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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-07-28 (113 years old)

Place of Birth

Amarillo, Texas, USA

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 as Mrs. Chatham

1985

The Twilight Zone as Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")
Hell Town as Maude

1984

Hunter as Mrs. Rawling
Highway to Heaven as Mrs. Bradley

1983

The A-Team as Nora

1982

1981

All Night Long as Grandmother Gibbons
All the Way Home as Great-Aunt Sadie
Crazy Times as Mrs. Keagan

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Sam Hunter's Mother

1979

Knots Landing as Mercy

1978

Little Mo as Aunt Gert
Fantasy Island as Emma Howard

1977

Dead of Night as Mrs. McCauley
Flood! as Emma Fisher

1976

The Gumball Rally as Mrs. Ontley
The Macahans as Grandma

1975

The Family Nobody Wanted as Mrs. Kimberly

1974

The Last Angry Man as Nurse Whitbread

1972

M*A*S*H as Meg Cratty

1971

The Hired Hand as Mrs. Sorenson
The Failing of Raymond as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

1970

Weekend of Terror as Sister Nadine
The Odd Couple as Loretta Spoon

1969

Topaz as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
The Arrangement as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1968

Live a Little, Love a Little as Landlady (uncredited)
Adam-12 as Martha
Adam-12 as Mrs. Kerry
The Mod Squad as Eva Styles

1967

The Hostage as Miss Mabry
Rosie! as Lady on Witness Stand
Ironside as Harriet Miles
Mannix as Mrs. Moody
Ironside as Marlene Whittaker

1966

1965

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)
Petticoat Junction as Mrs. Elliott

1962

The Virginian as Minerva Lewis
The Virginian as Maggie Hyeth
The Virginian as Mrs. Graves
The Virginian as Annie Thomas

1960

National Velvet as Martha Brown

1959

Cast a Long Shadow as Ma Calvert
The FBI Story as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Riot in Juvenile Prison as Bess Monahan
A Summer Place as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
Rawhide as Millie Darius
Bonanza as Mrs. Walker

1958

Voice in the Mirror as Mrs. Devlin
Violent Road as Edith Miller
Life Begins At 17 as Virginia Peck
Joy Ride as Grace Renny
Step Down to Terror as Mrs. Duprez
The Rawhide Trail as Mrs. Cartwright
Day of the Badman as Martha Mordigan
The Badlanders as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)

1957

Young and Dangerous as Mrs. Clara Clinton
Bombers B-52 as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Perry Mason as Claire Durell
Leave It to Beaver as Agnes Haskell
Perry Mason as Cornelia Slater
Perry Mason as Nell Wyatt

1955

Rebel Without a Cause as Carol Stark
The Desperate Hours as Mrs. Walling
The Millionaire as Jane Costello
The Millionaire as Mrs. Johnson

1954

The High and the Mighty as Clara Joseph
The Bob Mathias Story as Lillian Mathias
Them! as Child Psychiatrist
The Wonderful World of Disney as Christine Briggs (uncredited)

1953

So This Is Love as Mrs. Moore
The Eddie Cantor Story as Lillian Edwards
Island in the Sky as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta as Ginny Tucker
Letter to Loretta as Mrs. Harrison
Letter to Loretta as Anne Thomas
Letter to Loretta as Felice Badt
Letter to Loretta as Leona Garner

1952

Here Come the Nelsons as Clara Randolph
Paula as Mrs. Smith
The Rose Bowl Story as Mrs. Addie Burke
Cavalcade of America as Mrs. Honeyman
Four Star Playhouse as Welfare Woman
Omnibus as Angela's Mother
The Ford Television Theatre as Sister Mary Greene

1951

The People Against O'Hara as Betty Clark, Policewoman
The Painted Hills as Martha Blake
Tomahawk as Mrs. Carrington
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell

1950

Riding High as Nurse (uncredited)
Lonely Heart Bandits as Nancy Crane
No Sad Songs for Me as Louise Spears
Lux Video Theatre as Harriett

