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.
50 movies · 2 shows
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976·4.0
Roberta
1969·6.5
The Fortune Cookie
1966·7.2
Sunrise at Campobello
1960·6.0
Middle of the Night
1954·0.0
House by the River
1950·6.8
The Reckless Moment
1949·6.8
Shockproof
1949·6.3
A Woman's Secret
1949·5.6
Wallflower
1948·6.6
The Return of the Whistler
1948·6.0
Sitting Pretty
1948·7.1
Magic Town
1947·6.7
Conflict
1945·6.7
Boogie Woogie
1945·10.0
Phantoms, Inc.
1945·6.0
What a Blonde
1945·4.3
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944·6.7
It's Murder
1944·7.5
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944·7.1
Man from Frisco
1944·6.5
What a Woman
1943·6.3
Above Suspicion
1943·6.2
You'll Never Get Rich
1941·6.5
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941·7.0
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940·5.8
Strike Up the Band
1940·6.6
The Girl from Avenue A
1940·7.5
My Favorite Wife
1940·7.0
An Angel from Texas
1940·5.3
Curtain Call
1940·7.3
The Farmer's Daughter
1940·5.3
The Marines Fly High
1940·5.3
Seventeen
1940·9.0
Babes in Arms
1939·6.4
They All Come Out
1939·5.9
Almost a Gentleman
1939·8.0
Romance of the Redwoods
1939·7.0
The Life of the Party
1937·6.2
Stella Dallas
1937·6.8
They Won't Forget
1937·5.9
Shall We Dance
1937·7.3
Sins of Man
1936·9.0
Alice Adams
1935·6.7
Stranded
1935·6.0
A Dog of Flanders
1935·7.5
Cheating Cheaters
1934·7.0
Dr. Monica
1934·5.0
Cross Country Cruise
1934·6.7
Chance at Heaven
1933·5.8