
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Age
87
Birth Date
January 9, 1891
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
Anne Dorothea Shoemaker
Socials
Ann Shoemaker
January 9, 1891 – 1978
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.















