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Ann Shoemaker

Actor • Born 1891

Ann Shoemaker

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About

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 posterMission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966My Favorite Wife posterMy Favorite WifeMovie • 1940Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo posterThirty Seconds Over TokyoMovie • 1944The Fortune Cookie posterThe Fortune CookieMovie • 1966Shockproof posterShockproofMovie • 1949A Woman's Secret posterA Woman's SecretMovie • 1949Magic Town posterMagic TownMovie • 1947House by the River posterHouse by the RiverMovie • 1950They Won't Forget posterThey Won't ForgetMovie • 1937You'll Never Get Rich posterYou'll Never Get RichMovie • 1941Strike Up the Band posterStrike Up the BandMovie • 1940The Reckless Moment posterThe Reckless MomentMovie • 1949Shall We Dance posterShall We DanceMovie • 1937Stella Dallas posterStella DallasMovie • 1937Babes in Arms posterBabes in ArmsMovie • 1939Conflict posterConflictMovie • 1945Sitting Pretty posterSitting PrettyMovie • 1948Alice Adams posterAlice AdamsMovie • 1935Above Suspicion posterAbove SuspicionMovie • 1943