Ann Doran

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Known For

Acting

Born

1911-07-28

Place of Birth

Amarillo, Texas, USA
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Ann Doran

Biography

Ann Lee Doran (July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000) was an American character actress, possibly best known as the mother of Jim Stark (James Dean) in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). She was an early member of the Screen Actors Guild and served on the board of the Motion Picture & Television Fund for 30 years.

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Acting History

1986
Wildcats as Mrs. Chatham
1985
The Twilight Zone as Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")
1985
Hell Town as Maude
1984
Highway to Heaven as Mrs. Bradley
1984
Hunter as Mrs. Rawling
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The A-Team as Nora
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1981
All the Way Home as Great-Aunt Sadie
1981
Advice to the Lovelorn as Ada Wells
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
First Monday in October as Storekeeper
1981
Crazy Times as Mrs. Keagan
1981
All Night Long as Grandmother Gibbons
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Sam Hunter's Mother
1979
Knots Landing as Mercy
1979
Shirley
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Mary Deacon
1978
Little Mo as Aunt Gert
1978
The Runaways
1978
Fantasy Island as Emma Howard
1977
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Grandma Lundy
1977
We've Got Each Other
1977
Flood! as Emma Fisher
1977
Dead of Night as Mrs. McCauley
1977
Eight Is Enough
1976
The Gumball Rally as Mrs. Ontley
1976
The Macahans as Grandma
1975
The Family Nobody Wanted as Mrs. Kimberly
1975
The Werewolf of Woodstock as Dora
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Lucas Tanner
1974
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Secretary
1974
The Last Angry Man as Nurse Whitbread
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
M*A*S*H as Meg Cratty
1972
The Rookies
1972
Emergency!
1971
The Failing of Raymond as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1971
Longstreet as Mrs. Kingston
1971
Cannon
1971
The Priest Killer as Harriet Miles
1971
The Hired Hand as Mrs. Sorenson
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1970
Weekend of Terror as Sister Nadine
1970
The Odd Couple as Loretta Spoon
1970
There Was a Crooked Man... as Mrs. Lomax
1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator as Jean Wydell
1969
Topaz as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
1969
The Arrangement as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1969
Once You Kiss a Stranger... as Lee's Mother
1968
Live a Little, Love a Little as Landlady (uncredited)
1968
The Mod Squad as Eva Styles
1968
Adam-12 as Martha
1968
Adam-12 as Mrs. Kerry
1967
Rosie! as Lady on Witness Stand
1967
The Hostage as Miss Mabry
1967
Mannix as Mrs. Moody
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Ironside
1967
Ironside as Harriet Miles
1967
Ironside as Marlene Whittaker
1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't! as Doris Parker
1965
Mirage as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
1965
The Legend of Jesse James as Mrs. James
1964
Kitten with a Whip as Mavis Varden
1964
Where Love Has Gone as Mrs. Geraghty
1964
Bewitched as Mrs. Raphael
1964
The Brass Bottle as Martha Kenton
1964
The Carpetbaggers as Reporter
1963
Captain Newman, M.D. as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
1963
Petticoat Junction as Mrs. Elliott
1962
The Virginian as Minerva Lewis
1962
The Virginian as Maggie Hyeth
1962
The Virginian as Reba
1962
The Virginian as Mrs. Graves
1962
The Virginian as Annie Thomas
1960
My Three Sons
1960
National Velvet as Martha Brown
1959
A Summer Place as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The FBI Story as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
1959
Bonanza as Mrs. Walker
1959
Cast a Long Shadow as Ma Calvert
1959
Warlock as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
1959
Riot in Juvenile Prison as Bess Monahan
1959
Rawhide as Millie Darius
1958
Joy Ride as Grace Renny
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Badlanders as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
1958
Step Down to Terror as Mrs. Duprez
1958
Voice in the Mirror as Mrs. Devlin
1958
It! The Terror from Beyond Space as Mary Royce
