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
1966
0Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
The Fortune Cookie
1966
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
Magic Town
1947
My Favorite Wife
1940
House by the River
1950
A Woman's Secret
1949
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
The Reckless Moment
1949
Strike Up the Band
1940
Shall We Dance
1937
Filmography
Mission: Impossible
as Madame Prokov · 1966
Revlon Mirror Theatre
· 1953
The Fortune Cookie
as Sister Veronica · 1966
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Mrs. Parker · 1944
Magic Town
as Ma Peterman · 1947
My Favorite Wife
as Ma · 1940
House by the River
as Mrs. Ambrose · 1950
A Woman's Secret
as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother · 1949
You'll Never Get Rich
as Mrs. Barton · 1941
The Reckless Moment
as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited) · 1949
Strike Up the Band
as Mrs. Connors · 1940
Shall We Dance
as Matron · 1937
Conflict
as Nora Grant · 1945
Above Suspicion
as Aunt Ellen · 1943
They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Mountford · 1937
Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited) · 1948
Babes in Arms
as Mrs. Barton · 1939
An Angel from Texas
as Addie Lou Coleman · 1940
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
· 1944
Stella Dallas
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown · 1937
They All Come Out
as Dr. Ellen Hollis · 1939
Shockproof
as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited) · 1949
Phantoms, Inc.
as Mrs. Martha Kenneson · 1945
Sunrise at Campobello
as Sara Delano Roosevelt · 1960
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Bingham · 1940
Cheating Cheaters
as Mrs. Grace Palmer · 1934
A Dog of Flanders
as Ilse Cogez · 1935
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Lydia Braun · 1940
The Life of the Party
as Countess Martos · 1937
The Return of the Whistler
as Mrs. Barkley · 1948
Alice Adams
as Mrs. Adams · 1935
The Girl from Avenue A
as Mrs. Maddox · 1940
Middle of the Night
as Millie · 1954
Chance at Heaven
as Mrs. Harris · 1933
The Marines Fly High
as Mrs. Hill · 1940
Almost a Gentleman
as Mrs. Thompson · 1939
Sins of Man
as Anna Engel · 1936
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Mrs. Downs · 1941
Romance of the Redwoods
as Mother Manning · 1939
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Mrs. Wallace · 1976
Boogie Woogie
as Mrs. Stumplefinger · 1945
What a Woman
as Senator's Wife (uncredited) · 1943
Dr. Monica
as Mrs. Hazlitt · 1934
Roberta
as Aunt Minnie · 1969
Stranded
as Mrs. Tuthill · 1935
It's Murder
as Mrs Nelson · 1944
Man from Frisco
as Martha Kennedy · 1944
What a Blonde
as Mrs. DaFoe · 1945
Wallflower
as Mrs. James · 1948
Seventeen
as Mary Baxter · 1940
Curtain Call
as Mrs. Middleton · 1940
Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited) · 1934