Ann Shoemaker
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Ann 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.
Known For
Mission: Impossible
Madame Prokov
1966
Wallflower
Mrs. James
1948
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Conflict
Nora Grant
1945
Sitting Pretty
Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
1948
Shockproof
Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
1949
Stranded
Mrs. Tuthill
1935
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Mrs. Parker
1944
The Fortune Cookie
Sister Veronica
1966
Alice Adams
Mrs. Adams
1935
Above Suspicion
Aunt Ellen
1943
Shall We Dance
Matron
1937
My Favorite Wife
Ma
1940
House by the River
Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
1950
Stella Dallas
Miss Margaret Phillibrown
1937
Strike Up the Band
Mrs. Connors
1940
Magic Town
Ma Peterman
1947
The Reckless Moment
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
1949
Chance at Heaven
Mrs. Harris
1933
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
You'll Never Get Rich
Mrs. Barton
1941Roberta
Aunt Minnie
1969
A Woman's Secret
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
1949
Man from Frisco
Martha Kennedy
1944
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Lydia Braun
1940
Sunrise at Campobello
Sara Delano Roosevelt
1960
Curtain Call
Mrs. Middleton
1940
Babes in Arms
Mrs. Barton
1939
A Dog of Flanders
Ilse Cogez
1935
Almost a Gentleman
Mrs. Thompson
1939
The Return of the Whistler
Mrs. Barkley
1948
Sins of Man
Anna Engel
1936
Phantoms, Inc.
Mrs. Martha Kenneson
1945
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Mrs. Wallace
1976
They All Come Out
Dr. Ellen Hollis
1939Middle of the Night
Millie
1954
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Bingham
1940
Cheating Cheaters
Mrs. Grace Palmer
1934
Dr. Monica
Mrs. Hazlitt
1934
They Won't Forget
Mrs. Mountford
1937