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- Birth nameAnnie Dorothea Shoemaker
- Ann Shoemaker was born on January 10, 1891 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Alice Adams (1935), Sunrise at Campobello (1960) and My Favorite Wife (1940). She was married to Henry Stephenson and Louis Leon Hall. She died on September 18, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesHenry Stephenson(1922 - April 24, 1956) (his death)Louis Leon Hall(April 22, 1914 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- Retired pretty much by 1950, she returned to acting following the death of her husband, character actor Henry Stephenson in 1956.
- Character actress of the 30s and 40s stage and film who played everybody's benevolent mom at one time or another, including Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.
- Attended Hickman Dramatic School in Washington D.C. and once appeared with legend Will Rogers in a stage production of "Ah, Wilderness" at the Hollywood Playhouse.
- Had one child, daughter Anne Hall, who was a song lyricist.
- Fondly remembered for playing FDR's mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, after replacing Anne Seymour on the Broadway stage, she also played her in the film version of Sunrise at Campobello (1960). She also portrayed Harry Truman's mom in the TV movie Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976). She was 85 at the time.
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