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.
1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthurMovieas Mrs. Wallace1966The Fortune CookieMovieas Sister Veronica1966Mission: ImpossibleTV showas Madame Prokov · 1 episodes
1960Sunrise at CampobelloMovieas Sara Delano Roosevelt
1953Revlon Mirror TheatreTV show1 episodes1950House by the RiverMovieas Mrs. Ambrose1949The Reckless MomentMovieas Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)1949ShockproofMovieas Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)1949A Woman's SecretMovieas Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
1948WallflowerMovieas Mrs. James1948The Return of the WhistlerMovieas Mrs. Barkley1948Sitting PrettyMovieas Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)1947Magic TownMovieas Ma Peterman1945ConflictMovieas Nora Grant
1945Boogie WoogieMovieas Mrs. Stumplefinger
1945Phantoms, Inc.Movieas Mrs. Martha Kenneson
1945What a BlondeMovieas Mrs. DaFoe1944Thirty Seconds Over TokyoMovieas Mrs. Parker
1944It's MurderMovieas Mrs Nelson
1944Mr. Winkle Goes to WarMovie
1944Man from FriscoMovieas Martha Kennedy
1943What a WomanMovieas Senator's Wife (uncredited)1943Above SuspicionMovieas Aunt Ellen1941You'll Never Get RichMovieas Mrs. Barton
1941Scattergood Pulls the StringsMovieas Mrs. Downs
1940Ellery Queen, Master DetectiveMovieas Lydia Braun1940Strike Up the BandMovieas Mrs. Connors
1940The Girl from Avenue AMovieas Mrs. Maddox1940My Favorite WifeMovieas Ma
1940An Angel from TexasMovieas Addie Lou Coleman
1940Curtain CallMovieas Mrs. Middleton
1940The Farmer's DaughterMovieas Mrs. Bingham
1940The Marines Fly HighMovieas Mrs. Hill
1940SeventeenMovieas Mary Baxter1939Babes in ArmsMovieas Mrs. Barton
1939They All Come OutMovieas Dr. Ellen Hollis
1939Almost a GentlemanMovieas Mrs. Thompson
1939Romance of the RedwoodsMovieas Mother Manning
1937The Life of the PartyMovieas Countess Martos1937Stella DallasMovieas Miss Margaret Phillibrown1937They Won't ForgetMovieas Mrs. Mountford1937Shall We DanceMovieas Matron
1936Sins of ManMovieas Anna Engel1935Alice AdamsMovieas Mrs. Adams
1935StrandedMovieas Mrs. Tuthill
1935A Dog of FlandersMovieas Ilse Cogez
1934Cheating CheatersMovieas Mrs. Grace Palmer
1934Dr. MonicaMovieas Mrs. Hazlitt
1934Cross Country CruiseMovieas Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
1933Chance at HeavenMovieas Mrs. Harris