Ann Doran
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Wildcats
1986
as Mrs. Chatham
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")
Hell Town
1985
as Maude
Hunter
1984
as Mrs. Rawling
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Mrs. Bradley
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The A-Team
1983
as Nora
Cagney & Lacey
1982
All Night Long
1981
as Grandmother Gibbons
First Monday in October
1981
as Storekeeper
All the Way Home
1981
as Great-Aunt Sadie
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Ada Wells
Crazy Times
1981
as Mrs. Keagan
Simon & Simon
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Sam Hunter's Mother
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mary Deacon
Knots Landing
1979
as Mercy
Shirley
1979
Little Mo
1978
as Aunt Gert
The Runaways
1978
Fantasy Island
1978
as Emma Howard
Fantasy Island
1978
as Mrs. Howard (uncredited)
Dead of Night
1977
as Mrs. McCauley
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
as Grandma Lundy
Flood!
1977
as Emma Fisher
Eight Is Enough
1977
We've Got Each Other
1977
The Gumball Rally
1976
as Mrs. Ontley
The Macahans
1976
as Grandma
The Werewolf of Woodstock
1975
as Dora
The Family Nobody Wanted
1975
as Mrs. Kimberly
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
as Secretary
The Last Angry Man
1974
as Nurse Whitbread
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Helen Tyler
Lucas Tanner
1974
Scarecrow
1972
as Mistress Dodge
M*A*S*H
1972
as Meg Cratty
The Rookies
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Emergency!
1972
as Mrs. Perigrew
Emergency!
1972
as Hannah
The Hired Hand
1971
as Mrs. Sorenson
The Failing of Raymond
1971
as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Priest Killer
1971
as Harriet Miles
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Longstreet
1971
as Mrs. Kingston
Cannon
1971
Weekend of Terror
1970
as Sister Nadine
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Mrs. Lomax
The Odd Couple
1970
as Loretta Spoon
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
as Jean Wydell
Topaz
1969
as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
The Arrangement
1969
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
1969
as Lee's Mother
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Nurse Stern
Live a Little, Love a Little
1968
as Landlady (uncredited)
Adam-12
1968
as Martha
Adam-12
1968
as Mrs. Kerry
The Mod Squad
1968
as Eva Styles
The Hostage
1967
as Miss Mabry
Rosie!
1967
as Lady on Witness Stand
Ironside
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Ironside
1967
as Harriet Miles
Mannix
1967
as Mrs. Moody
Ironside
1967
as Marlene Whittaker
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966
as Doris Parker
Mirage
1965
as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Mrs. James
Kitten with a Whip
1964
as Mavis Varden
Where Love Has Gone
1964
as Mrs. Geraghty
The Brass Bottle
1964
as Martha Kenton
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bewitched
1964
as Mrs. Raphael
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mrs. Elliott
The Virginian
1962
as Minerva Lewis
The Virginian
1962
as Maggie Hyeth
The Virginian
1962
as Reba
The Virginian
1962
as Mrs. Graves
The Virginian
1962
as Annie Thomas
My Three Sons
1960
National Velvet
1960
as Martha Brown
Cast a Long Shadow
1959
as Ma Calvert
The FBI Story
1959
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959
as Bess Monahan
A Summer Place
1959
as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
Warlock
1959
as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Rawhide
1959
as Millie Darius
Bonanza
1959
as Mrs. Walker
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958
as Mary Royce
Voice in the Mirror
1958
as Mrs. Devlin
Violent Road
1958
as Edith Miller
Life Begins At 17
1958
as Virginia Peck
Joy Ride
1958
as Grace Renny
The Female Animal
1958
as Nurse
Step Down to Terror
1958
as Mrs. Duprez
The Rawhide Trail
1958
as Mrs. Cartwright
Day of the Badman
1958
as Martha Mordigan
The Badlanders
1958
as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957
as Mrs. Ford
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
1957
as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
Young and Dangerous
1957
as Mrs. Clara Clinton
Bombers B-52
1957
as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957
as Claire Durell
Leave It to Beaver
1957
as Agnes Haskell
Official Detective
1957
Perry Mason
1957
as Cornelia Slater
Perry Mason
1957
as Nell Wyatt
The Adventures of the Big Man
1956
as Ellen
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Carol Stark
The Desperate Hours
1955
as Mrs. Walling
The Millionaire
1955
as Jane Costello
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Matinee Theater
1955
The Millionaire
1955
as Mrs. Johnson
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Clara Joseph
The Bob Mathias Story
1954
as Lillian Mathias
City Story
1954
Them!
