Ann Shoemaker
Acting
- Born:
- 1891-01-09
- Died:
- 1978-09-18
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Roberta
The Fortune Cookie
Mission: Impossible
Sunrise at Campobello
Middle of the Night
Revlon Mirror Theatre
House by the River
The Reckless Moment
Shockproof
A Woman's Secret
Wallflower
The Return of the Whistler
Sitting Pretty
Magic Town
Conflict
Boogie Woogie
Phantoms, Inc.
What a Blonde
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
It's Murder
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Man from Frisco
What a Woman
Above Suspicion
You'll Never Get Rich
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Strike Up the Band
The Girl from Avenue A
My Favorite Wife
An Angel from Texas
Curtain Call
The Farmer's Daughter
The Marines Fly High
Seventeen
Babes in Arms
They All Come Out
Almost a Gentleman
Romance of the Redwoods
The Life of the Party
Stella Dallas
They Won't Forget
Shall We Dance
Sins of Man
Alice Adams
Stranded
A Dog of Flanders
Cheating Cheaters
Dr. Monica
Cross Country Cruise
Chance at Heaven