Ann Shoemaker

1891-01-09 – 1978-09-18 (age 87) Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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.

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Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker

Known For

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

as Mrs. Parker

The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

1966

as Sister Veronica

Magic Town

Magic Town

1947

as Ma Peterman

Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas

1937

as Miss Margaret Phillibrown

My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

1940

as Ma

Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms

1939

as Mrs. Barton

You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich

1941

as Mrs. Barton

Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

1937

as Matron

Conflict

Conflict

1945

as Nora Grant

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

1943

as Aunt Ellen

The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

1949

as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)

Shockproof

Shockproof

1949

as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)

A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret

1949

as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother

Strike Up the Band

Strike Up the Band

1940

as Mrs. Connors

House by the River

House by the River

1950

as Mrs. Ambrose

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

1948

as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)

Alice Adams

Alice Adams

1935

as Mrs. Adams

Phantoms, Inc.

Phantoms, Inc.

1945

as Mrs. Martha Kenneson

Almost a Gentleman

Almost a Gentleman

1939

as Mrs. Thompson

The Girl from Avenue A

The Girl from Avenue A

1940

as Mrs. Maddox