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born: "9 January 1891"
died: "18 September 1978"
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# Ann Shoemaker

Actor. Born 9 January 1891 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 18 September 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 January 1891, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 18 September 1978
- **Also known as:** Anne Dorothea Shoemaker
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Shoemaker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440054, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19784

## Biography

Ann Shoemaker was an American actress. Born Anne Dorothea Shoemaker in Brooklyn, New York, she appeared in around 70 films and television productions between 1928 and 1976, often in supporting roles. She began her career in theatre and maintained a presence on Broadway into the 1960s.

Shoemaker is noted for portraying Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the Broadway production of *Sunrise at Campobello* (1958) and its 1960 film adaptation. Among her other film credits are *Alice Adams* (1935), *My Favorite Wife* (1940), *Stella Dallas* (1937) and *The Fortune Cookie* (1966). She was married to the actors Louis Leon Hall and Henry Stephenson.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alice Adams* (1935), Fi1m 79, as Mrs. Adams — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-adams.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur* (1976), as Mrs. Wallace
- *Roberta* (1969), as Aunt Minnie
- *The Fortune Cookie* (1966), as Sister Veronica
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Madame Prokov — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Sunrise at Campobello* (1960), as Sara Delano Roosevelt
- *Middle of the Night* (1954), as Millie
- *Revlon Mirror Theatre* (1953), series, Actor
- *House by the River* (1950), as Mrs. Ambrose
- *The Reckless Moment* (1949), as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
- *Shockproof* (1949), as Dr. Daniels (Uncredited)
- *A Woman's Secret* (1949), as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
- *Wallflower* (1948), as Mrs. James
- *The Return of the Whistler* (1948), as Mrs. Barkley
- *Sitting Pretty* (1948), as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
- *Magic Town* (1947), as Ma Peterman
- *Conflict* (1945), as Nora Grant
- *Boogie Woogie* (1945), as Mrs. Stumplefinger
- *Phantoms, Inc.* (1945), as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
- *What a Blonde* (1945), as Mrs. DaFoe
- *Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo* (1944), as Mrs. Parker
- *It's Murder* (1944), as Mrs Nelson
- *Mr. Winkle Goes to War* (1944), Actor
- *Man from Frisco* (1944), as Martha Kennedy
- *What a Woman* (1943), as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
- *Above Suspicion* (1943), as Aunt Ellen
- *You'll Never Get Rich* (1941), as Mrs. Barton
- *Scattergood Pulls the Strings* (1941), as Mrs. Downs
- *Ellery Queen, Master Detective* (1940), as Lydia Braun
- *Strike Up the Band* (1940), as Mrs. Connors
- *The Girl from Avenue A* (1940), as Mrs. Maddox
- *My Favorite Wife* (1940), as Ma
- *An Angel from Texas* (1940), as Addie Lou Coleman
- *Curtain Call* (1940), as Mrs. Middleton
- *The Farmer's Daughter* (1940), as Mrs. Bingham
- *The Marines Fly High* (1940), as Mrs. Hill
- *Seventeen* (1940), as Mary Baxter
- *Babes in Arms* (1939), as Mrs. Barton
- *They All Come Out* (1939), as Dr. Ellen Hollis
- *Almost a Gentleman* (1939), as Mrs. Thompson
- *Romance of the Redwoods* (1939), as Mother Manning
- *The Life of the Party* (1937), as Countess Martos
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), as Miss Margaret Phillibrown
- *They Won't Forget* (1937), as Mrs. Mountford
- *Shall We Dance* (1937), as Matron
- *Sins of Man* (1936), as Anna Engel
- *Alice Adams* (1935), as Mrs. Adams — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/alice-adams.md)
- *Stranded* (1935), as Mrs. Tuthill
- *A Dog of Flanders* (1935), as Ilse Cogez
- *Cheating Cheaters* (1934), as Mrs. Grace Palmer
- *Dr. Monica* (1934), as Mrs. Hazlitt
- *Cross Country Cruise* (1934), as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy (Uncredited)
- *Chance at Heaven* (1933), as Mrs. Harris

## Gallery

- ![Ann Shoemaker](https://film.one/media/person/1227926/gallery-593f005f9ee1.jpg) Ann Shoemaker — Trailer screenshot Licencing information : https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Ann_Shoemaker_in_Sunrise_at_Campobello.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ann Shoemaker in the television series Suspense, episode House of Masks (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/1227926/gallery-0e347d90882f.jpg) Ann Shoemaker in the television series Suspense, episode House of Masks (1952) — TV screenshot (CBS), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Ann_Shoemaker_in_Suspense.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ann Shoemaker](https://film.one/media/person/1227926/gallery-c345ed2a3466.jpg) Ann Shoemaker — Image via TMDB

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