Ann Doran

Personal Info

Birthday

July 28, 1911

Day of Death

2000-09-19

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Amarillo, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Ann Lee Doran

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

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Magnum, P.I.

M*A*S*H

The A-Team

Mannix

Knots Landing

Four Star Playhouse

Filmography

1986
Wildcats
as Mrs. Chatham
1981
All the Way Home
as Great-Aunt Sadie
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Ada Wells
First Monday in October
as Storekeeper
Crazy Times
as Mrs. Keagan
All Night Long
as Grandmother Gibbons
1978
Little Mo
as Aunt Gert
1977
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Grandma Lundy
Flood!
as Emma Fisher
Dead of Night
as Mrs. McCauley
1976
The Gumball Rally
as Mrs. Ontley
The Macahans
as Grandma
1975
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Mrs. Kimberly
The Werewolf of Woodstock
as Dora
1974
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Secretary
The Last Angry Man
as Nurse Whitbread
1971
The Failing of Raymond
as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Hired Hand
as Mrs. Sorenson
1970
Weekend of Terror
as Sister Nadine
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Lomax
1969
Topaz
as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
The Arrangement
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
as Lee's Mother
1968
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Landlady (uncredited)
1967
Rosie!
as Lady on Witness Stand
The Hostage
as Miss Mabry
1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Doris Parker
1965
Mirage
as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
1964
Kitten with a Whip
as Mavis Varden
Where Love Has Gone
as Mrs. Geraghty
The Brass Bottle
as Martha Kenton
The Carpetbaggers
as Reporter
1963
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
1959
A Summer Place
as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
The FBI Story
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Cast a Long Shadow
as Ma Calvert
Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Bess Monahan
1958
Joy Ride
as Grace Renny
The Badlanders
as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
Step Down to Terror
as Mrs. Duprez
Voice in the Mirror
as Mrs. Devlin
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Mary Royce
Life Begins At 17
as Virginia Peck
Violent Road
as Edith Miller
Day of the Badman
as Martha Mordigan
The Rawhide Trail
as Mrs. Cartwright
The Female Animal
as Nurse
1957
Bombers B-52
as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Young and Dangerous
as Mrs. Clara Clinton
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Mrs. Ford
1955
Rebel Without a Cause
as Carol Stark
The Desperate Hours
as Mrs. Walling
1954
The Bob Mathias Story
as Lillian Mathias
A Fair Chance
as Human resources officer
The High and the Mighty
as Clara Joseph
Them!
as Child Psychiatrist
1953
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Lillian Edwards
Island in the Sky
as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
So This Is Love
as Mrs. Moore
1952
The Rose Bowl Story
as Mrs. Addie Burke
Paula
as Mrs. Smith
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Mrs. Levoy
Here Come the Nelsons
as Clara Randolph
1951
The People Against O'Hara
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
The Painted Hills
as Martha Blake
Tomahawk
as Mrs. Carrington
1950
Gambling House
as Della
Lonely Heart Bandits
as Nancy Crane
Never a Dull Moment
as Jean
No Sad Songs for Me
as Louise Spears
Riding High
as Nurse (uncredited)
1949
Rusty's Birthday
as Ethel Mitchell
Beyond the Forest
as Edith Williams
Holiday in Havana
as Marge Henley
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Mrs. Egan
The Kid from Cleveland
as Emily Novak
Air Hostess
as Virginia Barton
One Last Fling
as Vera Thompson
The Fountainhead
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
The Clay Pigeon
as Nurse (uncredited)
He Walked by Night
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
as Ethel Mitchell
The Accused
as Miss Rice
1948
The Walls of Jericho
as Gossip (uncredited)
No Minor Vices
as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict
as Ellie Blaine
The Snake Pit
as Valerie
Rusty Leads the Way
as Ethel Mitchell
Pitfall
as Maggie
Hazard
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
My Dog Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
The Return of the Whistler
as Sybil
Reaching from Heaven
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
1947
Road to the Big House
as Agnes Clark
Magic Town
as Mrs. Weaver
Variety Girl
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
The Son of Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Second Chance
as Doris Greene
The Crimson Key
as Paris Wood
For the Love of Rusty
as Ethel Mitchell
Fear in the Night
as Lil Herlihy
Seven Were Saved
as Mrs Rollin Hartley
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
Roughly Speaking
as Alice Abbott
1944
Here Come the Waves
as Ruth
I Love a Soldier
as Jenny Butler
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Praying Woman (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Helen Martin
Mr. Skeffington
as Maria (uncredited)
1943
True to Life
as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Matilda Brown
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Betty Peterson
The More the Merrier
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
Air Force
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
The Hard Way
as Dorshka (Uncredited)
1942
Smith of Minnesota
as (uncredited)
Street of Chance
as Miss Peabody
My Sister Eileen
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Helena, the Maid
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Mr. Wise Guy
as Dorothy Melton
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Miss Hoffman
1941
New York Town
as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
The Kid from Kansas
as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
Sun Valley Serenade
as Waitress (uncredited)
Criminals Within
as Linda
Penny Serenade
as Dotty 'Dot'
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Sheila Cobb
Meet John Doe
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
1940
Her First Romance
as Student (uncredited)
Blondes and Blunders
as Lillie Catlett
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Langdon
Glamour for Sale
as Myrtle (uncredited)
Girls of the Road
as Jerry
Untamed
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Shop Girl's Friend
South of the Boudoir
as Mrs. Charley Chase
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Nurse
His Girl Friday
as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
1939
Three Sappy People
as The Countess (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
A Woman is the Judge
as Luella (uncredited)
Skinny the Moocher
as Ann
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Betty Crawford
Coast Guard
as Nurse (uncredited)
Rattling Romeo
as Judy
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Blind Alley
as Agnes
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Minnie Chase
Let Us Live
as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Flying G-Men
as Hamilton's Secretary
Homicide Bureau
as Nurse
1938
Smashing the Spy Ring
as Madelon Martin
Pie a la Maid
as Mary
Rio Grande
as Jean Andrews
A Doggone Mixup
as Mrs. Langdon
Blondie
as Elsie Hazlip
The Spider's Web
as Mason's Secretary
The Lady Objects
as Miss Hollins
Sue My Lawyer
as Anita Burton
You Can't Take It with You
as Maggie O'Neill
Many Sappy Returns
as Mary
City Streets
as Nurse (uncredited)
Highway Patrol
as Estelle
Holiday
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Extortion
as Margie Blake
The Mind Needer
as Mrs. Chase
Time Out for Trouble
as Maisie
Start Cheering
as Green's Secretary
Women in Prison
as Maggie
1937
Nothing Sacred
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
I'll Take Romance
as Minor Role
It's All Yours
as Stewardess (uncredited)
Stella Dallas
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Girls Can Play
as Alice, Brophy's secretary
The Go-Getter
as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
Devil's Playground
as Bit Part
1936
Red Lights Ahead
as Mary Wallace
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
Missing Girls
as Ann Jason
Palm Springs
as School Girl
Let's Sing Again
as Alice Alba
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Mary Burke
Ring Around the Moon
as Kay Duncan
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Reporter
Way Down East
as Rosie
Bad Boy
as Telegraph Clerk
1934
One Exciting Adventure
as Girl