Acting
Ann Shoemaker
Born January 9, 1891 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died September 18, 1978 · aged 87
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 S…
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My Favorite Wife · 1940My Favorite Wife
★ 7.01940
MovieComedyRomance
Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.
House by the River · 1950House by the River
★ 6.81950
MovieThrillerCrime
Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen's arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.
The Reckless Moment · 1949The Reckless Moment
★ 6.71949
MovieDramaThriller
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
You'll Never Get Rich · 1941You'll Never Get Rich
★ 6.51941
MovieComedyMusic
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
Alice Adams · 1935Alice Adams
★ 6.71935
MovieRomanceDrama
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
A Woman's Secret · 1949A Woman's Secret
★ 5.61949
MovieMysteryDrama
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
The Fortune Cookie · 1966The Fortune Cookie
★ 7.21966
MovieComedy
TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
Magic Town · 1947Magic Town
★ 6.71947
MovieComedyRomance
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.
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The Reckless Moment · 1949The Reckless Moment
★ 6.71949
MovieDramaThriller
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Stella Dallas · 1937Stella Dallas
★ 6.91937
MovieDramaRomance
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
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