1958
Life Begins At 17 as Virginia Peck
1958
Violent Road as Edith Miller
1958
Day of the Badman as Martha Mordigan
1958
The Rawhide Trail as Mrs. Cartwright
1958
The Female Animal as Nurse
1957
Bombers B-52 as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
1957
Young and Dangerous as Mrs. Clara Clinton
1957
Leave It to Beaver as Agnes Haskell
1957
Perry Mason as Claire Durell
1957
Perry Mason as Cornelia Slater
1957
Perry Mason as Nell Wyatt
1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
1957
The Man Who Turned to Stone as Mrs. Ford
1957
Official Detective
1956
The Adventures of the Big Man as Ellen
1955
Matinee Theater
1955
Rebel Without a Cause as Carol Stark
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Desperate Hours as Mrs. Walling
1955
The Millionaire as Jane Costello
1955
The Millionaire as Mrs. Johnson
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Mrs. Chadwick
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Christine Briggs (uncredited)
1954
The Bob Mathias Story as Lillian Mathias
1954
December Bride
1954
Father Knows Best as Dorothy Tyler
1954
Lassie
1954
The Whistler
1954
A Fair Chance as Human resources officer
1954
The High and the Mighty as Clara Joseph
1954
Them! as Child Psychiatrist
1954
City Story
1954
Public Defender
1953
The Eddie Cantor Story as Lillian Edwards
1953
Letter to Loretta as Nurse
1953
Letter to Loretta as Ginny Tucker
1953
Letter to Loretta as Mrs. Harrison
1953
Letter to Loretta as Anne Thomas
1953
Letter to Loretta as Felice Badt
1953
Letter to Loretta as Leona Garner
1953
Island in the Sky as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
1953
So This Is Love as Mrs. Moore
1952
Omnibus as Angela's Mother
1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Sister Mary Greene
1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Sue
1952
Cavalcade of America as Mrs. Honeyman
1952
Cavalcade of America as Caroline
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Welfare Woman
1952
Adventures of Superman
1952
The Rose Bowl Story as Mrs. Addie Burke
1952
Paula as Mrs. Smith
1952
Love Is Better Than Ever as Mrs. Levoy
1952
Here Come the Nelsons as Clara Randolph
1952
Chevron Theatre
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Amy
1951
The People Against O'Hara as Betty Clark, Policewoman
1951
The Painted Hills as Martha Blake
1951
Her First Romance
1951
Tomahawk as Mrs. Carrington
1950
Gambling House as Della
1950
The Jack Benny Program as Mother
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Rose
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Harriett
1950
Lonely Heart Bandits as Nancy Crane
1950
Never a Dull Moment as Jean
1950
No Sad Songs for Me as Louise Spears
1950
Riding High as Nurse (uncredited)
1949
Rusty's Birthday as Ethel Mitchell
1949
Beyond the Forest as Edith Williams
1949
Holiday in Havana as Marge Henley
1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass as Mrs. Egan
1949
The Lone Ranger as Sarah Yancy
1949
The Kid from Cleveland as Emily Novak
1949
Air Hostess as Virginia Barton
1949
One Last Fling as Vera Thompson
1949
The Fountainhead as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
1949
The Clay Pigeon as Nurse (uncredited)
1949
He Walked by Night as Dispatcher (uncredited)
1949
Rusty Saves a Life as Ethel Mitchell
1949
The Accused as Miss Rice
1948
The Walls of Jericho as Gossip (uncredited)
1948
No Minor Vices as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
1948
Sealed Verdict as Ellie Blaine
1948
The Snake Pit as Valerie
1948
Rusty Leads the Way as Ethel Mitchell
1948
Pitfall as Maggie
1948
Hazard as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1948
My Dog Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
1948
The Return of the Whistler as Sybil
1948
Reaching from Heaven as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
1947
Road to the Big House as Agnes Clark
1947
Magic Town as Mrs. Weaver
1947
Variety Girl as Hairdresser (uncredited)
1947
The Son of Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
1947
Second Chance as Doris Greene
1947
The Crimson Key as Paris Wood
1947
For the Love of Rusty as Ethel Mitchell
1947
Fear in the Night as Lil Herlihy
1947
Seven Were Saved as Mrs Rollin Hartley
1947
My Favorite Brunette as Miss Rogers
1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Bobbi St. John
1945
Pride of the Marines as Ella Mae Merchant
1945
Roughly Speaking as Alice Abbott
