Ann Doran
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 28 July 1911 · Amarillo, Texas, USA
- Died
- 19 September 2000
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 204
- 1986Wildcats as Mrs. Chatham
- 1981All the Way Home as Great-Aunt Sadie
- 1981Advice to the Lovelorn as Ada Wells
- 1981First Monday in October as Storekeeper
- 1981Crazy Times as Mrs. Keagan
- 1981All Night Long as Grandmother Gibbons
- 1978Little Mo as Aunt Gert
- 1977Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Grandma Lundy
- 1977Flood! as Emma Fisher
- 1977Dead of Night as Mrs. McCauley
- 1976The Gumball Rally as Mrs. Ontley
- 1976The Macahans as Grandma
- 1975The Family Nobody Wanted as Mrs. Kimberly
- 1975The Werewolf of Woodstock as Dora
- 1974The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Secretary
- 1974The Last Angry Man as Nurse Whitbread
- 1972Scarecrow as Mistress Dodge
- 1971The Failing of Raymond as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
- 1971The Priest Killer as Harriet Miles
- 1971The Hired Hand as Mrs. Sorenson
- 1970Weekend of Terror as Sister Nadine
- 1970There Was a Crooked Man... as Mrs. Lomax
- 1969Topaz as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
- 1969The Arrangement as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
- 1969Once You Kiss a Stranger... as Lee's Mother
- 1968Live a Little, Love a Little as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1967Rosie! as Lady on Witness Stand
- 1967The Hostage as Miss Mabry
- 1966Not With My Wife, You Don't! as Doris Parker
- 1965Mirage as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
- 1964Kitten with a Whip as Mavis Varden
- 1964Where Love Has Gone as Mrs. Geraghty
- 1964The Brass Bottle as Martha Kenton
- 1964The Carpetbaggers as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1963Captain Newman, M.D. as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
- 1959A Summer Place as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
- 1959The FBI Story as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
- 1959Cast a Long Shadow as Ma Calvert
- 1959Warlock as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
- 1959Riot in Juvenile Prison as Bess Monahan
- 1958Joy Ride as Grace Renny
- 1958The Badlanders as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
- 1958Step Down to Terror as Mrs. Duprez
- 1958Voice in the Mirror as Mrs. Devlin
- 1958It! The Terror from Beyond Space as Mary Royce
- 1958Life Begins At 17 as Virginia Peck
- 1958Violent Road as Edith Miller
- 1958Day of the Badman as Martha Mordigan
- 1958The Rawhide Trail as Mrs. Cartwright
- 1958The Female Animal as Nurse
- 1957Bombers B-52 as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
- 1957Young and Dangerous as Mrs. Clara Clinton
- 1957Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
- 1957The Man Who Turned to Stone as Mrs. Ford
- 1955Rebel Without a Cause as Carol Stark
- 1955The Desperate Hours as Mrs. Walling
- 1954The Bob Mathias Story as Lillian Mathias
- 1954A Fair Chance as Human resources officer
- 1954The High and the Mighty as Clara Joseph
- 1954Them! as Child Psychiatrist
- 1954City Story
- 1953The Eddie Cantor Story as Lillian Edwards
- 1953Island in the Sky as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
- 1953So This Is Love as Mrs. Moore
- 1953I Love Lucy: The Movie as Audience Member
- 1952The Rose Bowl Story as Mrs. Addie Burke
- 1952Paula as Mrs. Smith
- 1952Here Come the Nelsons as Clara Randolph
- 1952Love Is Better Than Ever as Mrs. Levoy
- 1951The People Against O'Hara as Betty Clark, Policewoman
- 1951Her First Romance
- 1951The Painted Hills as Martha Blake
- 1951Tomahawk as Mrs. Carrington
- 1950Gambling House as Della
- 1950Lonely Heart Bandits as Nancy Crane
- 1950Never a Dull Moment as Jean
- 1950No Sad Songs for Me as Louise Spears
- 1950Riding High as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1949Rusty's Birthday as Ethel Mitchell
- 1949Beyond the Forest as Edith Williams
- 1949Holiday in Havana as Marge Henley
- 1949Calamity Jane and Sam Bass as Mrs. Egan
- 1949The Kid from Cleveland as Emily Novak
- 1949Air Hostess as Virginia Barton
- 1949One Last Fling as Vera Thompson
- 1949The Fountainhead as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1949The Clay Pigeon as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1949He Walked by Night as Dispatcher (uncredited)
- 1949Rusty Saves a Life as Ethel Mitchell
- 1949The Accused as Miss Rice
- 1948The Walls of Jericho as Gossip (uncredited)
- 1948No Minor Vices as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
- 1948Sealed Verdict as Ellie Blaine
- 1948The Snake Pit as Valerie (uncredited)
- 1948Rusty Leads the Way as Ethel Mitchell
- 1948Pitfall as Maggie
- 1948Hazard as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
- 1948My Dog Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
- 1948The Return of the Whistler as Sybil
- 1948Reaching from Heaven as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
- 1947Road to the Big House as Agnes Clark
- 1947Magic Town as Mrs. Weaver
