Ann Doran
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-07-28
Day of Death
2000-09-19 (89 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
(1981)
All Night Long
as Grandmother Gibbons
(1981)
First Monday in October
as Storekeeper
(1981)
Crazy Times
as Mrs. Keagan
(1981)
All the Way Home
as Great-Aunt Sadie
(1981)
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Ada Wells
(1978)
Little Mo
as Aunt Gert
(1977)
Dead of Night
as Mrs. McCauley
(1977)
Flood!
as Emma Fisher
(1977)
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Grandma Lundy
(1976)
The Gumball Rally
as Mrs. Ontley
(1976)
The Macahans
as Grandma
(1975)
The Werewolf of Woodstock
as Dora
(1975)
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Mrs. Kimberly
(1974)
The Last Angry Man
as Nurse Whitbread
(1974)
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Secretary
(1971)
The Hired Hand
as Mrs. Sorenson
(1971)
The Failing of Raymond
as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
(1970)
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Lomax
(1970)
Weekend of Terror
as Sister Nadine
(1969)
Topaz
as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
(1969)
The Arrangement
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
(1969)
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
as Lee's Mother
(1968)
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1967)
Rosie!
as Lady on Witness Stand
(1967)
The Hostage
as Miss Mabry
(1966)
Not With My Wife, You Don't
as Doris Parker
(1965)
(1964)
The Carpetbaggers
as Reporter
(1964)
Where Love Has Gone
as Mrs. Geraghty
(1964)
The Brass Bottle
as Martha Kenton
(1964)
Kitten with a Whip
as Mavis Varden
(1963)
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
(1959)
A Summer Place
as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
(1959)
The FBI Story
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
(1959)
Cast a Long Shadow
as Ma Calvert
(1959)
Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Bess Monahan
(1958)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Mary Royce
(1958)
The Badlanders
as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
(1958)
Day of the Badman
as Martha Mordigan
(1958)
The Female Animal
as Nurse
(1958)
Violent Road
as Edith Miller
(1958)
Voice in the Mirror
as Mrs. Devlin
(1958)
Step Down to Terror
as Mrs. Duprez
(1958)
Joy Ride
as Grace Renny
(1958)
The Rawhide Trail
as Mrs. Cartwright
(1958)
Life Begins At 17
as Virginia Peck
(1957)
Bombers B-52
as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
(1957)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Sarah Devlin
(1957)
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Mrs. Ford
(1957)
Young and Dangerous
as Mrs. Clara Clinton
(1955)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Carol Stark
(1955)
The Desperate Hours
as Mrs. Walling
(1954)
Them!
as Child Psychiatrist
(1954)
The High and the Mighty
as Clara Joseph
(1954)
The Bob Mathias Story
as Lillian Mathias
(1954)
(1953)
Island in the Sky
as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
(1953)
So This Is Love
as Mrs. Moore
(1953)
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Lillian Edwards
(1952)
Paula
as Mrs. Smith
(1952)
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Mrs. Levoy
(1952)
Here Come the Nelsons
as Clara Randolph
(1952)
The Rose Bowl Story
as Mrs. Addie Burke
(1951)
The Painted Hills
as Martha Blake
(1951)
Tomahawk
as Mrs. Carrington
(1951)
The People Against O'Hara
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
(1951)
(1950)
Riding High
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1950)
Never a Dull Moment
as Jean
(1950)
Gambling House
as Della
(1950)
No Sad Songs for Me
as Louise Spears
(1950)
Lonely Heart Bandits
as Nancy Crane
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
(1949)
He Walked by Night
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
(1949)
The Accused
as Miss Rice
(1949)
Rusty Saves a Life
as Ethel Mitchell
(1949)
Beyond the Forest
as Edith Williams
(1949)
The Kid from Cleveland
as Emily Novak
(1949)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Mrs. Egan
(1949)
The Clay Pigeon
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1949)
Air Hostess
as Virginia Barton
(1949)
Rusty's Birthday
as Ethel Mitchell
(1949)
Holiday in Havana
as Marge Henley
(1949)
One Last Fling
as Vera Thompson
(1948)
Reaching from Heaven
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
(1948)
The Snake Pit
as Valerie
(1948)
Hazard
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
(1948)
Pitfall
as Maggie
(1948)
Rusty Leads the Way
as Ethel Mitchell
(1948)
Sealed Verdict
as Ellie Blaine
(1948)
No Minor Vices
as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
(1948)
The Walls of Jericho
as Gossip (uncredited)
(1948)
My Dog Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
(1948)
The Return of the Whistler
as Sybil
(1947)
Fear in the Night
as Lil Herlihy
(1947)
Seven Were Saved
as Mrs Rollin Hartley
(1947)
My Favorite Brunette
as Miss Rogers
(1947)
Variety Girl
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
