Acting
Ann Shoemaker
Also Known As: Anne Dorothea Shoemaker
Birth Date
January 9, 1891
Death Date
September 18, 1978
(passed away at 87)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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.
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TV Show
Mission: Impossible
Madame Prokov
1966 • 1 episode
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Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953 • 1 episode
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My Favorite Wife
Ma
1940
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Mrs. Parker
1944
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The Fortune Cookie
Sister Veronica
1966
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Shall We Dance
Matron
1937
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Babes in Arms
Mrs. Barton
1939
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Magic Town
Ma Peterman
1947
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The Reckless Moment
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
1949
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Chance at Heaven
Mrs. Harris
1933
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House by the River
Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
1950
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You'll Never Get Rich
Mrs. Barton
1941
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Above Suspicion
Aunt Ellen
1943
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Phantoms, Inc.
Mrs. Martha Kenneson
1945
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Stella Dallas
Miss Margaret Phillibrown
1937
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Conflict
Nora Grant
1945
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A Woman's Secret
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
1949
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Strike Up the Band
Mrs. Connors
1940
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Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
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Cheating Cheaters
Mrs. Grace Palmer
1934