Acting
Ann Shoemaker
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.
Filmography
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Film · 1976
Roberta
Film · 1969
The Fortune Cookie
Film · 1966
Mission: Impossible
Series · 1966
Sunrise at Campobello
Film · 1960
Middle of the Night
Film · 1954
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Series · 1953
House by the River
Film · 1950
A Woman's Secret
Film · 1949
The Reckless Moment
Film · 1949
Shockproof
Film · 1949
The Return of the Whistler
Film · 1948
Wallflower
Film · 1948
Sitting Pretty
Film · 1948
Magic Town
Film · 1947
Conflict
Film · 1945
What a Blonde
Film · 1945
Boogie Woogie
Film · 1945
Phantoms, Inc.
Film · 1945
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Film · 1944
Man from Frisco
Film · 1944
It's Murder
Film · 1944
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Film · 1944
Above Suspicion
Film · 1943
What a Woman
Film · 1943
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Film · 1941
You'll Never Get Rich
Film · 1941
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Film · 1940
Seventeen
Film · 1940
The Marines Fly High
Film · 1940
Strike Up the Band
Film · 1940
The Farmer's Daughter
Film · 1940
An Angel from Texas
Film · 1940
My Favorite Wife
Film · 1940
Curtain Call
Film · 1940
The Girl from Avenue A
Film · 1940
They All Come Out
Film · 1939
Almost a Gentleman
Film · 1939
Babes in Arms
Film · 1939
Romance of the Redwoods
Film · 1939
Stella Dallas
Film · 1937
They Won't Forget
Film · 1937
The Life of the Party
Film · 1937
Shall We Dance
Film · 1937
Sins of Man
Film · 1936
Alice Adams
Film · 1935
Stranded
Film · 1935
A Dog of Flanders
Film · 1935
Dr. Monica
Film · 1934
Cheating Cheaters
Film · 1934
Cross Country Cruise
Film · 1934
Chance at Heaven
Film · 1933