(1947)
Magic Town
as Mrs. Weaver
(1947)
The Son of Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
(1947)
Second Chance
as Doris Greene
(1947)
The Crimson Key
as Paris Wood
(1947)
Road to the Big House
as Agnes Clark
(1947)
For the Love of Rusty
as Ethel Mitchell
(1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Bobbi St. John
(1945)
Pride of the Marines
as Ella Mae Merchant
(1945)
Roughly Speaking
as Alice Abbott
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Maria (uncredited)
(1944)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Praying Woman (uncredited)
(1944)
I Love a Soldier
as Jenny Butler
(1944)
Here Come the Waves
as Ruth
(1944)
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Helen Martin
(1943)
The More the Merrier
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
(1943)
Air Force
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Betty Peterson
(1943)
Old Acquaintance
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Dorshka (Uncredited)
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
(1943)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Matilda Brown
(1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Receptionist (uncredited)
(1942)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
(1942)
Mr. Wise Guy
as Dorothy Melton
(1942)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Helena, the Maid
(1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Miss Hoffman
(1942)
My Sister Eileen
as Receptionist (uncredited)
(1942)
Street of Chance
as Miss Peabody
(1942)
Smith of Minnesota
as (uncredited)
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
(1941)
Penny Serenade
as Dotty 'Dot'
(1941)
Criminals Within
as Linda
(1941)
Sun Valley Serenade
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1941)
Dive Bomber
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
(1941)
New York Town
as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
(1941)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Sheila Cobb
(1941)
The Kid from Kansas
as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
(1940)
His Girl Friday
as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
(1940)
The Green Hornet
as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
(1940)
Untamed
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
(1940)
Girls of the Road
as Jerry
(1940)
Glamour for Sale
as Myrtle (uncredited)
(1940)
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Nurse
(1940)
South of the Boudoir
as Mrs. Charley Chase
(1940)
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Shop Girl's Friend
(1940)
Blondes and Blunders
as Lillie Catlett
(1940)
Her First Romance
as Student (uncredited)
(1940)
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Langdon
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
(1939)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
(1939)
Blind Alley
as Agnes
(1939)
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Betty Crawford
(1939)
Let Us Live
as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
(1939)
Coast Guard
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1939)
Homicide Bureau
as Nurse
(1939)
Flying G-Men
as Hamilton's Secretary
(1939)
Three Sappy People
as The Countess (uncredited)
(1939)
Rattling Romeo
as Judy
(1939)
A Woman is the Judge
as Luella (uncredited)
(1939)
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Minnie Chase
(1939)
Skinny the Moocher
as Ann
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Maggie O'Neill
(1938)
Women in Prison
as Maggie
(1938)
Holiday
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
(1938)
Blondie
as Elsie Hazlip
(1938)
The Lady Objects
as Miss Hollins
(1938)
Start Cheering
as Green's Secretary
(1938)
The Spider's Web
as Mason's Secretary
(1938)
Sue My Lawyer
as Anita Burton
(1938)
Smashing the Spy Ring
as Madelon Martin
(1938)
Extortion
as Margie Blake
(1938)
Pie a la Maid
as Mary
(1938)
Rio Grande
as Jean Andrews
(1938)
City Streets
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1938)
A Doggone Mixup
as Mrs. Langdon
(1938)
Highway Patrol
as Estelle
(1938)
Time Out for Trouble
as Maisie
(1938)
The Mind Needer
as Mrs. Chase
(1938)
Many Sappy Returns
as Mary
(1937)
Nothing Sacred
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
(1937)
Stella Dallas
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
(1937)
Devil's Playground
as Bit Part
(1937)
It's All Yours
as Stewardess (uncredited)
(1937)
Girls Can Play
as Alice, Brophy's secretary
(1937)
I'll Take Romance
as Minor Role
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
(1936)
Missing Girls
as Ann Jason
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Nurse Cameron
(1936)
Palm Springs
as School Girl
(1936)
Let's Sing Again
as Alice Alba
(1936)
Red Lights Ahead
as Mary Wallace
(1936)
Ring Around the Moon
as Kay Duncan
(1936)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Mary Burke
(1935)
Way Down East
as Rosie
(1935)
Bad Boy
as Telegraph Clerk
(1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Reporter
(1934)
One Exciting Adventure
as Girl