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

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Alice Adams

Stella Dallas

The Fortune Cookie

Sunrise at Campobello

My Favorite Wife

All Movies (50)

• Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur1976 · as Mrs. Wallace
• Roberta1969 · as Aunt Minnie
• The Fortune Cookie1966 · as Sister Veronica
• Sunrise at Campobello1960 · as Sara Delano Roosevelt
• Middle of the Night1954 · as Millie
• House by the River1950 · as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
• The Reckless Moment1949 · as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
• Shockproof1949 · as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
• A Woman's Secret1949 · as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
• Wallflower1948 · as Mrs. James
• The Return of the Whistler1948 · as Mrs. Barkley
• Sitting Pretty1948 · as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
• Magic Town1947 · as Ma Peterman
• Conflict1945 · as Nora Grant
• Boogie Woogie1945 · as Mrs. Stumplefinger
• Phantoms, Inc.1945 · as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
• What a Blonde1945 · as Mrs. DaFoe
• Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo1944 · as Mrs. Parker
• It's Murder1944 · as Mrs Nelson
• Mr. Winkle Goes to War1944
• Man from Frisco1944 · as Martha Kennedy
• What a Woman1943 · as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
• Above Suspicion1943 · as Aunt Ellen
• You'll Never Get Rich1941 · as Mrs. Barton
• Scattergood Pulls the Strings1941 · as Mrs. Downs
• Ellery Queen, Master Detective1940 · as Lydia Braun
• Strike Up the Band1940 · as Mrs. Connors
• The Girl from Avenue A1940 · as Mrs. Maddox
• My Favorite Wife1940 · as Ma
• An Angel from Texas1940 · as Addie Lou Coleman
• Curtain Call1940 · as Mrs. Middleton
• The Farmer's Daughter1940 · as Mrs. Bingham
• The Marines Fly High1940 · as Mrs. Hill
• Seventeen1940 · as Mary Baxter
• Babes in Arms1939 · as Mrs. Barton
• They All Come Out1939 · as Dr. Ellen Hollis
• Almost a Gentleman1939 · as Mrs. Thompson
• Romance of the Redwoods1939 · as Mother Manning
• The Life of the Party1937 · as Countess Martos
• Stella Dallas1937 · as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
• They Won't Forget1937 · as Mrs. Mountford
• Shall We Dance1937 · as Matron
• Sins of Man1936 · as Anna Engel
• Alice Adams1935 · as Mrs. Adams
• Stranded1935 · as Mrs. Tuthill
• A Dog of Flanders1935 · as Ilse Cogez
• Cheating Cheaters1934 · as Mrs. Grace Palmer
• Dr. Monica1934 · as Mrs. Hazlitt
• Cross Country Cruise1934 · as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
• Chance at Heaven1933 · as Mrs. Harris

All TV Shows (2)

• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Madame Prokov
• Revlon Mirror Theatre1953