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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
282
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-07-28 (113 years old)
Place of Birth
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Acting
1986
Wildcats as Mrs. Chatham1985
The Twilight Zone as Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")1985
Hell Town as Maude1984
Highway to Heaven as Mrs. Bradley1984
Hunter as Mrs. Rawling1983
The A-Team as Nora1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Not available1982
Cagney & Lacey as Not available1981
Simon & Simon as Not available1981
All Night Long as Grandmother Gibbons1981
First Monday in October as Storekeeper1981
Advice to the Lovelorn as Ada Wells1981
All the Way Home as Great-Aunt Sadie1981
Crazy Times as Mrs. Keagan1980
Magnum, P.I. as Sam Hunter's Mother1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Mary Deacon1979
Knots Landing as Mercy1979
Shirley as Not available1978
Fantasy Island as Emma Howard1978
The Runaways as Not available1978
Little Mo as Aunt Gert1977
Eight Is Enough as Not available1977
How the West Was Won as Grandma1977
We've Got Each Other as Not available1977
Dead of Night as Mrs. McCauley1977
Flood! as Emma Fisher1977
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Grandma Lundy1976
The Gumball Rally as Mrs. Ontley1976
The Macahans as Grandma1975
The Werewolf of Woodstock as Dora1975
The Family Nobody Wanted as Mrs. Kimberly1974
Little House on the Prairie as Not available1974
Lucas Tanner as Not available1974
The Last Angry Man as Nurse Whitbread1974
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Secretary1972
Emergency! as Not available1972
M*A*S*H as Meg Cratty1972
The Rookies as Not available1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Not available1971
Cannon as Not available1971
Alias Smith and Jones as Not available1971
Longstreet as Not available1971
The Hired Hand as Mrs. Sorenson1971
The Failing of Raymond as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)1970
The Odd Couple as Loretta Spoon1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator as Jean Wydell1970
There Was a Crooked Man... as Mrs. Lomax1970
Weekend of Terror as Sister Nadine1969
Topaz as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)1969
The Arrangement as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)1969
Once You Kiss a Stranger... as Lee's Mother1968
Adam-12 as Martha1968
Adam-12 as Mrs. Kerry1968
The Mod Squad as Not available1968
Live a Little, Love a Little as Landlady (uncredited)1967
Ironside as Not available1967
Ironside as Harriet Miles1967
Mannix as Mrs. Moody1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett as Not available1967
Rosie! as Lady on Witness Stand1967
The Hostage as Miss Mabry1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't as Doris Parker1965
The Legend of Jesse James as Mrs. James1965
Mirage as Not available1964
Bewitched as Not available1964
The Carpetbaggers as Reporter1964
Where Love Has Gone as Mrs. Geraghty1964
Kitten with a Whip as Mavis Varden1964
The Brass Bottle as Martha Kenton1963
Petticoat Junction as Mrs. Elliott1963
Captain Newman, M.D. as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)1962
The Virginian as Minerva Lewis1962
The Virginian as Maggie Hyeth1962
The Virginian as Reba1962
The Virginian as Mrs. Graves1962
The Virginian as Annie Thomas1960
My Three Sons as Not available1960
National Velvet as Martha Brown1959
Bonanza as Mrs. Walker1959
Rawhide as Millie Darius1959
Bourbon Street Beat as Not available1959
A Summer Place as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)1959
The FBI Story as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)1959
Cast a Long Shadow as Ma Calvert1959
Riot in Juvenile Prison as Bess Monahan1958
The Donna Reed Show as Not available1958
Voice in the Mirror as Mrs. Devlin1958
It! The Terror from Beyond Space as Mary Royce1958
Day of the Badman as Martha Mordigan1958
Violent Road as Edith Miller1958
The Female Animal as Nurse1958
The Rawhide Trail as Mrs. Cartwright1958
Step Down to Terror as Mrs. Duprez1958
Joy Ride as Grace Renny1958
