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Ann Doran

Born July 28, 1911Died September 19, 2000

Place of birth: Amarillo, Texas, USA

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.

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Filmography

Actress (288 credits)

Movies

WildcatsMrs. Chatham

All Night LongGrandmother Gibbons

First Monday in OctoberStorekeeper

All the Way HomeGreat-Aunt Sadie

Advice to the LovelornAda Wells

Crazy TimesMrs. Keagan

Little MoAunt Gert

Dead of NightMrs. McCauley

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat StallionGrandma Lundy

Flood!Emma Fisher

The Gumball RallyMrs. Ontley

The MacahansGrandma

The Werewolf of WoodstockDora

The Family Nobody WantedMrs. Kimberly

The Story of Pretty Boy FloydSecretary

The Last Angry ManNurse Whitbread

The Hired HandMrs. Sorenson

The Failing of RaymondBus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

The Priest KillerHarriet Miles

Weekend of TerrorSister Nadine

There Was a Crooked Man...Mrs. Lomax

TopazMrs. Forsyth (uncredited)

The ArrangementHospital Nurse (uncredited)

Once You Kiss a Stranger...Lee's Mother

Live a Little, Love a LittleLandlady (uncredited)

The HostageMiss Mabry

Rosie!Lady on Witness Stand

Not With My Wife, You Don't!Doris Parker

MirageTenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)

Kitten with a WhipMavis Varden

Where Love Has GoneMrs. Geraghty

The Brass BottleMartha Kenton

The CarpetbaggersReporter

Captain Newman, M.D.Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)

Cast a Long ShadowMa Calvert

The FBI StoryMrs. Ballard (uncredited)

Riot in Juvenile PrisonBess Monahan

A Summer PlaceMrs. Talbert (uncredited)

WarlockMrs. Richardson (uncredited)

It! The Terror from Beyond SpaceMary Royce

Voice in the MirrorMrs. Devlin

Violent RoadEdith Miller

Life Begins At 17Virginia Peck

Joy RideGrace Renny

The Female AnimalNurse

Step Down to TerrorMrs. Duprez

The Rawhide TrailMrs. Cartwright

Day of the BadmanMartha Mordigan

The BadlandersStagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)

The Man Who Turned to StoneMrs. Ford

Shoot-Out At Medicine BendSarah Devlin (uncredited)

Young and DangerousMrs. Clara Clinton

Bombers B-52Sylvia Slater (uncredited)

Rebel Without a CauseCarol Stark

The Desperate HoursMrs. Walling

The High and the MightyClara Joseph

The Bob Mathias StoryLillian Mathias

Them!Child Psychiatrist

A Fair ChanceHuman resources officer

So This Is LoveMrs. Moore

The Eddie Cantor StoryLillian Edwards

Island in the SkyMoon's Wife (uncredited)

Love Is Better Than EverMrs. Levoy

Here Come the NelsonsClara Randolph

PaulaMrs. Smith

The Rose Bowl StoryMrs. Addie Burke

The People Against O'HaraBetty Clark, Policewoman

The Painted HillsMartha Blake

Her First Romance

TomahawkMrs. Carrington

Gambling HouseDella

Riding HighNurse (uncredited)

Lonely Heart BanditsNancy Crane

No Sad Songs for MeLouise Spears

Never a Dull MomentJean

Air HostessVirginia Barton

He Walked by NightDispatcher (uncredited)

Rusty Saves a LifeEthel Mitchell

Rusty's BirthdayEthel Mitchell

One Last FlingVera Thompson

The AccusedMiss Rice

The Kid from ClevelandEmily Novak

Holiday in HavanaMarge Henley

Beyond the ForestEdith Williams

The Clay PigeonNurse (uncredited)

The FountainheadWynand's Secretary (uncredited)

Calamity Jane and Sam BassMrs. Egan

The Snake PitValerie

Rusty Leads the WayEthel Mitchell

My Dog RustyMrs. Ethel Mitchell

HazardHospital Nurse (uncredited)

Sealed VerdictEllie Blaine

The Return of the WhistlerSybil

Reaching from HeavenMartha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)

The Walls of JerichoGossip (uncredited)

No Minor VicesMrs. Faraday (uncredited)

Fear in the NightLil Herlihy

My Favorite BrunetteMiss Rogers

Road to the Big HouseAgnes Clark

Second ChanceDoris Greene

For the Love of RustyEthel Mitchell

The Son of RustyMrs. Ethel Mitchell

Seven Were SavedMrs Rollin Hartley

Variety GirlHairdresser (uncredited)

Magic TownMrs. Weaver

The Crimson KeyParis Wood

The Strange Love of Martha IversBobbi St. John

Pride of the MarinesElla Mae Merchant

Roughly SpeakingAlice Abbott

Here Come the WavesRuth

I Love a SoldierJenny Butler

Henry Aldrich's Little SecretHelen Martin

The Story of Dr. WassellPraying Woman (uncredited)

Mr. SkeffingtonMaria (uncredited)

Gildersleeve on BroadwayMatilda Brown

So Proudly We HailLt. Betty Peterson

True to LifeRadio Kitty (uncredited)

The More the MerrierMiss Bilby (uncredited)

The Hard WayDorshka (Uncredited)

Air ForceMrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)

Slightly DangerousSalesgirl (uncredited)

Old AcquaintanceMusic Store Saleslady (uncredited)

Mr. Wise GuyDorothy Melton

My Sister EileenReceptionist (uncredited)

Street of ChanceMiss Peabody

Beyond the Blue HorizonMargaret Chase (uncredited)

