Ann Shoemaker
Acting
Born: 1891-01-09 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 1978-09-18
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
Mrs. Wallace
Roberta
1969
Aunt Minnie
The Fortune Cookie
1966
Sister Veronica
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Middle of the Night
1954
Millie
House by the River
1950
Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
A Woman's Secret
1949
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
The Reckless Moment
1949
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Shockproof
1949
Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
The Return of the Whistler
1948
Mrs. Barkley
Wallflower
1948
Mrs. James
Sitting Pretty
1948
Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Magic Town
1947
Ma Peterman
Conflict
1945
Nora Grant
What a Blonde
1945
Mrs. DaFoe
Boogie Woogie
1945
Mrs. Stumplefinger
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
Mrs. Martha Kenneson
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
Mrs. Parker
Man from Frisco
1944
Martha Kennedy
It's Murder
1944
Mrs Nelson
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Above Suspicion
1943
Aunt Ellen
What a Woman
1943
Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
Mrs. Downs
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
Mrs. Barton
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940
Lydia Braun
Seventeen
1940
Mary Baxter
The Marines Fly High
1940
Mrs. Hill
Strike Up the Band
1940
Mrs. Connors
The Farmer's Daughter
1940
Mrs. Bingham
