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Ann Shoemaker
Known for: ActingAnn 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.
Filmography 17
The Fortune Cookie
as Sister Veronica 
Magic Town
as Ma Peterman 
Shall We Dance
as Matron 
My Favorite Wife
as Ma 
House by the River
as Mrs. Ambrose 
A Woman's Secret
as Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother 
You'll Never Get Rich
as Mrs. Barton 
Strike Up the Band
as Mrs. Connors 
Above Suspicion
as Aunt Ellen 
Conflict
as Nora Grant 
Stella Dallas
as Miss Margaret Phillibrown 
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Lydia Braun 
Babes in Arms
as Mrs. Barton 
Alice Adams
as Mrs. Adams 
Romance of the Redwoods
as Mother Manning 
Sunrise at Campobello
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
Middle of the Night
as Millie