Person
Ann Shoemaker
Acting · 1891–1978 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Phantoms, Inc.
Mrs. Martha Kenneson
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Mrs. Parker
The Fortune Cookie
Sister Veronica
Magic Town
Ma Peterman
My Favorite Wife
Ma
Babes in Arms
Mrs. Barton
Above Suspicion
Aunt Ellen
Shall We Dance
Matron
Filmography
- 1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthurMrs. Wallace
- 1969RobertaAunt Minnie
- 1966The Fortune CookieSister Veronica
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleMadame Prokov
- 1960Sunrise at CampobelloSara Delano Roosevelt
- 1954Middle of the NightMillie
- 1953Revlon Mirror Theatre
- 1950House by the RiverMrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
- 1949The Reckless MomentMrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
- 1949ShockproofDr. Daniels (Uncredited)
- 1949A Woman's SecretMrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
- 1948WallflowerMrs. James
- 1948The Return of the WhistlerMrs. Barkley
- 1948Sitting PrettyMrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
- 1947Magic TownMa Peterman
- 1945ConflictNora Grant
- 1945Boogie WoogieMrs. Stumplefinger
- 1945Phantoms, Inc.Mrs. Martha Kenneson
- 1945What a BlondeMrs. DaFoe
- 1944Thirty Seconds Over TokyoMrs. Parker
- 1944It's MurderMrs Nelson
- 1944Mr. Winkle Goes to War
- 1944Man from FriscoMartha Kennedy
- 1943What a WomanSenator's Wife (uncredited)
- 1943Above SuspicionAunt Ellen
- 1941You'll Never Get RichMrs. Barton
- 1941Scattergood Pulls the StringsMrs. Downs
- 1940Ellery Queen, Master DetectiveLydia Braun
- 1940Strike Up the BandMrs. Connors
- 1940The Girl from Avenue AMrs. Maddox
- 1940My Favorite WifeMa
- 1940An Angel from TexasAddie Lou Coleman
- 1940Curtain CallMrs. Middleton
- 1940The Farmer's DaughterMrs. Bingham
- 1940The Marines Fly HighMrs. Hill
- 1940SeventeenMary Baxter
- 1939Babes in ArmsMrs. Barton
- 1939They All Come OutDr. Ellen Hollis
- 1939Almost a GentlemanMrs. Thompson
- 1939Romance of the RedwoodsMother Manning
- 1937The Life of the PartyCountess Martos
- 1937Stella DallasMiss Margaret Phillibrown
- 1937They Won't ForgetMrs. Mountford
- 1937Shall We DanceMatron
- 1936Sins of ManAnna Engel
- 1935Alice AdamsMrs. Adams
- 1935StrandedMrs. Tuthill
- 1935A Dog of FlandersIlse Cogez
- 1934Cheating CheatersMrs. Grace Palmer
- 1934Dr. MonicaMrs. Hazlitt
- 1934Cross Country CruiseMrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
- 1933Chance at HeavenMrs. Harris
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