Birthday:
Jul 28, 1911
Place of Birth: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Place of Birth: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Ann Doran
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rebel Without a Cause | Carol Stark | 1955 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Paine's Secretary (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Blondie | Elsie Hazlip | 1938 |
| Topaz | Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited) | 1969 |
| Air Hostess | Virginia Barton | 1949 |
| Mr. Wise Guy | Dorothy Melton | 1942 |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Girl on Bus (uncredited) | 1936 |
| My Sister Eileen | Receptionist (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Pitfall | Maggie | 1948 |
| The Man They Could Not Hang | Betty Crawford | 1939 |
| He Walked by Night | Dispatcher (uncredited) | 1949 |
| The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Bobbi St. John | 1946 |
| It! The Terror from Beyond Space | Mary Royce | 1958 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Maggie O'Neill | 1938 |
| Fear in the Night | Lil Herlihy | 1947 |
| Blind Alley | Agnes | 1939 |
| The Man Who Turned to Stone | Mrs. Ford | 1957 |
| The People Against O'Hara | Betty Clark, Policewoman | 1951 |
| The Hired Hand | Mrs. Sorenson | 1971 |
| Street of Chance | Miss Peabody | 1942 |
| Live a Little, Love a Little | Landlady (uncredited) | 1968 |
| Kitten with a Whip | Mavis Varden | 1964 |
| Love Is Better Than Ever | Mrs. Levoy | 1952 |
| Here Come the Waves | Ruth | 1944 |
| Penny Serenade | Dotty 'Dot' | 1941 |
| The Snake Pit | Valerie | 1948 |
| The Painted Hills | Martha Blake | 1951 |
| Three Sappy People | The Countess (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Gambling House | Della | 1950 |
| Flying G-Men | Hamilton's Secretary | 1939 |
| South of the Boudoir | Mrs. Charley Chase | 1940 |
| The Chump Takes a Bump | Minnie Chase | 1939 |
| The High and the Mighty | Clara Joseph | 1954 |
| My Favorite Brunette | Miss Rogers | 1947 |
| The Arrangement | Hospital Nurse (uncredited) | 1969 |
| Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Sheila Cobb | 1941 |
| Road to the Big House | Agnes Clark | 1947 |
| Second Chance | Doris Greene | 1947 |
| Voice in the Mirror | Mrs. Devlin | 1958 |
| Pride of the Marines | Ella Mae Merchant | 1945 |
| Where Love Has Gone | Mrs. Geraghty | 1964 |
| Gildersleeve on Broadway | Matilda Brown | 1943 |
| Once You Kiss a Stranger... | Lee's Mother | 1969 |
| For the Love of Rusty | Ethel Mitchell | 1947 |
| Girls of the Road | Jerry | 1940 |
| Not With My Wife, You Don't | Doris Parker | 1966 |
| Dead of Night | Mrs. McCauley | 1977 |
| Rusty Saves a Life | Ethel Mitchell | 1949 |
| Rusty Leads the Way | Ethel Mitchell | 1948 |
| The Son of Rusty | Mrs. Ethel Mitchell | 1947 |
| The Hostage | Miss Mabry | 1967 |
| My Dog Rusty | Mrs. Ethel Mitchell | 1948 |
| The Man Who Lived Twice | Nurse Cameron | 1936 |
| Beyond the Blue Horizon | Margaret Chase (uncredited) | 1942 |
| All Night Long | Grandmother Gibbons | 1981 |
| Missing Girls | Ann Jason | 1936 |
| Violent Road | Edith Miller | 1958 |
| Women in Prison | Maggie | 1938 |
| Seven Were Saved | Mrs Rollin Hartley | 1947 |
| So Proudly We Hail | Lt. Betty Peterson | 1943 |
| Riding High | Nurse (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Roughly Speaking | Alice Abbott | 1945 |
| The Werewolf of Woodstock | Dora | 1975 |
| Lonely Heart Bandits | Nancy Crane | 1950 |
| Her First Romance | 1951 | |
| Life Begins At 17 | Virginia Peck | 1958 |
| Let's Sing Again | Alice Alba | 1936 |
| Cast a Long Shadow | Ma Calvert | 1959 |
| First Monday in October | Storekeeper | 1981 |
| Joy Ride | Grace Renny | 1958 |
| Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend | Sarah Devlin | 1957 |
| The FBI Story | Mrs. Ballard (uncredited) | 1959 |
| No Sad Songs for Me | Louise Spears | 1950 |
| Variety Girl | Hairdresser (uncredited) | 1947 |
| The Little Red Schoolhouse | Mary Burke | 1936 |
| Red Lights Ahead | Mary Wallace | 1936 |
| Girls Can Play | Alice, Brophy's secretary | 1937 |
| Rosie! | Lady on Witness Stand | 1967 |
| The Family Nobody Wanted | Mrs. Kimberly | 1975 |
| Criminals Within | Linda | 1941 |
| Rusty's Birthday | Ethel Mitchell | 1949 |
| A Doggone Mixup | Mrs. Langdon | 1938 |
| Way Down East | Rosie | 1935 |
| Here Come the Nelsons | Clara Randolph | 1952 |
| The Female Animal | Nurse | 1958 |
| Paula | Mrs. Smith | 1952 |
| The Bob Mathias Story | Lillian Mathias | 1954 |
| So This Is Love | Mrs. Moore | 1953 |
| True to Life | Radio Kitty (uncredited) | 1943 |
