Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker

🎂 9th January 1891 (135 yrs) 📍 Brooklyn, New York, USA

Known For

The Fortune Cookie

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.

Ann Shoemaker

Movies Featuring Ann Shoemaker

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976)

as Mrs. Wallace
No Image

Roberta (1969)

as Aunt Minnie
The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie (1966)

as Sister Veronica
Sunrise at Campobello

Sunrise at Campobello (1960)

as Sara Delano Roosevelt
No Image

Middle of the Night (1954)

as Millie
House by the River

House by the River (1950)

as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment (1949)

as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Shockproof

Shockproof (1949)

as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret (1949)

as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
Wallflower

Wallflower (1948)

as Mrs. James
The Return of the Whistler

The Return of the Whistler (1948)

as Mrs. Barkley
Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty (1948)

as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Magic Town

Magic Town (1947)

as Ma Peterman
Conflict

Conflict (1945)

as Nora Grant
Boogie Woogie

Boogie Woogie (1945)

as Mrs. Stumplefinger
Phantoms, Inc.

Phantoms, Inc. (1945)

as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
What a Blonde

What a Blonde (1945)

as Mrs. DaFoe
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

as Mrs. Parker
It's Murder

It's Murder (1944)

as Mrs Nelson
Mr. Winkle Goes to War

Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)

Man from Frisco

Man from Frisco (1944)

as Martha Kennedy
What a Woman

What a Woman (1943)

as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion (1943)

as Aunt Ellen
You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

as Mrs. Barton
Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941)

as Mrs. Downs
Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)

as Lydia Braun
Strike Up the Band

Strike Up the Band (1940)

as Mrs. Connors
The Girl from Avenue A

The Girl from Avenue A (1940)

as Mrs. Maddox
My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife (1940)

as Ma
An Angel from Texas

An Angel from Texas (1940)

as Addie Lou Coleman
Curtain Call

Curtain Call (1940)

as Mrs. Middleton
The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter (1940)

as Mrs. Bingham
The Marines Fly High

The Marines Fly High (1940)

as Mrs. Hill
Seventeen

Seventeen (1940)

as Mary Baxter
Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms (1939)

as Mrs. Barton
They All Come Out

They All Come Out (1939)

as Dr. Ellen Hollis
Almost a Gentleman

Almost a Gentleman (1939)

as Mrs. Thompson
Romance of the Redwoods

Romance of the Redwoods (1939)

as Mother Manning
The Life of the Party

The Life of the Party (1937)

as Countess Martos
Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas (1937)

as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
They Won't Forget

They Won't Forget (1937)

as Mrs. Mountford
Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance (1937)

as Matron
Sins of Man

Sins of Man (1936)

as Anna Engel
Alice Adams

Alice Adams (1935)

as Mrs. Adams
Stranded

Stranded (1935)

as Mrs. Tuthill
A Dog of Flanders

A Dog of Flanders (1935)

as Ilse Cogez
Cheating Cheaters

Cheating Cheaters (1934)

as Mrs. Grace Palmer
Dr. Monica

Dr. Monica (1934)

as Mrs. Hazlitt
Cross Country Cruise

Cross Country Cruise (1934)

as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
Chance at Heaven

Chance at Heaven (1933)

as Mrs. Harris