Ann Doran

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 264

Gender Female

Birthday July 28, 1911

Day of Death September 19, 2000 (89 years old)

Place of Birth Amarillo, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Ann Lee Doran

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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.

Known For

Acting

1986

as Mrs. Chatham

1985		The Twilight Zone (1 episode) as Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")
1985		Hell Town (1 episode) as Maude

1984		Highway to Heaven (2 episodes) as Mrs. Bradley
1984		Hunter (1 episode) as Mrs. Rawling

1983		Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 episode)
1983		The A-Team (1 episode) as Nora

1982

(1 episode)

1981		All the Way Home as Great-Aunt Sadie
1981		Advice to the Lovelorn as Ada Wells
1981		Simon & Simon (1 episode)
1981		First Monday in October as Storekeeper
1981		Crazy Times as Mrs. Keagan
1981		All Night Long as Grandmother Gibbons

1980

(1 episode) as Sam Hunter's Mother

1979		Knots Landing (1 episode) as Mercy
1979		Shirley (13 episodes)
1979		Tales of the Unexpected (1 episode) as Mary Deacon

1978		Little Mo as Aunt Gert
1978		The Runaways (1 episode)
1978		Fantasy Island (1 episode) as Emma Howard

1977		Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Grandma Lundy
1977		We've Got Each Other (1 episode)
1977		Flood! as Emma Fisher
1977		Dead of Night as Mrs. McCauley
1977		Eight Is Enough (1 episode)
1977		How the West Was Won (1 episode) as Grandma

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		Lucas Tanner (1 episode)
1974		Little House on the Prairie (1 episode)
1974		The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Secretary
1974		The Last Angry Man as Nurse Whitbread

1972		The Streets of San Francisco (2 episodes)
1972		MAS*H (1 episode) as Meg Cratty
1972		The Rookies (1 episode)
1972		Emergency! (2 episodes)

1971		The Failing of Raymond as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1971		Longstreet (23 episodes)
1971		Cannon (1 episode)
1971		The Hired Hand as Mrs. Sorenson
1971		Alias Smith and Jones (2 episodes)

1970		Weekend of Terror as Sister Nadine
1970		The Odd Couple (1 episode) as Loretta Spoon
1970		There Was a Crooked Man... as Mrs. Lomax
1970		The Bold Ones: The Senator (1 episode) 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 (1 episode) as Eva Styles
1968		Adam-12 (1 episode) as Mrs. Kerry (1 episode) as Martha

1967		Rosie! as Lady on Witness Stand
1967		The Hostage as Miss Mabry
1967		Mannix (1 episode) as Mrs. Moody
1967		The Guns of Will Sonnett (1 episode)
1967		Ironside (1 episode) as Marlene Whittaker (1 episode) as Harriet Miles (2 episodes)

1966

as Doris Parker

1965		Mirage
1965		The Legend of Jesse James (34 episodes) as Mrs. James

1964		Kitten with a Whip as Mavis Varden
1964		Where Love Has Gone as Mrs. Geraghty
1964		Bewitched (2 episodes)
1964		The Brass Bottle as Martha Kenton
1964		The Carpetbaggers as Reporter

1963		Captain Newman, M.D. as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
1963		Petticoat Junction (2 episodes) as Mrs. Elliott

1962

(1 episode) as Annie Thomas (1 episode) as Mrs. Graves (1 episode) as Reba (1 episode) as Maggie Hyeth (1 episode) as Minerva Lewis

1960		My Three Sons (1 episode)
1960		National Velvet (58 episodes) as Martha Brown

1959		A Summer Place as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
1959		Bourbon Street Beat (1 episode)
1959		The FBI Story as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
1959		Bonanza (1 episode) as Mrs. Walker
1959		Cast a Long Shadow as Ma Calvert
1959		Riot in Juvenile Prison as Bess Monahan
1959		Rawhide (1 episode) as Millie Darius

1958		Joy Ride as Grace Renny
1958		The Donna Reed Show (3 episodes)
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 (2 episodes) as Agnes Haskell
1957		Perry Mason (1 episode) as Nell Wyatt (1 episode) as Cornelia Slater (1 episode) as Claire Durell
1957		Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend as Sarah Devlin
1957		The Man Who Turned to Stone as Mrs. Ford
1957		Official Detective (1 episode)

1955		Matinee Theater (1 episode)
1955		Rebel Without a Cause as Carol Stark
1955		The 20th Century Fox Hour (1 episode)
1955		The Desperate Hours as Mrs. Walling
1955		The Millionaire (1 episode) as Mrs. Johnson (1 episode) as Jane Costello

1954		The Wonderful World of Disney (1 episode) as Christine Briggs (uncredited) (1 episode) as Mrs. Chadwick
1954		The Bob Mathias Story as Lillian Mathias
1954		December Bride (1 episode)
1954		Lassie (1 episode)
1954		The Whistler (1 episode)
1954		The High and the Mighty as Clara Joseph
1954		Them! as Child Psychiatrist
1954		City Story
1954		Public Defender (1 episode)

1953		The Eddie Cantor Story as Lillian Edwards
1953		Letter to Loretta (1 episode) as Leona Garner (1 episode) as Felice Badt (1 episode) as Anne Thomas (1 episode) as Mrs. Harrison (1 episode) as Ginny Tucker (1 episode) as Nurse
1953		Island in the Sky as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
1953		So This Is Love as Mrs. Moore

1952		Omnibus (1 episode) as Angela's Mother
1952		The Ford Television Theatre (1 episode) as Sue (1 episode) as Sister Mary Greene
1952		Cavalcade of America (1 episode) (1 episode) as Caroline (1 episode) as Mrs. Honeyman
1952		Four Star Playhouse (1 episode) as Welfare Woman
1952		Adventures of Superman (1 episode)
1952		The Rose Bowl Story as Mrs. Addie Burke
1952		Paula as Mrs. Smith
1952		Here Come the Nelsons as Clara Randolph
1952		Love Is Better Than Ever as Mrs. Levoy
1952		Chevron Theatre (1 episode)

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode) as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 episode) as Amy
1951		The People Against O'Hara as Betty Clark, Policewoman
1951		Her First Romance
1951		The Painted Hills as Martha Blake
1951		Tomahawk as Mrs. Carrington

1950		Gambling House as Della
1950		The Jack Benny Program (1 episode) as Mother
1950		Lux Video Theatre (1 episode) as Harriett (1 episode) as Rose
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 (1 episode) 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

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		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)
1941		Dive Bomber as Joe's Blind Date (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		Untamed as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
1940		Girls of the Road as Jerry
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
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		Bad Boy as Telegraph Clerk
1935		Way Down East as Rosie

1934

as Girl

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