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Ann Shoemaker

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Actor 1891–1978 On stage 19261965

Ann Shoemaker (born Anne Dorothea Shoemaker; January 10, 1891 – September 18, 1978) was an American actress who appeared in 70 films and TV movies between 1928 and 1976. She portrayed Sara Roosevelt, mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in both the stage and film versions of Sunrise at Campobello. She had two marriages. The first was with the actor Louis Leon Hall, by whom she had a daughter, Anne, who became a song lyricist. After divorcing, she was later married to the actor Henry Stephenson from 1922 until his death in 1956. Shoemaker's Broadway credits include Half a Sixpence (1965), Sunrise at Campobello (1958), The Living Room (1954), Twilight Walk (1951), Dream Girl (1951), Woman Bites Do…

On stage 18 productions, 39 years

1926 The Great God Brown Greenwich Village Theatre · Original 271 perf.
1926 The Noose Hudson Theatre · Original 197 perf.
1927 Speak Easy Mansfield Theatre · Original 57 perf.
1927 We All Do Bijou Theatre · Original 8 perf.
1928 To-Night at 12 Hudson Theatre · Original · directed by Melville Burke 60 perf.
1929 Button, Button Bijou Theatre · Original 5 perf.
1929 The Novice and the Duke Assembly Theatre · Original 28 perf.
1931 The Silent Witness Morosco Theatre · Revival · directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble 80 perf.
1932 Black Sheep Morosco Theatre · Original 4 perf.
1941 Ah, Wilderness! Guild Theatre · Revival · directed by Eva Le Gallienne 29 perf.
1942 Proof Thro' the Night Morosco Theatre · Original 11 perf.
1945 The Rich Full Life John Golden Theatre · Original 27 perf.
1946 Woman Bites Dog Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Coby Ruskin 5 perf.
1951 Dream Girl City Center · Revival · directed by Morton Da Costa 15 perf.
1951 Twilight Walk Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by Paul Stewart 8 perf.
1954 The Living Room Henry Millers Theatre · Original · directed by Hugh Hunt 22 perf.
1958 Sunrise at Campobello Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Vincent J. Donehue 556 perf.
1965 Half A Sixpence Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 512 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Virginia Kaye 2 productions
Milano Tilden 2 productions
Mary Welch 2 productions
Leo G Carroll 2 productions

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In the literature2 passages

  • Cast: Tommy Steele, Ann Shoemaker, James Grout, Carrie Nye, Polly James, Grover Dale, Will Mackenzie, John Cleeseebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • with Ann Shoemaker PRE Charlotte Rae), James Grout, Carrie Nye, Polly James, Grover Dale, Will Mackenzie, Norman Allen, and John Cleese opened April 25, 1965theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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