come Out as Dr. Ellen Hollis
- 1939Almost a Gentleman as Mrs. Thompson
- 1939Romance of the Redwoods as Mother Manning
- 1937The Life of the Party as Countess Martos
- 1937Stella Dallas as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
- 1937They Won't Forget as Mrs. Mountford
- 1937Shall We Dance as Matron
- 1936Sins of Man as Anna Engel
- 1935Alice Adams as Mrs. Adams
- 1935Stranded as Mrs. Tuthill
- 1935A Dog of Flanders as Ilse Cogez
- 1934Cheating Cheaters as Mrs. Grace Palmer
- 1934Dr. Monica as Mrs. Hazlitt
- 1934Cross Country Cruise as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
- 1933Chance at Heaven as Mrs. Harris