Ann Shoemaker
Biography
Ann Shoemaker was an American actress whose career on stage and screen lasted from 1909 into the 1970s, with appearances in 70 films and television movies between 1928 and 1976. Born in Brooklyn, she began with the Orpheum Players at Philadelphia's Chestnut Street Theatre in September 1909. David Belasco cast her in a supporting part in Nobody's Widow. She went on to stock companies in Providence, Portland, and Duluth, and by 1914 was regarded as the youngest actress to lead a stock company in America. In June 1921 she signed a five-year contract at the Booth Theatre in New York City. Her Broadway credits included The Great God Brown, Ah, Wilderness!, and Sunrise at Campobello, in which she portrayed Sara Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt's mother, on stage and in the film version. She died in 1978.
87years old at death
- Born Brooklyn
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 31 years1935 to 1966
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A first
Shoemaker was acting with the Baker Stock Company in Portland, Oregon, by 1914. At that time, she was American stock theater's youngest leading lady.
First role
In September 1909 Shoemaker began acting with the Orpheum Players, a group that performed at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.
Ann Shoemaker movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Busby Berkeley directed two of these films. Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Busby Berkeley
Also two films together6 more actors
- Donald MacBrideYou'll Never Get Rich (1941) and My Favorite Wife (1940)
- Matthew BoultonAbove Suspicion (1943) and Shall We Dance (1937)
- Lester DorrYou'll Never Get Rich (1941) and Stella Dallas (1937)
- Granville BatesMy Favorite Wife (1940) and They Won't Forget (1937)
- Harlan BriggsConflict (1945) and Stella Dallas (1937)
- June PreisserStrike Up the Band (1940) and Babes in Arms (1939)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Ann Shoemaker's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$15.5 million
5 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 9 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 9Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$6.8M43.9% of the total
- 2$3.7M23.9% of the total
- 3$2.2M14.0% of the total
- 4$2.1M13.3% of the total
- 5$770K5.0% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.