
Cast
Ann Shoemaker
Acting
Cast
Ann Shoemaker
Known for
Acting
Born
1891-01-09
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
1978-09-18
Also known as Anne Dorothea Shoemaker
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.

Stranded
as Mrs. Tuthill

Conflict
as Nora Grant

Shockproof
as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Mrs. Parker

Shall We Dance
as Matron

Above Suspicion
as Aunt Ellen

My Favorite Wife
as Ma

Alice Adams
as Mrs. Adams

Chance at Heaven
as Mrs. Harris

The Fortune Cookie
as Sister Veronica

The Reckless Moment
as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)

Stella Dallas
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown

Magic Town
as Ma Peterman

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

Wallflower
as Mrs. James

Strike Up the Band
as Mrs. Connors

House by the River
as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper

You'll Never Get Rich
as Mrs. Barton

Curtain Call
as Mrs. Middleton

Sunrise at Campobello
as Sara Delano Roosevelt

Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)

A Woman's Secret
as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother

Man from Frisco
as Martha Kennedy

Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Lydia Braun

It's Murder
as Mrs Nelson

They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Mountford

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Mrs. Wallace

The Return of the Whistler
as Mrs. Barkley

They All Come Out
as Dr. Ellen Hollis

Roberta
as Aunt Minnie

Phantoms, Inc.
as Mrs. Martha Kenneson

Babes in Arms
as Mrs. Barton

What a Woman
as Senator's Wife (uncredited)

An Angel from Texas
as Addie Lou Coleman

Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)

A Dog of Flanders
as Ilse Cogez

The Life of the Party
as Countess Martos

Cheating Cheaters
as Mrs. Grace Palmer

Sins of Man
as Anna Engel

Middle of the Night
as Millie

Dr. Monica
as Mrs. Hazlitt

The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Bingham

Romance of the Redwoods
as Mother Manning

The Girl from Avenue A
as Mrs. Maddox

What a Blonde
as Mrs. DaFoe

Seventeen
as Mary Baxter

Almost a Gentleman
as Mrs. Thompson

The Marines Fly High
as Mrs. Hill

Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Mrs. Downs

Boogie Woogie
as Mrs. Stumplefinger