| I Love a Soldier | Jenny Butler | 1944 |
| The Spider's Web | Mason's Secretary | 1938 |
| Captain Newman, M.D. | Mrs. Pyser (uncredited) | 1963 |
| Magic Town | Mrs. Weaver | 1947 |
| The More the Merrier | Miss Bilby (uncredited) | 1943 |
| The Crimson Key | Paris Wood | 1947 |
| The Failing of Raymond | Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited) | 1971 |
| One Last Fling | Vera Thompson | 1949 |
| The Eddie Cantor Story | Lillian Edwards | 1953 |
| City Story | 1954 | |
| Rattling Romeo | Judy | 1939 |
| The Accused | Miss Rice | 1949 |
| Step Down to Terror | Mrs. Duprez | 1958 |
| Hazard | Hospital Nurse (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Sealed Verdict | Ellie Blaine | 1948 |
| Palm Springs | School Girl | 1936 |
| I'll Take Romance | Minor Role | 1937 |
| Homicide Bureau | Nurse | 1939 |
| The Kid from Cleveland | Emily Novak | 1949 |
| Them! | Child Psychiatrist | 1954 |
| Start Cheering | Green's Secretary | 1938 |
| Manhattan Heartbeat | Shop Girl's Friend | 1940 |
| Devil's Playground | Bit Part | 1937 |
| Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Helen Martin | 1944 |
| Young and Dangerous | Mrs. Clara Clinton | 1957 |
| Let Us Live | Secretary Juror (uncredited) | 1939 |
| One Exciting Adventure | Girl | 1934 |
| Good Girls Go to Paris | Bridesmaid (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Coast Guard | Nurse (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Sue My Lawyer | Anita Burton | 1938 |
| The Mind Needer | Mrs. Chase | 1938 |
| Time Out for Trouble | Maisie | 1938 |
| The Return of the Whistler | Sybil | 1948 |
| Riot in Juvenile Prison | Bess Monahan | 1959 |
| The Hard Way | Dorshka (Uncredited) | 1943 |
| Never a Dull Moment | Jean | 1950 |
| The Lady Objects | Miss Hollins | 1938 |
| Cold Turkey | Mrs. Langdon | 1940 |
| Holiday | Kitchen Maid (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Her First Romance | Student (uncredited) | 1940 |
| All the Way Home | Great-Aunt Sadie | 1981 |
| Advice to the Lovelorn | Ada Wells | 1981 |
| Untamed | 1st Nurse (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Grandma Lundy | 1977 |
| Crazy Times | Mrs. Keagan | 1981 |
| Air Force | Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited) | 1943 |
| The Rawhide Trail | Mrs. Cartwright | 1958 |
| A Woman is the Judge | Luella (uncredited) | 1939 |
| The Brass Bottle | Martha Kenton | 1964 |
| Little Mo | Aunt Gert | 1978 |
| Blue, White, and Perfect | Miss Hoffman | 1942 |
| Island in the Sky | Moon's Wife (uncredited) | 1953 |
| Five Little Peppers at Home | Nurse | 1940 |
| His Girl Friday | Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited) | 1940 |
| The Green Hornet | Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited) | 1940 |
| City Streets | Nurse (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Holiday in Havana | Marge Henley | 1949 |
| Reaching from Heaven | Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran) | 1948 |
| Smith of Minnesota | (uncredited) | 1942 |
| The Kid from Kansas | Julie 'Smitty' Smith | 1941 |
| Highway Patrol | Estelle | 1938 |
| A Summer Place | Mrs. Talbert (uncredited) | 1959 |
| Rio Grande | Jean Andrews | 1938 |
| Ring Around the Moon | Kay Duncan | 1936 |
| The Rose Bowl Story | Mrs. Addie Burke | 1952 |
| The Carpetbaggers | Reporter | 1964 |
| Beyond the Forest | Edith Williams | 1949 |
| Sun Valley Serenade | Waitress (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Mary Burns, Fugitive | Reporter | 1935 |
| The Story of Dr. Wassell | Praying Woman (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Mr. Skeffington | Maria (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Nothing Sacred | Telephone Girl (uncredited) | 1937 |
| The Walls of Jericho | Gossip (uncredited) | 1948 |
| It's All Yours | Stewardess (uncredited) | 1937 |
| The Clay Pigeon | Nurse (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Tomahawk | Mrs. Carrington | 1951 |
| Wildcats | Mrs. Chatham | 1986 |
| Weekend of Terror | Sister Nadine | 1970 |
| No Minor Vices | Mrs. Faraday (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Day of the Badman | Martha Mordigan | 1958 |
| Smashing the Spy Ring | Madelon Martin | 1938 |
| New York Town | Demonstrator in Store (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Bombers B-52 | Sylvia Slater (uncredited) | 1957 |
| The Go-Getter | Maizie-the maid (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | Receptionist (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Dive Bomber | Joe's Blind Date (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Meet John Doe | Mrs. Hansen (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Slightly Dangerous | Salesgirl (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Glamour for Sale | Myrtle (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Old Acquaintance | Music Store Saleslady (uncredited) | 1943 |
