Ann Doran
Known for Acting · 272 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 (68)
Ironside
1967
as Harriet Miles / Marlene Whittaker
Perry Mason
1957
as Claire Durell / Cornelia Slater / Nell Wyatt
Lassie
1954
Bonanza
1959
as Mrs. Walker
The A-Team
1983
as Nora
Matinee Theater
1955
My Three Sons
1960
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Helen Tyler
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Knots Landing
1979
as Mercy
Father Knows Best
1954
as Dorothy Tyler
M*A*S*H
1972
as Meg Cratty
Emergency!
1972
Adventures of Superman
1952
Hunter
1984
as Mrs. Rawling
Fantasy Island
1978
as Emma Howard / Mrs. Howard (uncredited)
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mrs. Elliott
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Sarah Yancy
Leave It to Beaver
1957
as Agnes Haskell
Mannix
1967
as Mrs. Moody
Bewitched
1964
as Mrs. Raphael
Adam-12
1968
as Martha / Mrs. Kerry
Simon & Simon
1981
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Welfare Woman
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mary Deacon
The Virginian
1962
as Minerva Lewis / Maggie Hyeth / Reba / Mrs. Graves / Annie Thomas
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Sam Hunter's Mother
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Mrs. Bradley
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Rawhide
1959
as Millie Darius
Cannon
1971
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Omnibus
1952
as Angela's Mother
The Millionaire
1955
as Jane Costello / Mrs. Johnson
The Rookies
1972
Eight Is Enough
1977
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Odd Couple
1970
as Loretta Spoon
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
December Bride
1954
The Gene Autry Show
1950
as Aunt Lynn / Emma Connelly
The Mod Squad
1968
as Eva Styles
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Mother
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Rose / Harriett
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mrs. Chadwick / Christine Briggs (uncredited)
Public Defender
1954
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Sister Mary Greene / Sue / Marion
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Mrs. Honeyman / Caroline
National Velvet
1960
as Martha Brown
The Whistler
1954
Official Detective
1957
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Nurse / Ginny Tucker / Mrs. Harrison / Anne Thomas / Felice Badt / Leona Garner
Chevron Theatre
1952
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Mrs. James
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell
Longstreet
1971
as Mrs. Kingston
Movies (204)
Little Mo
1978
as Aunt Gert
Them!
1954
as Child Psychiatrist
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Carol Stark
Missing Girls
1936
as Ann Jason
A Summer Place
1959
as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
1940
as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
Start Cheering
1938
as Green's Secretary
Joy Ride
1958
as Grace Renny
Cold Turkey
1940
as Mrs. Langdon
Topaz
1969
as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Maria (uncredited)
Magic Town
1947
as Mrs. Weaver
Warlock
1959
as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Clara Joseph
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Maggie O'Neill
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
as Receptionist (uncredited)
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Mrs. Lomax
Wildcats
1986
as Mrs. Chatham
The Snake Pit
1948
as Valerie (uncredited)
South of the Boudoir
1940
as Mrs. Charley Chase
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
He Walked by Night
1949
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Desperate Hours
1955
as Mrs. Walling
Paula
1952
as Mrs. Smith
So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Lt. Betty Peterson
Mirage
1965
as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
All Night Long
1981
as Grandmother Gibbons
The Fountainhead
1949
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
The FBI Story
1959
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Three Sappy People
1939
as The Countess (uncredited)
Blondie
1938
as Elsie Hazlip
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
1969
as Lee's Mother
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Helena, the Maid
The More the Merrier
1943
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
The Female Animal
1958
as Nurse
Weekend of Terror
1970
as Sister Nadine
Holiday
1938
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Dead of Night
1977
as Mrs. McCauley
The Badlanders
1958
as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
as Praying Woman (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Bobbi St. John
Meet John Doe
1941
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
The Gumball Rally
1976
as Mrs. Ontley
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
The Son of Rusty
1947
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Ring Around the Moon
1936
as Kay Duncan
Variety Girl
1947
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958
as Mary Royce
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
1957
as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
1949
as Ethel Mitchell
First Monday in October
1981
as Storekeeper
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
1941
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
My Dog Rusty
1948
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
The Arrangement
1969
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Women in Prison
1938
as Maggie
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966
as Doris Parker
Halfway to Hollywood
1938
as Mrs. Kennedy
Her First Romance
1940
as Student (uncredited)
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
Pitfall
1948
as Maggie
Live a Little, Love a Little
1968
as Landlady (uncredited)
I'll Take Romance
1937
as Minor Role
Her First Romance
1951
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
as Clara Randolph
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Miss Rogers
Penny Serenade
1941
as Dotty
Riding High
1950
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
1937
as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
Reaching from Heaven
1948
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
Glamour for Sale
1940
as Myrtle (uncredited)
The Walls of Jericho
1948
as Gossip (uncredited)
Mr. Wise Guy
1942
as Dorothy Melton
The Priest Killer
1971
as Harriet Miles
Flood!
1977
as Emma Fisher
The Hired Hand
1971
as Mrs. Sorenson
Roughly Speaking
1945
as Alice Abbott
Air Force
1943
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
as Madelon Martin
Gambling House
1950
as Della
I Love a Soldier
1944
as Jenny Butler
No Sad Songs for Me
1950
as Louise Spears
Old Acquaintance
1943
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
The Accused
1949
as Miss Rice
The Crimson Key
1947
as Paris Wood
Fear in the Night
1947
as Lil Herlihy
The Painted Hills
1951
as Martha Blake
City Streets
1938
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957
as Mrs. Ford
Road to the Big House
1947
as Agnes Clark
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
as Bess Monahan
Sue My Lawyer
1938
as Anita Burton
Step Down to Terror
1958
as Mrs. Duprez
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
as Betty Crawford
Day of the Badman
1958
as Martha Mordigan
A Doggone Mixup
1938
as Mrs. Langdon
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Reporter
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Receptionist (uncredited)
The Rawhide Trail
1958
as Mrs. Cartwright
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
as Mrs. Levoy
The Clay Pigeon
1949
as Nurse (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Where Love Has Gone
1964
as Mrs. Geraghty
The Green Hornet
1940
as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
Let Us Live
1939
as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
as Sheila Cobb
So This Is Love
1953
as Mrs. Moore
Way Down East
1935
as Rosie
Time Out for Trouble
1938
as Maisie
Hazard
1948
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Rusty Leads the Way
1948
as Ethel Mitchell
Rosie!
1967
as Lady on Witness Stand
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
as Secretary
Stella Dallas
1937
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957
as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
The Failing of Raymond
1971
as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
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 272 credits spanning from 1934 to 1986, Ann Doran has appeared in 204 films and 68 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ann Doran Movies
- Little Mo (1978) — as Aunt Gert
- Them! (1954) — as Child Psychiatrist
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) — as Carol Stark
- Missing Girls (1936) — as Ann Jason
- A Summer Place (1959) — as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
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