Ann Shoemaker

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.

Known For

The Fortune Cookie

as Sister Veronica

Mission: Impossible

as Madame Prokov

My Favorite Wife

as Ma

The Reckless Moment

as Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)

Shall We Dance

as Matron

House by the River

as Mrs. Ambrose

Stella Dallas

as Miss Margaret Phillibrown

Conflict

as Nora Grant

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Mrs. Parker

You'll Never Get Rich

as Mrs. Barton