1949

Air Hostess as Virginia Barton
He Walked by Night as Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life as Ethel Mitchell
Rusty's Birthday as Ethel Mitchell
One Last Fling as Vera Thompson
The Accused as Miss Rice
The Kid from Cleveland as Emily Novak
Holiday in Havana as Marge Henley
Beyond the Forest as Edith Williams
The Clay Pigeon as Nurse (uncredited)
The Fountainhead as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger as Sarah Yancy

1948

Pitfall as Maggie
The Snake Pit as Valerie
Rusty Leads the Way as Ethel Mitchell
My Dog Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Hazard as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict as Ellie Blaine
Reaching from Heaven as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
The Walls of Jericho as Gossip (uncredited)
No Minor Vices as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)

1947

Fear in the Night as Lil Herlihy
My Favorite Brunette as Miss Rogers
Road to the Big House as Agnes Clark
Second Chance as Doris Greene
For the Love of Rusty as Ethel Mitchell
The Son of Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Seven Were Saved as Mrs Rollin Hartley
Variety Girl as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Magic Town as Mrs. Weaver
The Crimson Key as Paris Wood

1946

1945

Pride of the Marines as Ella Mae Merchant
Roughly Speaking as Alice Abbott

1944

I Love a Soldier as Jenny Butler
The Story of Dr. Wassell as Praying Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington as Maria (uncredited)

1943

Gildersleeve on Broadway as Matilda Brown
So Proudly We Hail as Lt. Betty Peterson
True to Life as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
The More the Merrier as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
The Hard Way as Dorshka (Uncredited)
Air Force as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous as Salesgirl (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)

1942

Mr. Wise Guy as Dorothy Melton
My Sister Eileen as Receptionist (uncredited)
Street of Chance as Miss Peabody
Beyond the Blue Horizon as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
Blue, White, and Perfect as Miss Hoffman
Smith of Minnesota as (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy as Receptionist (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride as Helena, the Maid

1941

Penny Serenade as Dotty 'Dot'
The Kid from Kansas as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
Sun Valley Serenade as Waitress (uncredited)
New York Town as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
Dive Bomber as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Meet John Doe as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

1940

South of the Boudoir as Mrs. Charley Chase
Manhattan Heartbeat as Shop Girl's Friend
Cold Turkey as Mrs. Langdon
Her First Romance as Student (uncredited)
Untamed as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
His Girl Friday as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
The Green Hornet as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
Glamour for Sale as Myrtle (uncredited)
Blondes and Blunders as Lillie Catlett

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
The Man They Could Not Hang as Betty Crawford
Blind Alley as Agnes
Three Sappy People as The Countess (uncredited)
Flying G-Men as Hamilton's Secretary
The Chump Takes a Bump as Minnie Chase
Let Us Live as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Coast Guard as Nurse (uncredited)
A Woman is the Judge as Luella (uncredited)

1938

Blondie as Elsie Hazlip
You Can't Take It with You as Maggie O'Neill
Women in Prison as Maggie
A Doggone Mixup as Mrs. Langdon
The Spider's Web as Mason's Secretary
Start Cheering as Green's Secretary
Sue My Lawyer as Anita Burton
The Mind Needer as Mrs. Chase
The Lady Objects as Miss Hollins
Holiday as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
City Streets as Nurse (uncredited)
Highway Patrol as Estelle
Rio Grande as Jean Andrews
Smashing the Spy Ring as Madelon Martin
Extortion as Margie Blake

1937

Girls Can Play as Alice, Brophy's secretary
I'll Take Romance as Minor Role
Devil's Playground as Bit Part
Nothing Sacred as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
It's All Yours as Stewardess (uncredited)
The Go-Getter as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
Stella Dallas as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
The Man Who Lived Twice as Nurse Cameron
Missing Girls as Ann Jason
Let's Sing Again as Alice Alba
Red Lights Ahead as Mary Wallace
Palm Springs as School Girl
Ring Around the Moon as Kay Duncan

1935

Way Down East as Rosie
Bad Boy as Telegraph Clerk

1934