1954
as Child Psychiatrist
A Fair Chance
1954
as Human resources officer
December Bride
1954
Lassie
1954
The Whistler
1954
Public Defender
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mrs. Chadwick
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Christine Briggs (uncredited)
Father Knows Best
1954
as Dorothy Tyler
So This Is Love
1953
as Mrs. Moore
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
as Lillian Edwards
Island in the Sky
1953
as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
as Audience Member
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Nurse
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Ginny Tucker
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mrs. Harrison
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Anne Thomas
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Felice Badt
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Leona Garner
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
as Mrs. Levoy
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
as Clara Randolph
Paula
1952
as Mrs. Smith
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
as Mrs. Addie Burke
Adventures of Superman
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Mrs. Honeyman
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Caroline
Cavalcade of America
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Welfare Woman
Omnibus
1952
as Angela's Mother
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Sister Mary Greene
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Sue
Chevron Theatre
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Marion
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
The Painted Hills
1951
as Martha Blake
Her First Romance
1951
Tomahawk
1951
as Mrs. Carrington
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Amy
Gambling House
1950
as Della
Riding High
1950
as Nurse (uncredited)
Lonely Heart Bandits
1950
as Nancy Crane
No Sad Songs for Me
1950
as Louise Spears
Never a Dull Moment
1950
as Jean
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Rose
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Mother
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Harriett
The Gene Autry Show
1950
as Aunt Lynn
The Gene Autry Show
1950
as Emma Connelly
Air Hostess
1949
as Virginia Barton
He Walked by Night
1949
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
1949
as Ethel Mitchell
Rusty's Birthday
1949
as Ethel Mitchell
One Last Fling
1949
as Vera Thompson
The Accused
1949
as Miss Rice
The Kid from Cleveland
1949
as Emily Novak
Holiday in Havana
1949
as Marge Henley
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Edith Williams
The Clay Pigeon
1949
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
1949
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949
as Mrs. Egan
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Sarah Yancy
Pitfall
1948
as Maggie
The Snake Pit
1948
as Valerie (uncredited)
Rusty Leads the Way
1948
as Ethel Mitchell
My Dog Rusty
1948
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Hazard
1948
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict
1948
as Ellie Blaine
The Return of the Whistler
1948
as Sybil
Reaching from Heaven
1948
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
The Walls of Jericho
1948
as Gossip (uncredited)
No Minor Vices
1948
as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
Fear in the Night
1947
as Lil Herlihy
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Miss Rogers
Road to the Big House
1947
as Agnes Clark
Second Chance
1947
as Doris Greene
For the Love of Rusty
1947
as Ethel Mitchell
The Son of Rusty
1947
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Seven Were Saved
1947
as Mrs Rollin Hartley
Variety Girl
1947
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Magic Town
1947
as Mrs. Weaver
The Crimson Key
1947
as Paris Wood
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Bobbi St. John
Pride of the Marines
1945
as Ella Mae Merchant
Roughly Speaking
1945
as Alice Abbott
Here Come the Waves
1944
as Ruth
I Love a Soldier
1944
as Jenny Butler
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
1944
as Helen Martin
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
as Praying Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Maria (uncredited)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943
as Matilda Brown
So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Lt. Betty Peterson
True to Life
1943
as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
1943
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943
as Dorshka (Uncredited)
Air Force
1943
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
1943
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Mr. Wise Guy
1942
as Dorothy Melton
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Street of Chance
1942
as Miss Peabody
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
as Miss Hoffman
Smith of Minnesota
1942
as (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
as Receptionist (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Helena, the Maid
Penny Serenade
1941
as Dotty
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
as Sheila Cobb
Criminals Within
1941
as Linda
The Kid from Kansas
1941
as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
as Waitress (uncredited)
New York Town
1941
as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
1941
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
1941
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
South of the Boudoir
1940
as Mrs. Charley Chase
Girls of the Road
1940
as Jerry
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
as Shop Girl's Friend
Cold Turkey
1940
as Mrs. Langdon
Her First Romance
1940
as Student (uncredited)
Untamed
1940
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940
as Nurse
His Girl Friday
1940
as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
1940
as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
Glamour for Sale
1940
as Myrtle (uncredited)
Blondes and Blunders
1940
as Lillie Catlett
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
as Betty Crawford
Blind Alley
1939
as Agnes
Three Sappy People
1939
as The Countess (uncredited)
Flying G-Men
1939
as Hamilton's Secretary
The Chump Takes a Bump
1939
as Minnie Chase
Rattling Romeo
1939
as Judy
Homicide Bureau
1939
as Nurse
Let Us Live
1939
as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Coast Guard
1939
as Nurse (uncredited)
A Woman is the Judge
1939
as Luella (uncredited)
Skinny the Moocher
1939
as Ann
Blondie
1938
as Elsie Hazlip
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Maggie O'Neill
Women in Prison
1938
as Maggie
A Doggone Mixup
1938
as Mrs. Langdon
The Spider's Web
1938
as Mason's Secretary
Start Cheering
1938
as Green's Secretary
Sue My Lawyer
1938
as Anita Burton
The Mind Needer
1938
as Mrs. Chase
Time Out for Trouble
1938
as Maisie
The Lady Objects
1938
as Miss Hollins
Holiday
1938
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
City Streets
1938
as Nurse (uncredited)
Highway Patrol
1938
as Estelle
Rio Grande
1938
as Jean Andrews
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
as Madelon Martin
Extortion
1938
as Margie Blake
Pie a la Maid
1938
as Mary
Many Sappy Returns
1938
as Mary
Halfway to Hollywood
1938
as Mrs. Kennedy
Girls Can Play
1937
as Alice, Brophy's secretary
I'll Take Romance
1937
as Minor Role
Devil's Playground
1937
as Bit Part
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
It's All Yours
1937
as Stewardess (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
1937
as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
Stella Dallas
1937
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
Missing Girls
1936
as Ann Jason
Let's Sing Again
1936
as Alice Alba
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936
as Mary Burke
Red Lights Ahead
1936
as Mary Wallace
Palm Springs
1936
as School Girl
Ring Around the Moon
1936
as Kay Duncan
Way Down East
1935
as Rosie
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Reporter
Bad Boy
1935
as Telegraph Clerk
One Exciting Adventure
1934
as Girl