Actor
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
Acting
1986 -- Wildcats | Mrs. Chatham
1981 -- All the Way Home | Great-Aunt Sadie
1981 -- Advice to the Lovelorn | Ada Wells
1981 -- First Monday in October | Storekeeper
1981 -- Crazy Times | Mrs. Keagan
1981 -- All Night Long | Grandmother Gibbons
1978 -- Little Mo | Aunt Gert
1977 -- Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Grandma Lundy
1977 -- Flood! | Emma Fisher
1977 -- Dead of Night | Mrs. McCauley
1976 -- The Gumball Rally | Mrs. Ontley
1976 -- The Macahans | Grandma
1975 -- The Family Nobody Wanted | Mrs. Kimberly
1975 -- The Werewolf of Woodstock | Dora
1974 -- The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Secretary
1974 -- The Last Angry Man | Nurse Whitbread
1971 -- The Failing of Raymond | Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1971 -- The Hired Hand | Mrs. Sorenson
1970 -- Weekend of Terror | Sister Nadine
1970 -- There Was a Crooked Man... | Mrs. Lomax
1969 -- Topaz | Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
1969 -- The Arrangement | Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1969 -- Once You Kiss a Stranger... | Lee's Mother
1968 -- Live a Little, Love a Little | Landlady (uncredited)
1967 -- Rosie! | Lady on Witness Stand
1967 -- The Hostage | Miss Mabry
1966 -- Not With My Wife, You Don't | Doris Parker
1965 -- Mirage |
1964 -- Kitten with a Whip | Mavis Varden
1964 -- Where Love Has Gone | Mrs. Geraghty
1964 -- The Brass Bottle | Martha Kenton
1964 -- The Carpetbaggers | Reporter
1963 -- Captain Newman, M.D. | Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
1959 -- A Summer Place | Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
1959 -- The FBI Story | Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
1959 -- Cast a Long Shadow | Ma Calvert
1959 -- Riot in Juvenile Prison | Bess Monahan
1958 -- Joy Ride | Grace Renny
1958 -- Step Down to Terror | Mrs. Duprez
1958 -- Voice in the Mirror | Mrs. Devlin
1958 -- It! The Terror from Beyond Space | Mary Royce
1958 -- Life Begins At 17 | Virginia Peck
1958 -- Violent Road | Edith Miller
1958 -- Day of the Badman | Martha Mordigan
1958 -- The Rawhide Trail | Mrs. Cartwright
1958 -- The Female Animal | Nurse
1957 -- Bombers B-52 | Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
1957 -- Young and Dangerous | Mrs. Clara Clinton
1957 -- Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend | Sarah Devlin
1957 -- The Man Who Turned to Stone | Mrs. Ford
1955 -- Rebel Without a Cause | Carol Stark
1955 -- The Desperate Hours | Mrs. Walling
1954 -- The Bob Mathias Story | Lillian Mathias
1954 -- The High and the Mighty | Clara Joseph
1954 -- Them! | Child Psychiatrist
1954 -- City Story |
1953 -- The Eddie Cantor Story | Lillian Edwards
1953 -- Island in the Sky | Moon's Wife (uncredited)
1953 -- So This Is Love | Mrs. Moore
1952 -- The Rose Bowl Story | Mrs. Addie Burke
1952 -- Paula | Mrs. Smith
1952 -- Here Come the Nelsons | Clara Randolph
1952 -- Love Is Better Than Ever | Mrs. Levoy
1951 -- The People Against O'Hara | Betty Clark, Policewoman
1951 -- Her First Romance |
1951 -- The Painted Hills | Martha Blake
1951 -- Tomahawk | Mrs. Carrington
1950 -- Gambling House | Della
1950 -- Lonely Heart Bandits | Nancy Crane
1950 -- Never a Dull Moment | Jean
1950 -- No Sad Songs for Me | Louise Spears
1950 -- Riding High | Nurse (uncredited)
1949 -- Rusty's Birthday | Ethel Mitchell
1949 -- Beyond the Forest | Edith Williams
1949 -- Holiday in Havana | Marge Henley
1949 -- Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | Mrs. Egan
1949 -- The Kid from Cleveland | Emily Novak
1949 -- Air Hostess | Virginia Barton
1949 -- One Last Fling | Vera Thompson
1949 -- The Fountainhead | Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
1949 -- The Clay Pigeon | Nurse (uncredited)
1949 -- He Walked by Night | Dispatcher (uncredited)
1949 -- Rusty Saves a Life | Ethel Mitchell
1949 -- The Accused | Miss Rice
1948 -- The Walls of Jericho | Gossip (uncredited)
1948 -- No Minor Vices | Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
1948 -- Sealed Verdict | Ellie Blaine
1948 -- The Snake Pit | Valerie
1948 -- Rusty Leads the Way | Ethel Mitchell
1948 -- Pitfall | Maggie
1948 -- Hazard | Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1948 -- My Dog Rusty | Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
1948 -- The Return of the Whistler | Sybil
1948 -- Reaching from Heaven | Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
1947 -- Road to the Big House | Agnes Clark
1947 -- Magic Town | Mrs. Weaver
1947 -- Variety Girl | Hairdresser (uncredited)
1947 -- The Son of Rusty | Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
1947 -- Second Chance | Doris Greene
