Ann Shoemaker

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Ann Shoemaker

Acting January 9, 1891

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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…

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Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

7.6 1966 TV Show
The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

7.2 1966 Movie
My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

7.0 1940 Movie
The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

6.8 1949 Movie
Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

7.3 1937 Movie
House by the River

House by the River

6.8 1950 Movie
Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas

6.8 1937 Movie
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

6.7 1944 Movie
Conflict

Conflict

6.7 1945 Movie
You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich

6.5 1941 Movie
Alice Adams

Alice Adams

6.7 1935 Movie
A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret

5.6 1949 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1976
    Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

    Movie Mrs. Wallace

  2. 1969
    Roberta

    Movie Aunt Minnie

  3. 1966
    The Fortune Cookie

    Movie Sister Veronica

  4. 1966
    Mission: Impossible

    TV show Madame Prokov

  5. 1960
    Sunrise at Campobello

    Movie Sara Delano Roosevelt

  6. 1954
    Middle of the Night

    Movie Millie

  7. 1953
    Revlon Mirror Theatre

    TV show

  8. 1950
    House by the River

    Movie Mrs. Ambrose

  9. 1949
    The Reckless Moment

    Movie Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)

  10. 1949
    Shockproof

    Movie Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)

  11. 1949
    A Woman's Secret

    Movie Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother

  12. 1948
    Wallflower

    Movie Mrs. James

  13. 1948
    The Return of the Whistler

    Movie Mrs. Barkley

  14. 1948
    Sitting Pretty

    Movie Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)

  15. 1947
    Magic Town

    Movie Ma Peterman

  16. 1945
    Conflict

    Movie Nora Grant

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  1. 1945
    Boogie Woogie

    Movie Mrs. Stumplefinger

  2. 1945
    Phantoms, Inc.

    Movie Mrs. Martha Kenneson

  3. 1945
    What a Blonde

    Movie Mrs. DaFoe

  4. 1944
    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    Movie Mrs. Parker

  5. 1944
    It's Murder

    Movie Mrs Nelson

  6. 1944
    Mr. Winkle Goes to War

    Movie

  7. 1944
    Man from Frisco

    Movie Martha Kennedy

  8. 1943
    What a Woman

    Movie Senator's Wife (uncredited)

  9. 1943
    Above Suspicion

    Movie Aunt Ellen

  10. 1941
    You'll Never Get Rich

    Movie Mrs. Barton

  11. 1941
    Scattergood Pulls the Strings

    Movie Mrs. Downs

  12. 1940
    Ellery Queen, Master Detective

    Movie Lydia Braun

  13. 1940
    Strike Up the Band

    Movie Mrs. Connors

  14. 1940
    The Girl from Avenue A

    Movie Mrs. Maddox

  15. 1940
    My Favorite Wife

    Movie Ma

  16. 1940
    An Angel from Texas

    Movie Addie Lou Coleman

  17. 1940
    Curtain Call

    Movie Mrs. Middleton

  18. 1940
    The Farmer's Daughter

    Movie Mrs. Bingham

  19. 1940
    The Marines Fly High

    Movie Mrs. Hill

  20. 1940
    Seventeen

    Movie Mary Baxter

  21. 1939
    Babes in Arms

    Movie Mrs. Barton

  22. 1939
    They All Come Out

    Movie Dr. Ellen Hollis

  23. 1939
    Almost a Gentleman

    Movie Mrs. Thompson

  24. 1939
    Romance of the Redwoods

    Movie Mother Manning