Ann Shoemaker
Known for ActingBorn 1891-01-09 — died 1978-09-18Brooklyn, 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.
Known for
The Fortune Cookie
1966 · as Sister Veronica
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · as Mrs. Parker
Magic Town
1947 · as Ma Peterman
My Favorite Wife
1940 · as Ma
Phantoms, Inc.
1945 · as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
Babes in Arms
1939 · as Mrs. Barton
Stella Dallas
1937 · as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
A Woman's Secret
1949 · as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
Cheating Cheaters
1934 · as Mrs. Grace Palmer
Shall We Dance
1937 · as Matron
House by the River
1950 · as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
The Reckless Moment
1949 · as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Conflict
1945 · as Nora Grant
Above Suspicion
1943 · as Aunt Ellen
Alice Adams
1935 · as Mrs. Adams
Sitting Pretty
1948 · as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
They All Come Out
1939 · as Dr. Ellen Hollis
Chance at Heaven
1933 · as Mrs. Harris