Ann Doran

Actor Jul 28 (died age 89) Amarillo, Texas, USA 1934–1986 (52 year career)

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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

Film

Rebel Without a Cause

Carol Stark

Film

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

Film

His Girl Friday

Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

Film

You Can't Take It with You

Maggie O'Neill

Film

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Girl on Bus (uncredited)

Film

Them!

Child Psychiatrist

Film

Holiday

Kitchen Maid (uncredited)

Film

Meet John Doe

Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (270)

Movies (202)

Wildcats

as Mrs. Chatham

All the Way Home

as Great-Aunt Sadie

First Monday in October

1981

as Storekeeper

6.1

All Night Long

1981

as Grandmother Gibbons

5.1

Crazy Times

1981

as Mrs. Keagan

Advice to the Lovelorn

as Ada Wells

Little Mo

as Aunt Gert

Flood!

as Emma Fisher

Dead of Night

as Mrs. McCauley

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

as Grandma Lundy

The Gumball Rally

as Mrs. Ontley

The Macahans

as Grandma

The Werewolf of Woodstock

1975

as Dora

8.0

The Family Nobody Wanted

1975

as Mrs. Kimberly

5.8

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

1974

as Secretary

4.0

The Last Angry Man

1974

as Nurse Whitbread

Scarecrow

as Mistress Dodge

The Hired Hand

as Mrs. Sorenson

The Priest Killer

as Harriet Miles

The Failing of Raymond

1971

as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

6.0

There Was a Crooked Man...

as Mrs. Lomax

Weekend of Terror

as Sister Nadine

Topaz

as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)

6.0

The Arrangement

1969

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

6.5

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

1969

as Lee's Mother

4.3

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968

as Landlady (uncredited)

5.5

Rosie!

1967

as Lady on Witness Stand

The Hostage

1967

as Miss Mabry

4.6

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966

as Doris Parker

5.5

Mirage

1965

as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)

The Carpetbaggers

as Reporter

Kitten with a Whip

as Mavis Varden

The Brass Bottle

as Martha Kenton

Where Love Has Gone

as Mrs. Geraghty

Captain Newman, M.D.

as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)

6.6

Warlock

1959

as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)

6.7

A Summer Place

1959

as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)

6.5

The FBI Story

1959

as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)

6.0

Cast a Long Shadow

1959

as Ma Calvert

6.4

Riot in Juvenile Prison

as Bess Monahan

Violent Road

as Edith Miller

The Rawhide Trail

as Mrs. Cartwright

Joy Ride

1958

as Grace Renny

5.0

The Badlanders

1958

as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)

6.1

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

as Mary Royce

The Female Animal

as Nurse

Day of the Badman

as Martha Mordigan

Step Down to Terror

as Mrs. Duprez

Voice in the Mirror

as Mrs. Devlin

Life Begins At 17

as Virginia Peck

Bombers B-52

as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)

5.6

Young and Dangerous

1957

as Mrs. Clara Clinton

6.0

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

1957

as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)

5.8

The Man Who Turned to Stone

1957

as Mrs. Ford

4.7

Rebel Without a Cause

as Carol Stark

The Desperate Hours

as Mrs. Walling

City Story

Them!

as Child Psychiatrist

6.8

The High and the Mighty

1954

as Clara Joseph

5.9

A Fair Chance

1954

as Human resources officer

The Bob Mathias Story

as Lillian Mathias

So This Is Love

as Mrs. Moore

Island in the Sky

as Moon's Wife (uncredited)

6.3

The Eddie Cantor Story

as Lillian Edwards

The Rose Bowl Story

as Mrs. Addie Burke

Paula

as Mrs. Smith

Here Come the Nelsons

1952

as Clara Randolph

6.0

Love Is Better Than Ever

as Mrs. Levoy

Tomahawk

as Mrs. Carrington

Her First Romance

The People Against O'Hara

1951

as Betty Clark, Policewoman

The Painted Hills

as Martha Blake

No Sad Songs for Me

as Louise Spears

Gambling House

as Della

Riding High

as Nurse (uncredited)

Never a Dull Moment

as Jean

Lonely Heart Bandits

as Nancy Crane

The Kid from Cleveland

1949

as Emily Novak

5.0

The Clay Pigeon

1949

as Nurse (uncredited)