Blue, White, and PerfectMiss Hoffman

Smith of Minnesota(uncredited)

Yankee Doodle DandyReceptionist (uncredited)

They All Kissed the BrideHelena, the Maid

Penny SerenadeDotty 'Dot'

Ellery Queen's Penthouse MysterySheila Cobb

Criminals WithinLinda

The Kid from KansasJulie 'Smitty' Smith

Sun Valley SerenadeWaitress (uncredited)

New York TownDemonstrator in Store (uncredited)

Dive BomberJoe's Blind Date (uncredited)

Meet John DoeMrs. Hansen (uncredited)

South of the BoudoirMrs. Charley Chase

Girls of the RoadJerry

Manhattan HeartbeatShop Girl's Friend

Cold TurkeyMrs. Langdon

Her First RomanceStudent (uncredited)

Untamed1st Nurse (uncredited)

Five Little Peppers at HomeNurse

His Girl FridayNewspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

The Green HornetJosephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)

Glamour for SaleMyrtle (uncredited)

Blondes and BlundersLillie Catlett

Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonPaine's Secretary (uncredited)

The Man They Could Not HangBetty Crawford

Blind AlleyAgnes

Three Sappy PeopleThe Countess (uncredited)

Flying G-MenHamilton's Secretary

The Chump Takes a BumpMinnie Chase

Rattling RomeoJudy

Homicide BureauNurse

Let Us LiveSecretary Juror (uncredited)

Good Girls Go to ParisBridesmaid (uncredited)

Coast GuardNurse (uncredited)

A Woman is the JudgeLuella (uncredited)

Skinny the MoocherAnn

BlondieElsie Hazlip

You Can't Take It with YouMaggie O'Neill

Women in PrisonMaggie

A Doggone MixupMrs. Langdon

The Spider's WebMason's Secretary

Start CheeringGreen's Secretary

Sue My LawyerAnita Burton

Time Out for TroubleMaisie

The Mind NeederMrs. Chase

The Lady ObjectsMiss Hollins

HolidayKitchen Maid (uncredited)

City StreetsNurse (uncredited)

Highway PatrolEstelle

Rio GrandeJean Andrews

Smashing the Spy RingMadelon Martin

ExtortionMargie Blake

Pie a la MaidMary

Many Sappy ReturnsMary

Girls Can PlayAlice, Brophy's secretary

I'll Take RomanceMinor Role

Devil's PlaygroundBit Part

Nothing SacredTelephone Girl (uncredited)

It's All YoursStewardess (uncredited)

The Go-GetterMaizie, the Maid (uncredited)

Stella DallasUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to TownGirl on Bus (uncredited)

The Man Who Lived TwiceNurse Cameron (uncredited)

Missing GirlsAnn Jason

Let's Sing AgainAlice Alba

The Little Red SchoolhouseMary Burke

Red Lights AheadMary Wallace

Palm SpringsSchool Girl

Ring Around the MoonKay Duncan

Way Down EastRosie

Mary Burns, FugitiveReporter

Bad BoyTelegraph Clerk

One Exciting AdventureGirl

Tv

The Twilight ZoneMrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")

HunterMrs. Rawling

Highway to HeavenMrs. Bradley

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Magnum, P.I.Sam Hunter's Mother

Tales of the UnexpectedMary Deacon

Knots LandingMercy

Fantasy IslandEmma Howard

Eight Is Enough

We've Got Each Other

Little House on the Prairie

M*A*S*HMeg Cratty

The Streets of San Francisco

Alias Smith and Jones

LongstreetMrs. Kingston

The Odd CoupleLoretta Spoon

The Bold Ones: The SenatorJean Wydell

Adam-12Mrs. Kerry

The Mod SquadEva Styles

The Guns of Will Sonnett

IronsideHarriet Miles

MannixMrs. Moody

IronsideMarlene Whittaker

The Legend of Jesse JamesMrs. James

BewitchedMrs. Raphael

Petticoat JunctionMrs. Elliott

The VirginianMinerva Lewis

The VirginianMaggie Hyeth

The VirginianReba

The VirginianMrs. Graves

The VirginianAnnie Thomas

National VelvetMartha Brown

Bourbon Street Beat

RawhideMillie Darius

BonanzaMrs. Walker

The Donna Reed Show

Perry MasonClaire Durell

Leave It to BeaverAgnes Haskell

Official Detective

Perry MasonCornelia Slater

Perry MasonNell Wyatt

The Adventures of the Big ManEllen

The MillionaireJane Costello

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Matinee Theater

The MillionaireMrs. Johnson

Public Defender

The Wonderful World of DisneyMrs. Chadwick

The Wonderful World of DisneyChristine Briggs (uncredited)

Father Knows BestDorothy Tyler

Letter to LorettaNurse

Letter to LorettaGinny Tucker

Letter to LorettaMrs. Harrison

Letter to LorettaAnne Thomas

Letter to LorettaFelice Badt

Letter to LorettaLeona Garner

Adventures of Superman

Cavalcade of AmericaMrs. Honeyman

Cavalcade of AmericaCaroline

Cavalcade of America

Four Star PlayhouseWelfare Woman

OmnibusAngela's Mother

The Ford Television TheatreSister Mary Greene

The Ford Television TheatreSue

Chevron Theatre

Hallmark Hall of FameMarian Griswold Nevins MacDowell

Schlitz Playhouse of StarsAmy

Lux Video TheatreRose

The Jack Benny ProgramMother

Lux Video TheatreHarriett

The Lone RangerSarah Yancy