Ann Doran
Known for Acting · 270 credits
- Born
- 1911-07-28
- Died
- 2000-09-19
- Place of birth
- Amarillo, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Ann Lee 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
TV Shows (67)
Perry Mason
1957
as Claire Durell / Cornelia Slater / Nell Wyatt
Bonanza
1959
as Mrs. Walker
Mannix
1967
as Mrs. Moody
Lassie
1954
Bewitched
1964
as Mrs. Raphael
M*A*S*H
1972
as Meg Cratty
Ironside
1967
as Harriet Miles / Marlene Whittaker
Knots Landing
1979
as Mercy
The A-Team
1983
as Nora
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Sam Hunter's Mother
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Helen Tyler
Adam-12
1968
as Martha / Mrs. Kerry
Matinee Theater
1955
The Virginian
1962
as Minerva Lewis / Maggie Hyeth / Reba / Mrs. Graves / Annie Thomas
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mrs. Elliott
Emergency!
1972
Simon & Simon
1981
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Welfare Woman
Leave It to Beaver
1957
as Agnes Haskell
My Three Sons
1960
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")
Cannon
1971
Rawhide
1959
as Millie Darius
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mary Deacon
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Mrs. Bradley
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Fantasy Island
1978
as Emma Howard / Mrs. Howard (uncredited)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Hunter
1984
as Mrs. Rawling
The Rookies
1972
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Sarah Yancy
The Odd Couple
1970
as Loretta Spoon
Omnibus
1952
as Angela's Mother
Father Knows Best
1954
as Dorothy Tyler
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Sister Mary Greene / Sue / Marion
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Mother
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Eight Is Enough
1977
The Millionaire
1955
as Jane Costello / Mrs. Johnson
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Mod Squad
1968
as Eva Styles
Adventures of Superman
1952
Public Defender
1954
December Bride
1954
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Mrs. Honeyman / Caroline
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Rose / Harriett
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mrs. Chadwick / Christine Briggs (uncredited)
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Mrs. James
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Nurse / Ginny Tucker / Mrs. Harrison / Anne Thomas / Felice Badt / Leona Garner
National Velvet
1960
as Martha Brown
Official Detective
1957
Chevron Theatre
1952
The Whistler
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell
Longstreet
1971
as Mrs. Kingston
Shirley
1979
Movies (203)
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Carol Stark
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Mirage
1965
as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
Them!
1954
as Child Psychiatrist
A Summer Place
1959
as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
1940
as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
Topaz
1969
as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
1949
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
Wildcats
1986
as Mrs. Chatham
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Maria (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
1937
as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Mrs. Lomax
Warlock
1959
as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Reporter (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Clara Joseph
The Badlanders
1958
as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Maggie O'Neill
Paula
1952
as Mrs. Smith
Little Mo
1978
as Aunt Gert
Dive Bomber
1941
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Rosie!
1967
as Lady on Witness Stand
Meet John Doe
1941
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Bobbi St. John
Holiday
1938
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Start Cheering
1938
as Green's Secretary
The Arrangement
1969
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
The Hostage
1967
as Miss Mabry
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
The Macahans
1976
as Grandma
Tomahawk
1951
as Mrs. Carrington
Blondie
1938
as Elsie Hazlip
The More the Merrier
1943
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
The Gumball Rally
1976
as Mrs. Ontley
Flood!
1977
as Emma Fisher
Gambling House
1950
as Della
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Extortion
1938
as Margie Blake
The FBI Story
1959
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Riding High
1950
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Desperate Hours
1955
as Mrs. Walling
Never a Dull Moment
1950
as Jean
Women in Prison
1938
as Maggie
The Accused
1949
as Miss Rice
Kitten with a Whip
1964
as Mavis Varden
Variety Girl
1947
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Helena, the Maid
Old Acquaintance
1943
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Coast Guard
1939
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
as Praying Woman (uncredited)
Magic Town
1947
as Mrs. Weaver
Air Force
1943
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Pitfall
1948
as Maggie
Penny Serenade
1941
as Dotty 'Dot'
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
as Betty Crawford
So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Lt. Betty Peterson
The Snake Pit
1948
as Valerie (uncredited)
Island in the Sky
1953
as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
Bad Boy
1935
as Telegraph Clerk
Stella Dallas
1937
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
1957
as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
City Streets
1938
as Nurse (uncredited)
All Night Long
1981
as Grandmother Gibbons
The Hired Hand
1971
as Mrs. Sorenson
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958
as Mary Royce
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
as Clara Randolph
The Green Hornet
1940
as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
New York Town
1941
as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
Blind Alley
1939
as Agnes
Dead of Night
1977
as Mrs. McCauley
The Hard Way
1943
as Dorshka (Uncredited)
The Bob Mathias Story
1954
as Lillian Mathias
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949
as Mrs. Egan
Untamed
1940
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
The Return of the Whistler
1948
as Sybil
The Priest Killer
1971
as Harriet Miles
Live a Little, Love a Little
1968
as Landlady (uncredited)
First Monday in October
1981
as Storekeeper
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
as Mrs. Levoy
Violent Road
1958
as Edith Miller
Missing Girls
1936
as Ann Jason
Devil's Playground
1937
as Bit Part
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
Cast a Long Shadow
1959
as Ma Calvert
Crazy Times
1981
as Mrs. Keagan
I Love a Soldier
1944
as Jenny Butler
He Walked by Night
1949
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
as Secretary
Homicide Bureau
1939
as Nurse
Weekend of Terror
1970
as Sister Nadine
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966
as Doris Parker
The Walls of Jericho
1948
as Gossip (uncredited)
The Lady Objects
1938
as Miss Hollins
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
Scarecrow
1972
as Mistress Dodge
Day of the Badman
1958
as Martha Mordigan
Way Down East
1935
as Rosie
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Ada Wells
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
as Bess Monahan
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957
as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
Air Hostess
1949
as Virginia Barton
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
as Sheila Cobb
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
as Waitress (uncredited)
True to Life
1943
as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
Time Out for Trouble
1938
as Maisie
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Miss Rogers
One Exciting Adventure
1934
as Girl
The Female Animal
1958
as Nurse
Hazard
1948
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
All the Way Home
1981
as Great-Aunt Sadie
Roughly Speaking
1945
as Alice Abbott
So This Is Love
1953
as Mrs. Moore
Step Down to Terror
1958
as Mrs. Duprez
Girls of the Road
1940
as Jerry
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Edith Williams
Reaching from Heaven
1948
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
Fear in the Night
1947
as Lil Herlihy
About 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. With 270 credits spanning from 1934 to 1986, Ann Doran has appeared in 203 films and 67 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ann Doran Movies
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) — as Carol Stark
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
- Mirage (1965) — as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
- Them! (1954) — as Child Psychiatrist
- A Summer Place (1959) — as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
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