Ann Shoemaker
- Born
- January 9, 1891 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- September 18, 1978
- Actress
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.
Filmography · 28 credits
- 1960Sunrise at Campobello · Actress (Sara Delano Roosevelt)
- 1950House by the River · Actress (Mrs. Ambrose)
- 1949A Woman's Secret · Actress (Mrs. Matthews)
- 1948The Return of the Whistler · Actress (Mrs. Barkley)
- 1948Wallflower · Actress (Mrs. Dixie James)
- 1947Magic Town · Actress (Ma Peterman)
- 1945Conflict · Actress (Nora Grant)
- 1945What a Blonde · Actress (Mrs. DaFoe)
- 1944Man from Frisco · Actress (Martha Kennedy)
- 1943Above Suspicion · Actress (Aunt Ellen)
- 1940My Favorite Wife · Actress (Ma Arden)
- 1940Strike Up the Band · Actress (Mrs. Connors)
- 1940An Angel from Texas · Actress (Addie Lou Coleman)
- 1940Ellery Queen, Master Detective · Actress (Lydia Braun)
- 1940The Marines Fly High · Actress (Mrs. Hill)
- 1940The Farmer's Daughter · Actress (Mrs. Bingham)
- 1940Seventeen · Actress (Mary Baxter)
- 1940Girl from Avenue A · Actress (Mrs. Maddox)
- 1939They All Come Out · Actress (Dr. Ellen Hollis)
- 1939Romance of the Redwoods · Actress (Mother Manning)
- 1937Shall We Dance · Actress (Shipboard Gossip Matron)
- 1937Stella Dallas · Actress (Miss Margaret Phillibrown)
- 1936Sins of Man · Actress (Anna Engel)
- 1935Alice Adams · Actress (Mrs. Adams)
- 1935A Dog of Flanders · Actress (Frau Ilse Cogez)
- 1934Dr. Monica · Actress (Mrs. Hazlitt)
- 1934Cheating Cheaters · Actress (Mrs. Grace Palmer)
- 1933Chance at Heaven · Actress (Mrs. Harris)