
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.
Filmography

Boogie Woogie
1945 · 10.0

Seventeen
1940 · 9.0

Sins of Man
1936 · 9.0

Almost a Gentleman
1939 · 8.0

Mission: Impossible
1966 · 7.6

The Girl from Avenue A
1940 · 7.5

It's Murder
1944 · 7.5

A Dog of Flanders
1935 · 7.5

Shall We Dance
1937 · 7.3

The Fortune Cookie
1966 · 7.2

Curtain Call
1940 · 7.2

Sitting Pretty
1948 · 7.1

Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944 · 7.1

My Favorite Wife
1940 · 7.0

Cheating Cheaters
1934 · 7.0

Romance of the Redwoods
1939 · 7.0

Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 · 7.0

Stella Dallas
1937 · 6.9

Magic Town
1947 · 6.8

House by the River
1950 · 6.8

The Reckless Moment
1949 · 6.8

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · 6.7

Conflict
1945 · 6.7

Alice Adams
1935 · 6.7

Cross Country Cruise
1934 · 6.7

Strike Up the Band
1940 · 6.6

Wallflower
1948 · 6.6

You'll Never Get Rich
1941 · 6.5

Man from Frisco
1944 · 6.5
Roberta
1969 · 6.5

Babes in Arms
1939 · 6.4

Shockproof
1949 · 6.3

What a Woman
1943 · 6.3

Above Suspicion
1943 · 6.2

The Life of the Party
1937 · 6.2

Phantoms, Inc.
1945 · 6.0

Sunrise at Campobello
1960 · 6.0

The Return of the Whistler
1948 · 6.0

Stranded
1935 · 6.0

They All Come Out
1939 · 5.9

They Won't Forget
1937 · 5.9

Chance at Heaven
1933 · 5.8

Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940 · 5.8

A Woman's Secret
1949 · 5.6

An Angel from Texas
1940 · 5.3

The Farmer's Daughter
1940 · 5.3

The Marines Fly High
1940 · 5.3

Dr. Monica
1934 · 5.1

What a Blonde
1945 · 4.2

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976 · 4.0

Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953 · 0.0
Middle of the Night
1954 · 0.0