The Accused

as Miss Rice

The Fountainhead

as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)

6.8

Beyond the Forest

1949

as Edith Williams

6.7

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

as Mrs. Egan

Rusty Saves a Life

as Ethel Mitchell

Rusty's Birthday

as Ethel Mitchell

He Walked by Night

as Dispatcher (uncredited)

One Last Fling

as Vera Thompson

Air Hostess

as Virginia Barton

Holiday in Havana

as Marge Henley

The Snake Pit

as Valerie (uncredited)

Rusty Leads the Way

as Ethel Mitchell

Reaching from Heaven

as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)

Pitfall

1948

as Maggie

6.8

No Minor Vices

1948

as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)

6.7

My Dog Rusty

1948

as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

8.0

The Return of the Whistler

1948

as Sybil

5.9

Hazard

1948

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

8.0

The Walls of Jericho

1948

as Gossip (uncredited)

Sealed Verdict

as Ellie Blaine

Seven Were Saved

as Mrs Rollin Hartley

6.1

For the Love of Rusty

1947

as Ethel Mitchell

Road to the Big House

1947

as Agnes Clark

5.7

The Son of Rusty

1947

as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

Magic Town

1947

as Mrs. Weaver

6.7

Variety Girl

1947

as Hairdresser (uncredited)

The Crimson Key

as Paris Wood

My Favorite Brunette

as Miss Rogers

Fear in the Night

as Lil Herlihy

Second Chance

as Doris Greene

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

as Bobbi St. John

Roughly Speaking

as Alice Abbott

Pride of the Marines

as Ella Mae Merchant

Mr. Skeffington

as Maria (uncredited)

I Love a Soldier

as Jenny Butler

Here Come the Waves

as Ruth

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944

as Praying Woman (uncredited)

6.3

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

1944

as Helen Martin

Gildersleeve on Broadway

1943

as Matilda Brown

5.8

So Proudly We Hail

1943

as Lt. Betty Peterson

5.5

Air Force

1943

as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)

6.5

Slightly Dangerous

1943

as Salesgirl (uncredited)

6.0

The Hard Way

1943

as Dorshka (Uncredited)

6.3

The More the Merrier

1943

as Miss Bilby (uncredited)

6.9

True to Life

1943

as Radio Kitty (uncredited)

7.0

Old Acquaintance

1943

as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)

7.0

Beyond the Blue Horizon

1942

as Margaret Chase (uncredited)

5.5

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

as Receptionist (uncredited)

7.0

Smith of Minnesota

1942

as (uncredited)

My Sister Eileen

1942

as Receptionist (uncredited)

6.8

They All Kissed the Bride

as Helena, the Maid

Mr. Wise Guy

as Dorothy Melton

Blue, White, and Perfect

as Miss Hoffman

Street of Chance

as Miss Peabody

The Kid from Kansas

as Julie 'Smitty' Smith

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

1941

as Sheila Cobb

5.3

Dive Bomber

1941

as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)

Criminals Within

as Linda

Meet John Doe

as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

7.3

Sun Valley Serenade

1941

as Waitress (uncredited)

7.0

New York Town

1941

as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)

Penny Serenade

as Dotty 'Dot'

Manhattan Heartbeat

as Shop Girl's Friend

His Girl Friday

1940

as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

7.4

Cold Turkey

1940

as Mrs. Langdon

South of the Boudoir

1940

as Mrs. Charley Chase

Girls of the Road

1940

as Jerry

5.0

Her First Romance

1940

as Student (uncredited)

5.3

Five Little Peppers at Home

1940

as Nurse

6.3

Glamour for Sale

1940

as Myrtle (uncredited)

4.3

The Green Hornet

1940

as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)

5.7

Untamed

1940

as 1st Nurse (uncredited)

4.2

Blondes and Blunders

1940

as Lillie Catlett

A Woman is the Judge

1939

as Luella (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

7.8

Rattling Romeo

1939

as Judy

Let Us Live

1939

as Secretary Juror (uncredited)

Blind Alley

as Agnes

Three Sappy People

as The Countess (uncredited)