1944
Here Come the Waves as Ruth
1944
I Love a Soldier as Jenny Butler
1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell as Praying Woman (uncredited)
1944
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret as Helen Martin
1944
Mr. Skeffington as Maria (uncredited)
1943
True to Life as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
1943
Old Acquaintance as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
1943
Gildersleeve on Broadway as Matilda Brown
1943
So Proudly We Hail as Lt. Betty Peterson
1943
The More the Merrier as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
1943
Slightly Dangerous as Salesgirl (uncredited)
1943
Air Force as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
1943
The Hard Way as Dorshka (Uncredited)
1942
Smith of Minnesota as (uncredited)
1942
Street of Chance as Miss Peabody
1942
My Sister Eileen as Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
1942
They All Kissed the Bride as Helena, the Maid
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy as Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
Mr. Wise Guy as Dorothy Melton
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect as Miss Hoffman
1941
New York Town as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
1941
The Kid from Kansas as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
1941
Dive Bomber as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
1941
Sun Valley Serenade as Waitress (uncredited)
1941
Criminals Within as Linda
1941
Penny Serenade as Dotty 'Dot'
1941
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as Sheila Cobb
1941
Meet John Doe as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
1940
Her First Romance as Student (uncredited)
1940
Blondes and Blunders as Lillie Catlett
1940
Cold Turkey as Mrs. Langdon
1940
Glamour for Sale as Myrtle (uncredited)
1940
Girls of the Road as Jerry
1940
Untamed as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
1940
Manhattan Heartbeat as Shop Girl's Friend
1940
South of the Boudoir as Mrs. Charley Chase
1940
Five Little Peppers at Home as Nurse
1940
His Girl Friday as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
1940
The Green Hornet as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
1939
Three Sappy People as The Countess (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
1939
A Woman is the Judge as Luella (uncredited)
1939
Skinny the Moocher as Ann
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang as Betty Crawford
1939
Coast Guard as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
Rattling Romeo as Judy
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
1939
Blind Alley as Agnes
1939
The Chump Takes a Bump as Minnie Chase
1939
Let Us Live as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
1939
Flying G-Men as Hamilton's Secretary
1939
Homicide Bureau as Nurse
1938
Smashing the Spy Ring as Madelon Martin
1938
Pie a la Maid as Mary
1938
Rio Grande as Jean Andrews
1938
A Doggone Mixup as Mrs. Langdon
1938
Blondie as Elsie Hazlip
1938
The Spider's Web as Mason's Secretary
1938
The Lady Objects as Miss Hollins
1938
Sue My Lawyer as Anita Burton
1938
You Can't Take It with You as Maggie O'Neill
1938
Many Sappy Returns as Mary
1938
City Streets as Nurse (uncredited)
1938
Highway Patrol as Estelle
1938
Holiday as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
1938
Extortion as Margie Blake
1938
The Mind Needer as Mrs. Chase
1938
Time Out for Trouble as Maisie
1938
Start Cheering as Green's Secretary
1938
Women in Prison as Maggie
1937
Nothing Sacred as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
1937
I'll Take Romance as Minor Role
1937
It's All Yours as Stewardess (uncredited)
1937
Stella Dallas as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1937
Girls Can Play as Alice, Brophy's secretary
1937
The Go-Getter as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
1937
Devil's Playground as Bit Part
1936
Red Lights Ahead as Mary Wallace
1936
The Man Who Lived Twice as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
1936
Missing Girls as Ann Jason
1936
Palm Springs as School Girl
1936
Let's Sing Again as Alice Alba
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse as Mary Burke
1936
Ring Around the Moon as Kay Duncan
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive as Reporter
1935
Way Down East as Rosie
1935
Bad Boy as Telegraph Clerk
1934
One Exciting Adventure as Girl