
Ann Shoemaker
Known for: Acting
Born: January 9, 1891
Died: September 18, 1978
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

Boogie Woogie
1945
Middle of the Night
1954

Seventeen
1940

House by the River
1950

The Return of the Whistler
1948

Sunrise at Campobello
1960
Roberta
1969

A Dog of Flanders
1935

Sins of Man
1936

Romance of the Redwoods
1939

My Favorite Wife
1940

Alice Adams
1935

It's Murder
1944

Above Suspicion
1943

Conflict
1945

Stella Dallas
1937

Dr. Monica
1934

Wallflower
1948

What a Blonde
1945

Strike Up the Band
1940

Shall We Dance
1937

Chance at Heaven
1933

Cheating Cheaters
1934

Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940

They All Come Out
1939

An Angel from Texas
1940

Man from Frisco
1944

Phantoms, Inc.
1945

Curtain Call
1940

The Fortune Cookie
1966

A Woman's Secret
1949

Magic Town
1947

The Marines Fly High
1940

The Farmer's Daughter
1940

The Girl from Avenue A
1940

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976

You'll Never Get Rich
1941

Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941

The Life of the Party
1937

Stranded
1935

Shockproof
1949

They Won't Forget
1937

Babes in Arms
1939

What a Woman
1943

Almost a Gentleman
1939

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944

Cross Country Cruise
1934

Sitting Pretty
1948

Mission: Impossible
1966

Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944

Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953

The Reckless Moment
1949