Life Begins At 17 as Virginia Peck1957
Leave It to Beaver as Agnes Haskell1957
Perry Mason as Claire Durell1957
Perry Mason as Cornelia Slater1957
Perry Mason as Nell Wyatt1957
Official Detective as Not available1957
Bombers B-52 as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend as Sarah Devlin1957
The Man Who Turned to Stone as Mrs. Ford1957
Young and Dangerous as Mrs. Clara Clinton1955
Matinee Theater as Not available1955
The Millionaire as Jane Costello1955
The Millionaire as Mrs. Johnson1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Not available1955
Rebel Without a Cause as Carol Stark1955
The Desperate Hours as Mrs. Walling1954
Lassie as Not available1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Mrs. Chadwick1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Christine Briggs (uncredited)1954
December Bride as Not available1954
Public Defender as Not available1954
The Whistler as Not available1954
Them! as Child Psychiatrist1954
The High and the Mighty as Clara Joseph1954
The Bob Mathias Story as Lillian Mathias1954
City Story as Not available1953
Letter to Loretta as Nurse1953
Letter to Loretta as Ginny Tucker1953
Letter to Loretta as Mrs. Harrison1953
Letter to Loretta as Anne Thomas1953
Letter to Loretta as Felice Badt1953
Letter to Loretta as Leona Garner1953
Island in the Sky as Moon's Wife (uncredited)1953
So This Is Love as Mrs. Moore1953
The Eddie Cantor Story as Lillian Edwards1952
Four Star Playhouse as Welfare Woman1952
Adventures of Superman as Not available1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Sister Mary Greene1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Sue1952
Cavalcade of America as Mrs. Honeyman1952
Cavalcade of America as Caroline1952
Cavalcade of America as Not available1952
Omnibus as Angela's Mother1952
Chevron Theatre as Not available1952
Love Is Better Than Ever as Mrs. Levoy1952
Paula as Mrs. Smith1952
The Rose Bowl Story as Mrs. Addie Burke1952
Here Come the Nelsons as Clara Randolph1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Amy1951
The Painted Hills as Martha Blake1951
Tomahawk as Mrs. Carrington1951
The People Against O'Hara as Betty Clark, Policewoman1951
Her First Romance as Not available1950
The Jack Benny Program as Mother1950
Lux Video Theatre as Rose1950
Lux Video Theatre as Harriett1950
Riding High as Nurse (uncredited)1950
No Sad Songs for Me as Louise Spears1950
Never a Dull Moment as Jean1950
Lonely Heart Bandits as Nancy Crane1950
Gambling House as Della1949
The Lone Ranger as Sarah Yancy1949
He Walked by Night as Dispatcher (uncredited)1949
The Fountainhead as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)1949
The Accused as Miss Rice1949
The Clay Pigeon as Nurse (uncredited)1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass as Mrs. Egan1949
Beyond the Forest as Edith Williams1949
One Last Fling as Vera Thompson1949
Holiday in Havana as Marge Henley1949
Air Hostess as Virginia Barton1949
Rusty Saves a Life as Ethel Mitchell1949
The Kid from Cleveland as Emily Novak1949
Rusty's Birthday as Ethel Mitchell1948
Reaching from Heaven as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)1948
The Snake Pit as Valerie1948
Pitfall as Maggie1948
Sealed Verdict as Ellie Blaine1948
My Dog Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell1948
The Walls of Jericho as Gossip (uncredited)1948
No Minor Vices as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)1948
Hazard as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)1948
The Return of the Whistler as Sybil1948
Rusty Leads the Way as Ethel Mitchell1947
Fear in the Night as Lil Herlihy1947
Variety Girl as Hairdresser (uncredited)1947
My Favorite Brunette as Miss Rogers1947
Magic Town as Mrs. Weaver1947
Seven Were Saved as Mrs Rollin Hartley1947
Second Chance as Doris Greene1947
The Crimson Key as Paris Wood1947
For the Love of Rusty as Ethel Mitchell1947
Road to the Big House as Agnes Clark1947
The Son of Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Bobbi St. John1945
Roughly Speaking as Alice Abbott1945
Pride of the Marines as Ella Mae Merchant1944