| They All Kissed the Bride | Helena, the Maid | 1942 |
| The Fountainhead | Wynand's Secretary (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Skinny the Moocher | Ann | 1939 |
| There Was a Crooked Man... | Mrs. Lomax | 1970 |
| The Desperate Hours | Mrs. Walling | 1955 |
| Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | Mrs. Egan | 1949 |
| The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Secretary | 1974 |
| Stella Dallas | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Extortion | Margie Blake | 1938 |
| Blondes and Blunders | Lillie Catlett | 1940 |
| Pie a la Maid | Mary | 1938 |
| Many Sappy Returns | Mary | 1938 |
| The Last Angry Man | Nurse Whitbread | 1974 |
| The Gumball Rally | Mrs. Ontley | 1976 |
| Flood! | Emma Fisher | 1977 |
| Mirage | 1965 | |
| The Macahans | Grandma | 1976 |
| Bad Boy | Telegraph Clerk | 1935 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Magnum, P.I. | 1980 | |
| M*A*S*H | Meg Cratty | 1972 |
| The Rookies | 1972 | |
| December Bride | 1954 | |
| Bourbon Street Beat | 1959 | |
| My Three Sons | 1960 | |
| Little House on the Prairie | 1974 | |
| The Odd Couple | Loretta Spoon | 1970 |
| Simon & Simon | 1981 | |
| The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Clark | 1985 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Mary Deacon | 1979 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1972 | |
| Alias Smith and Jones | 1971 | |
| Petticoat Junction | Mrs. Elliott | 1963 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | 1983 | |
| Knots Landing | Mercy | 1979 |
| Longstreet | 1971 | |
| The Mod Squad | 1968 | |
| Perry Mason | Claire Durell | 1957 |
| Cagney & Lacey | 1982 | |
| Bewitched | 1964 | |
| Emergency! | 1972 | |
| Cannon | 1971 | |
| Lassie | 1954 | |
| Eight Is Enough | 1977 | |
| Adam-12 | Martha | 1968 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell | 1951 |
| Hunter | Mrs. Rawling | 1984 |
| Ironside | 1967 | |
| Leave It to Beaver | Agnes Haskell | 1957 |
| Rawhide | Millie Darius | 1959 |
| The Millionaire | Jane Costello | 1955 |
| The Virginian | Minerva Lewis | 1962 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Rose | 1950 |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Amy | 1951 |
| Adventures of Superman | 1952 | |
| The 20th Century Fox Hour | 1955 | |
| The Donna Reed Show | 1958 | |
| Lucas Tanner | 1974 | |
| Matinee Theater | 1955 | |
| National Velvet | Martha Brown | 1960 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | 1967 | |
| The Whistler | 1954 | |
| Public Defender | 1954 | |
| Cavalcade of America | Mrs. Honeyman | 1952 |
| Hell Town | Maude | 1985 |
| We've Got Each Other | 1977 | |
| The Legend of Jesse James | Mrs. James | 1965 |
| Official Detective | 1957 | |
| The Runaways | 1978 | |
| Shirley | 1979 | |
| Letter to Loretta | Nurse | 1953 |
| The Virginian | Maggie Hyeth | 1962 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Mrs. Chadwick | 1954 |
| The Virginian | Reba | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Mrs. Graves | 1962 |
| Letter to Loretta | Ginny Tucker | 1953 |
| Letter to Loretta | Mrs. Harrison | 1953 |
| Letter to Loretta | Anne Thomas | 1953 |
| Cavalcade of America | Caroline | 1952 |
| Adam-12 | Mrs. Kerry | 1968 |
| Cavalcade of America | 1952 | |
| The Millionaire | Mrs. Johnson | 1955 |
| Letter to Loretta | Felice Badt | 1953 |
| Letter to Loretta | Leona Garner | 1953 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Welfare Woman | 1952 |
| Perry Mason | Cornelia Slater | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Nell Wyatt | 1957 |
| Highway to Heaven | Mrs. Bradley | 1984 |
| The A-Team | Nora | 1983 |
| The Virginian | Annie Thomas | 1962 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Mother | 1950 |
| How the West Was Won | Grandma | 1977 |
| Ironside | Harriet Miles | 1967 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Christine Briggs (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Omnibus | Angela's Mother | 1952 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Harriett | 1950 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Sister Mary Greene | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Sue | 1952 |
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | Jean Wydell | 1970 |
| Mannix | Mrs. Moody | 1967 |
| Fantasy Island | Emma Howard | 1978 |