1947 -- The Crimson Key | Paris Wood
1947 -- For the Love of Rusty | Ethel Mitchell
1947 -- Fear in the Night | Lil Herlihy
1947 -- Seven Were Saved | Mrs Rollin Hartley
1947 -- My Favorite Brunette | Miss Rogers
1946 -- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Bobbi St. John
1945 -- Pride of the Marines | Ella Mae Merchant
1945 -- Roughly Speaking | Alice Abbott
1944 -- Here Come the Waves | Ruth
1944 -- I Love a Soldier | Jenny Butler
1944 -- The Story of Dr. Wassell | Praying Woman (uncredited)
1944 -- Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Helen Martin
1944 -- Mr. Skeffington | Maria (uncredited)
1943 -- True to Life | Radio Kitty (uncredited)
1943 -- Old Acquaintance | Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
1943 -- Gildersleeve on Broadway | Matilda Brown
1943 -- So Proudly We Hail | Lt. Betty Peterson
1943 -- The More the Merrier | Miss Bilby (uncredited)
1943 -- Slightly Dangerous | Salesgirl (uncredited)
1943 -- Air Force | Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
1943 -- The Hard Way | Dorshka (Uncredited)
1942 -- Smith of Minnesota | (uncredited)
1942 -- Street of Chance | Miss Peabody
1942 -- My Sister Eileen | Receptionist (uncredited)
1942 -- Beyond the Blue Horizon | Margaret Chase (uncredited)
1942 -- They All Kissed the Bride | Helena, the Maid
1942 -- Yankee Doodle Dandy | Receptionist (uncredited)
1942 -- Mr. Wise Guy | Dorothy Melton
1942 -- Blue, White, and Perfect | Miss Hoffman
1941 -- New York Town | Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
1941 -- The Kid from Kansas | Julie 'Smitty' Smith
1941 -- Sun Valley Serenade | Waitress (uncredited)
1941 -- Criminals Within | Linda
1941 -- Penny Serenade | Dotty 'Dot'
1941 -- Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Sheila Cobb
1941 -- Meet John Doe | Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
1941 -- Dive Bomber | Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
1940 -- Her First Romance | Student (uncredited)
1940 -- Blondes and Blunders | Lillie Catlett
1940 -- Cold Turkey | Mrs. Langdon
1940 -- Glamour for Sale | Myrtle (uncredited)
1940 -- Untamed | 1st Nurse (uncredited)
1940 -- Girls of the Road | Jerry
1940 -- Manhattan Heartbeat | Shop Girl's Friend
1940 -- South of the Boudoir | Mrs. Charley Chase
1940 -- Five Little Peppers at Home | Nurse
1940 -- His Girl Friday | Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
1940 -- The Green Hornet | Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
1939 -- Three Sappy People | The Countess (uncredited)
1939 -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
1939 -- A Woman is the Judge | Luella (uncredited)
1939 -- Skinny the Moocher | Ann
1939 -- The Man They Could Not Hang | Betty Crawford
1939 -- Coast Guard | Nurse (uncredited)
1939 -- Rattling Romeo | Judy
1939 -- Good Girls Go to Paris | Bridesmaid (uncredited)
1939 -- Blind Alley | Agnes
1939 -- The Chump Takes a Bump | Minnie Chase
1939 -- Let Us Live | Secretary Juror (uncredited)
1939 -- Flying G-Men | Hamilton's Secretary
1939 -- Homicide Bureau | Nurse
1938 -- Smashing the Spy Ring | Madelon Martin
1938 -- Pie a la Maid | Mary
1938 -- Rio Grande | Jean Andrews
1938 -- A Doggone Mixup | Mrs. Langdon
1938 -- Blondie | Elsie Hazlip
1938 -- The Spider's Web | Mason's Secretary
1938 -- The Lady Objects | Miss Hollins
1938 -- Sue My Lawyer | Anita Burton
1938 -- You Can't Take It with You | Maggie O'Neill
1938 -- Many Sappy Returns | Mary
1938 -- City Streets | Nurse (uncredited)
1938 -- Highway Patrol | Estelle
1938 -- Holiday | Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
1938 -- Extortion | Margie Blake
1938 -- The Mind Needer | Mrs. Chase
1938 -- Time Out for Trouble | Maisie
1938 -- Start Cheering | Green's Secretary
1938 -- Women in Prison | Maggie
1937 -- Nothing Sacred | Telephone Girl (uncredited)
1937 -- I'll Take Romance | Minor Role
1937 -- It's All Yours | Stewardess (uncredited)
1937 -- Stella Dallas | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1937 -- Girls Can Play | Alice, Brophy's secretary
1937 -- The Go-Getter | Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
1937 -- Devil's Playground | Bit Part
1936 -- Red Lights Ahead | Mary Wallace
1936 -- The Man Who Lived Twice | Nurse Cameron
1936 -- Missing Girls | Ann Jason
1936 -- Palm Springs | School Girl
1936 -- Let's Sing Again | Alice Alba
1936 -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Girl on Bus (uncredited)
1936 -- The Little Red Schoolhouse | Mary Burke
1936 -- Ring Around the Moon | Kay Duncan
1935 -- Mary Burns, Fugitive | Reporter
1935 -- Bad Boy | Telegraph Clerk
1935 -- Way Down East | Rosie
1934 -- One Exciting Adventure | Girl
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