Mr. Skeffington as Maria (uncredited)1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell as Praying Woman (uncredited)1944
I Love a Soldier as Jenny Butler1944
Here Come the Waves as Ruth1944
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret as Helen Martin1943
The More the Merrier as Miss Bilby (uncredited)1943
Air Force as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)1943
Old Acquaintance as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)1943
The Hard Way as Dorshka (Uncredited)1943
True to Life as Radio Kitty (uncredited)1943
So Proudly We Hail as Lt. Betty Peterson1943
Slightly Dangerous as Salesgirl (uncredited)1943
Gildersleeve on Broadway as Matilda Brown1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy as Receptionist (uncredited)1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon as Margaret Chase (uncredited)1942
My Sister Eileen as Receptionist (uncredited)1942
Mr. Wise Guy as Dorothy Melton1942
Street of Chance as Miss Peabody1942
Blue, White, and Perfect as Miss Hoffman1942
They All Kissed the Bride as Helena, the Maid1942
Smith of Minnesota as (uncredited)1941
Penny Serenade as Dotty 'Dot'1941
Meet John Doe as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)1941
Sun Valley Serenade as Waitress (uncredited)1941
Dive Bomber as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)1941
New York Town as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)1941
Criminals Within as Linda1941
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as Sheila Cobb1941
The Kid from Kansas as Julie 'Smitty' Smith1940
His Girl Friday as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)1940
The Green Hornet as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)1940
Untamed as 1st Nurse (uncredited)1940
Girls of the Road as Jerry1940
Five Little Peppers at Home as Nurse1940
Cold Turkey as Mrs. Langdon1940
Glamour for Sale as Myrtle (uncredited)1940
Manhattan Heartbeat as Shop Girl's Friend1940
South of the Boudoir as Mrs. Charley Chase1940
Her First Romance as Student (uncredited)1940
Blondes and Blunders as Lillie Catlett1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)1939
The Man They Could Not Hang as Betty Crawford1939
Let Us Live as Secretary Juror (uncredited)1939
Good Girls Go to Paris as Bridesmaid (uncredited)1939
Blind Alley as Agnes1939
Coast Guard as Nurse (uncredited)1939
Rattling Romeo as Judy1939
Three Sappy People as The Countess (uncredited)1939
A Woman is the Judge as Luella (uncredited)1939
The Chump Takes a Bump as Minnie Chase1939
Homicide Bureau as Nurse1939
Skinny the Moocher as Ann1939
Flying G-Men as Hamilton's Secretary1938
You Can't Take It with You as Maggie O'Neill1938
Holiday as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)1938
Blondie as Elsie Hazlip1938
The Spider's Web as Mason's Secretary1938
City Streets as Nurse (uncredited)1938
The Lady Objects as Miss Hollins1938
Start Cheering as Green's Secretary1938
Women in Prison as Maggie1938
Rio Grande as Jean Andrews1938
Smashing the Spy Ring as Madelon Martin1938
A Doggone Mixup as Mrs. Langdon1938
Highway Patrol as Estelle1938
Extortion as Margie Blake1938
Pie a la Maid as Mary1938
The Mind Needer as Mrs. Chase1938
Time Out for Trouble as Maisie1938
Many Sappy Returns as Mary1938
Sue My Lawyer as Anita Burton1937
Nothing Sacred as Telephone Girl (uncredited)1937
Stella Dallas as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)1937
Devil's Playground as Bit Part1937
Girls Can Play as Alice, Brophy's secretary1937
The Go-Getter as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)1937
It's All Yours as Stewardess (uncredited)1937
I'll Take Romance as Minor Role1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Girl on Bus (uncredited)1936
Ring Around the Moon as Kay Duncan1936
Palm Springs as School Girl1936
The Man Who Lived Twice as Nurse Cameron1936
Missing Girls as Ann Jason1936
Red Lights Ahead as Mary Wallace1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse as Mary Burke1936
Let's Sing Again as Alice Alba1935
Bad Boy as Telegraph Clerk1935
Way Down East as Rosie1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive as Reporter1934
One Exciting Adventure as Girl