Ann Shoemaker
January 9, 1891 (135 years old) in 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 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
Credits
- 1976 · Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Mrs. Wallace
- 1969 · Roberta as Aunt Minnie
- 1966 · The Fortune Cookie as Sister Veronica
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Madame Prokov
- 1960 · Sunrise at Campobello as Sara Delano Roosevelt
- 1954 · Middle of the Night as Millie
- 1953 · Revlon Mirror Theatre as
- 1950 · House by the River as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
- 1949 · The Reckless Moment as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
- 1949 · Shockproof as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
- 1949 · A Woman's Secret as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
- 1948 · Wallflower as Mrs. James
- 1948 · The Return of the Whistler as Mrs. Barkley
- 1948 · Sitting Pretty as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
- 1947 · Magic Town as Ma Peterman
- 1945 · Conflict as Nora Grant
- 1945 · Boogie Woogie as Mrs. Stumplefinger
- 1945 · Phantoms, Inc. as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
- 1945 · What a Blonde as Mrs. DaFoe
- 1944 · Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Mrs. Parker
- 1944 · It's Murder as Mrs Nelson
- 1944 · Mr. Winkle Goes to War as
- 1944 · Man from Frisco as Martha Kennedy
- 1943 · What a Woman as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
- 1943 · Above Suspicion as Aunt Ellen
- 1941 · You'll Never Get Rich as Mrs. Barton
- 1941 · Scattergood Pulls the Strings as Mrs. Downs
- 1940 · Ellery Queen, Master Detective as Lydia Braun
- 1940 · Strike Up the Band as Mrs. Connors
- 1940 · The Girl from Avenue A as Mrs. Maddox
- 1940 · My Favorite Wife as Ma
- 1940 · An Angel from Texas as Addie Lou Coleman
- 1940 · Curtain Call as Mrs. Middleton
- 1940 · The Farmer's Daughter as Mrs. Bingham
- 1940 · The Marines Fly High as Mrs. Hill
- 1940 · Seventeen as Mary Baxter
- 1939 · Babes in Arms as Mrs. Barton
- 1939 · They All Come Out as Dr. Ellen Hollis
- 1939 · Almost a Gentleman as Mrs. Thompson
- 1939 · Romance of the Redwoods as Mother Manning
- 1937 · The Life of the Party as Countess Martos
- 1937 · Stella Dallas as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
- 1937 · They Won't Forget as Mrs. Mountford
- 1937 · Shall We Dance as Matron
- 1936 · Sins of Man as Anna Engel
- 1935 · Alice Adams as Mrs. Adams
- 1935 · Stranded as Mrs. Tuthill
- 1935 · A Dog of Flanders as Ilse Cogez
- 1934 · Cheating Cheaters as Mrs. Grace Palmer
- 1934 · Dr. Monica as Mrs. Hazlitt
- 1934 · Cross Country Cruise as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
- 1933 · Chance at Heaven as Mrs. Harris