Ann Shoemaker
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.
Acting
Movie
The Fortune Cookie
as Sister Veronica
1966
TV
Mission: Impossible
as Madame Prokov
1966
Movie
My Favorite Wife
as Ma
1940
Movie
The Reckless Moment
as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
1949
Movie
Shall We Dance
as Matron
1937
Movie
House by the River
as Mrs. Ambrose - Stephen's houseeper
1950
Movie
Stella Dallas
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
1937
Movie
Conflict
as Nora Grant
1945
Movie
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Mrs. Parker
1944
Movie
You'll Never Get Rich
as Mrs. Barton
1941
Movie
Alice Adams
as Mrs. Adams
1935
Movie
Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
1948
Movie
A Woman's Secret
as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
1949
Movie
Babes in Arms
as Mrs. Barton
1939
Movie
Shockproof
as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
1949
Movie
Above Suspicion
as Aunt Ellen
1943
Movie
They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Mountford
1937
Movie
Magic Town
as Ma Peterman
1947
Movie
Strike Up the Band
as Mrs. Connors
1940
Movie
The Return of the Whistler
as Mrs. Barkley
1948
Movie
Sunrise at Campobello
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
1960
Movie
Chance at Heaven
as Mrs. Harris
1933
Movie
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Movie
Dr. Monica
as Mrs. Hazlitt
1934