Portrait of Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Acting

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.

Born: July 28, 1911

Place of Birth: Amarillo, Texas, USA

Filmography

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
The A-Team

as Nora

1981
All the Way Home

as Great-Aunt Sadie

1981
1981
1981
Crazy Times

as Mrs. Keagan

1981
All Night Long

as Grandmother Gibbons

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Sam Hunter's Mother

1979
1979
1978
Little Mo

as Aunt Gert

1978
Fantasy Island

as Emma Howard

1977
Flood!

as Emma Fisher

1977
Dead of Night

as Mrs. McCauley

1976
The Gumball Rally

as Mrs. Ontley

1976
The Macahans

as Grandma

1975
The Family Nobody Wanted

as Mrs. Kimberly

1974
The Last Angry Man

as Nurse Whitbread

1972
M*A*S*H

as Meg Cratty

1971
The Failing of Raymond

as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

1971
Longstreet

as Mrs. Kingston

1971
1971
The Priest Killer

as Harriet Miles

1971
The Hired Hand

as Mrs. Sorenson

1970
Weekend of Terror

as Sister Nadine

1970
The Odd Couple

as Loretta Spoon

1970
1969
Topaz

as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)

1969
The Arrangement

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1969
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
Ironside

as Harriet Miles

1967
Ironside

as Marlene Whittaker

1966
1965
Mirage

as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)

1965
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
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
1962
The Virginian

as Mrs. Graves

1962
The Virginian

as Annie Thomas

1960
National Velvet

as Martha Brown

1959
A Summer Place

as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)

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
1959
Rawhide

as Millie Darius

1958
Joy Ride

as Grace Renny

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
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
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)

1955
Rebel Without a Cause

as Carol Stark

1955
The Desperate Hours

as Mrs. Walling

1955
The Millionaire

as Jane Costello

1955
The Millionaire

as Mrs. Johnson

1954
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Christine Briggs (uncredited)

1954
The Bob Mathias Story

as Lillian Mathias

1954
Father Knows Best

as Dorothy Tyler

1954
1954
1954
Them!

as Child Psychiatrist

1953
The Eddie Cantor Story

as Lillian Edwards

1953
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
Cavalcade of America

as Mrs. Honeyman

1952
1952
The Rose Bowl Story

as Mrs. Addie Burke

1952
Paula

as Mrs. Smith

1952
1952
Here Come the Nelsons

as Clara Randolph

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell

1951
The People Against O'Hara

as Betty Clark, Policewoman

1951
The Painted Hills

as Martha Blake

1951
Tomahawk

as Mrs. Carrington

1950
1950
Lonely Heart Bandits

as Nancy Crane

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
The Lone Ranger

as Sarah Yancy

1949
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
Pitfall

as Maggie

1948
Hazard

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1948
My Dog Rusty

as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

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

1945
Pride of the Marines

as Ella Mae Merchant

1945
Roughly Speaking

as Alice Abbott

1944
I Love a Soldier

as Jenny Butler

1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell

as Praying Woman (uncredited)

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
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
1941
Penny Serenade

as Dotty 'Dot'

1941
Meet John Doe

as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

1940
Her First Romance

as Student (uncredited)

1940
Blondes and Blunders

as Lillie Catlett

1940
Glamour for Sale

as Myrtle (uncredited)

1940
1940
Untamed

as 1st Nurse (uncredited)

1940
Manhattan Heartbeat

as Shop Girl's Friend

1940
South of the Boudoir

as Mrs. Charley Chase

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
1939
Coast Guard

as Nurse (uncredited)

1939
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
1938
Smashing the Spy Ring

as Madelon Martin

1938
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
1938
City Streets

as Nurse (uncredited)

1938
Holiday

as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)

1938
Extortion

as Margie Blake

1938
The Mind Needer

as Mrs. Chase

1938
Start Cheering

as Green's Secretary

1938
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
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
1935
1935
Bad Boy

as Telegraph Clerk

1935