- 1947Variety Girl as Hairdresser (uncredited)
- 1947The Son of Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
- 1947Second Chance as Doris Greene
- 1947The Crimson Key as Paris Wood
- 1947For the Love of Rusty as Ethel Mitchell
- 1947Fear in the Night as Lil Herlihy
- 1947Seven Were Saved as Mrs Rollin Hartley
- 1947My Favorite Brunette as Miss Rogers
- 1946The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Bobbi St. John
- 1945Pride of the Marines as Ella Mae Merchant
- 1945Roughly Speaking as Alice Abbott
- 1944Here Come the Waves as Ruth
- 1944I Love a Soldier as Jenny Butler
- 1944The Story of Dr. Wassell as Praying Woman (uncredited)
- 1944Henry Aldrich's Little Secret as Helen Martin
- 1944Mr. Skeffington as Maria (uncredited)
- 1943True to Life as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
- 1943Old Acquaintance as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
- 1943Gildersleeve on Broadway as Matilda Brown
- 1943So Proudly We Hail as Lt. Betty Peterson
- 1943The More the Merrier as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
- 1943Slightly Dangerous as Salesgirl (uncredited)
- 1943Air Force as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
- 1943The Hard Way as Dorshka (Uncredited)
- 1942Smith of Minnesota as (uncredited)
- 1942Street of Chance as Miss Peabody
- 1942My Sister Eileen as Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1942Beyond the Blue Horizon as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
- 1942They All Kissed the Bride as Helena, the Maid
- 1942Yankee Doodle Dandy as Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1942Mr. Wise Guy as Dorothy Melton
- 1942Blue, White and Perfect as Miss Hoffman
- 1941New York Town as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
- 1941The Kid from Kansas as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
- 1941Dive Bomber as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
- 1941Sun Valley Serenade as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1941Criminals Within as Linda
- 1941Penny Serenade as Dotty
- 1941Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as Sheila Cobb
- 1941Meet John Doe as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
- 1940Her First Romance as Student (uncredited)
- 1940Blondes and Blunders as Lillie Catlett
- 1940Cold Turkey as Mrs. Langdon
- 1940Glamour for Sale as Myrtle (uncredited)
- 1940Untamed as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
- 1940Girls of the Road as Jerry
- 1940Manhattan Heartbeat as Shop Girl's Friend
- 1940South of the Boudoir as Mrs. Charley Chase
- 1940Five Little Peppers at Home as Nurse
- 1940His Girl Friday as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
- 1940The Green Hornet as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
- 1939Three Sappy People as The Countess (uncredited)
- 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1939A Woman is the Judge as Luella (uncredited)
- 1939Skinny the Moocher as Ann
- 1939The Man They Could Not Hang as Betty Crawford
- 1939Coast Guard as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1939Rattling Romeo as Judy
- 1939Good Girls Go to Paris as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
- 1939Blind Alley as Agnes
- 1939The Chump Takes a Bump as Minnie Chase
- 1939Let Us Live as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
- 1939Flying G-Men as Hamilton's Secretary
- 1939Homicide Bureau as Nurse
- 1938Smashing the Spy Ring as Madelon Martin
- 1938Pie a la Maid as Mary
- 1938Rio Grande as Jean Andrews
- 1938A Doggone Mixup as Mrs. Langdon
- 1938Blondie as Elsie Hazlip
- 1938The Spider's Web as Mason's Secretary
- 1938The Lady Objects as Miss Hollins
- 1938Sue My Lawyer as Anita Burton
- 1938You Can't Take It with You as Maggie O'Neill
- 1938Many Sappy Returns as Mary
- 1938Halfway to Hollywood as Mrs. Kennedy
- 1938City Streets as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1938Highway Patrol as Estelle
- 1938Holiday as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
- 1938Extortion as Margie Blake
- 1938The Mind Needer as Mrs. Chase
- 1938Time Out for Trouble as Maisie
- 1938Start Cheering as Green's Secretary
- 1938Women in Prison as Maggie
- 1937Nothing Sacred as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
- 1937I'll Take Romance as Minor Role
- 1937It's All Yours as Stewardess (uncredited)
- 1937Stella Dallas as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1937Girls Can Play as Alice, Brophy's secretary
- 1937The Go-Getter as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
- 1937Devil's Playground as Bit Part
- 1936Red Lights Ahead as Mary Wallace
- 1936The Man Who Lived Twice as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
- 1936Missing Girls as Ann Jason
- 1936Palm Springs as School Girl
- 1936Let's Sing Again as Alice Alba
- 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
- 1936The Little Red Schoolhouse as Mary Burke
- 1936Ring Around the Moon as Kay Duncan
- 1935Mary Burns, Fugitive as Reporter
- 1935Bad Boy as Telegraph Clerk
- 1935Way Down East as Rosie
- 1934One Exciting Adventure as Girl