6.5

Coast Guard

1939

as Nurse (uncredited)

5.0

The Man They Could Not Hang

as Betty Crawford

Homicide Bureau

as Nurse

Skinny the Moocher

as Ann

The Chump Takes a Bump

1939

as Minnie Chase

Good Girls Go to Paris

1939

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

7.0

Flying G-Men

1939

as Hamilton's Secretary

6.0

You Can't Take It with You

as Maggie O'Neill

The Spider's Web

as Mason's Secretary

Women in Prison

as Maggie

City Streets

as Nurse (uncredited)

Pie a la Maid

1938

as Mary

Time Out for Trouble

as Maisie

Extortion

as Margie Blake

Highway Patrol

as Estelle

Blondie

1938

as Elsie Hazlip

7.1

Holiday

1938

as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)

Start Cheering

as Green's Secretary

Rio Grande

as Jean Andrews

Smashing the Spy Ring

1938

as Madelon Martin

6.0

Sue My Lawyer

1938

as Anita Burton

The Lady Objects

1938

as Miss Hollins

5.4

A Doggone Mixup

1938

as Mrs. Langdon

Many Sappy Returns

as Mary

The Mind Needer

as Mrs. Chase

Nothing Sacred

as Telephone Girl (uncredited)

6.3

Stella Dallas

1937

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

6.9

The Go-Getter

1937

as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)

I'll Take Romance

as Minor Role

Girls Can Play

as Alice, Brophy's secretary

Devil's Playground

as Bit Part

It's All Yours

as Stewardess (uncredited)

4.5

The Little Red Schoolhouse

as Mary Burke

Missing Girls

as Ann Jason

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

as Girl on Bus (uncredited)

Let's Sing Again

as Alice Alba

Ring Around the Moon

as Kay Duncan

Palm Springs

as School Girl

Red Lights Ahead

1936

as Mary Wallace

5.2

The Man Who Lived Twice

1936

as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)

Bad Boy

as Telegraph Clerk

Way Down East

as Rosie

Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Reporter

One Exciting Adventure

1934

as Girl

Television (68)

The Twilight Zone

1985

as Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")

Hell Town

as Maude

Highway to Heaven

as Mrs. Bradley

Hunter

as Mrs. Rawling

The A-Team

as Nora

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Cagney & Lacey

Simon & Simon

Magnum, P.I.

as Sam Hunter's Mother

7.3

Knots Landing

1979

as Mercy

6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

as Mary Deacon

Shirley

Fantasy Island

as Emma Howard

The Runaways

Eight Is Enough

How the West Was Won

as Grandma

We've Got Each Other

Little House on the Prairie

Lucas Tanner

M*A*S*H

as Meg Cratty

Emergency!

The Streets of San Francisco

The Rookies

Cannon

Alias Smith and Jones

Longstreet

as Mrs. Kingston

The Odd Couple

as Loretta Spoon

The Bold Ones: The Senator

as Jean Wydell

Adam-12

as Mrs. Kerry

The Mod Squad

as Eva Styles

Ironside

Mannix

as Mrs. Moody

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

6.2

The Legend of Jesse James

as Mrs. James

Bewitched

as Mrs. Raphael

Petticoat Junction

as Mrs. Elliott

The Virginian

as Minerva Lewis

My Three Sons

National Velvet

as Martha Brown

Bonanza

as Mrs. Walker

Rawhide

as Millie Darius

Bourbon Street Beat

The Donna Reed Show

Perry Mason

as Claire Durell

Leave It to Beaver

as Agnes Haskell

Official Detective

The Adventures of the Big Man

1956

as Ellen

Matinee Theater

The Millionaire

as Jane Costello

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Lassie

December Bride

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Mrs. Chadwick

Father Knows Best

as Dorothy Tyler

Public Defender

The Whistler

Letter to Loretta

as Nurse

Omnibus

as Angela's Mother

Four Star Playhouse

as Welfare Woman

Adventures of Superman

1952

6.6

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as Sister Mary Greene

Chevron Theatre

Cavalcade of America

as Mrs. Honeyman

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell

8.6

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Amy

7.2

The Jack Benny Program

as Mother

Lux Video Theatre

as Rose

The Lone Ranger

as Sarah Yancy