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)
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Ada Wells
(1981)
All the Way Home
as Great-Aunt Sadie
(1978)
Little Mo
as Aunt Gert
(1977)
Dead of Night
as Mrs. McCauley
(1977)
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Grandma Lundy
(1977)
Flood!
as Emma Fisher
(1976)
The Gumball Rally
as Mrs. Ontley
(1976)
The Macahans
as Grandma
(1975)
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Mrs. Kimberly
(1975)
The Werewolf of Woodstock
as Dora
(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)
Where Love Has Gone
as Mrs. Geraghty
(1964)
The Carpetbaggers
as Reporter
(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)
Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Bess Monahan
(1959)
The FBI Story
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
(1959)
Cast a Long Shadow
as Ma Calvert
(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)
Violent Road
as Edith Miller
(1958)
Voice in the Mirror
as Mrs. Devlin
(1958)
The Female Animal
as Nurse
(1958)
Joy Ride
as Grace Renny
(1958)
The Rawhide Trail
as Mrs. Cartwright
(1958)
Step Down to Terror
as Mrs. Duprez
(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)
Young and Dangerous
as Mrs. Clara Clinton
(1957)
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Mrs. Ford
(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)
The Rose Bowl Story
as Mrs. Addie Burke
(1952)
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Mrs. Levoy
(1952)
Paula
as Mrs. Smith
(1952)
Here Come the Nelsons
as Clara Randolph
(1951)
The People Against O'Hara
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
(1951)
Tomahawk
as Mrs. Carrington
(1951)
The Painted Hills
as Martha Blake
(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)
He Walked by Night
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
(1949)
Beyond the Forest
as Edith Williams
(1949)
The Accused
as Miss Rice
(1949)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Mrs. Egan
(1949)
The Kid from Cleveland
as Emily Novak
(1949)
The Clay Pigeon
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1949)
Rusty Saves a Life
as Ethel Mitchell
(1949)
One Last Fling
as Vera Thompson
(1949)
Air Hostess
as Virginia Barton
(1949)
Holiday in Havana
as Marge Henley
(1949)
Rusty's Birthday
as Ethel Mitchell
(1948)
The Snake Pit
as Valerie
(1948)
The Walls of Jericho
as Gossip (uncredited)
(1948)
Reaching from Heaven
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
(1948)
Hazard
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
(1948)
Pitfall
as Maggie
(1948)
Sealed Verdict
as Ellie Blaine
(1948)
My Dog Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
(1948)
The Return of the Whistler
as Sybil
(1948)
Rusty Leads the Way
as Ethel Mitchell
(1948)
No Minor Vices
as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
(1947)
Magic Town
as Mrs. Weaver
(1947)
My Favorite Brunette
as Miss Rogers
(1947)
Seven Were Saved
as Mrs Rollin Hartley
(1947)
Variety Girl
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
(1947)
Fear in the Night
as Lil Herlihy
(1947)
The Crimson Key
as Paris Wood
(1947)
The Son of Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
(1947)
For the Love of Rusty
as Ethel Mitchell
(1947)
Second Chance
as Doris Greene
(1947)
Road to the Big House
as Agnes Clark
(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)
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Betty Peterson
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Dorshka (Uncredited)
(1943)
Air Force
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
(1943)
Old Acquaintance
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
(1943)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Matilda Brown
(1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Receptionist (uncredited)
(1942)
My Sister Eileen
as Receptionist (uncredited)
(1942)
Street of Chance
as Miss Peabody
(1942)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
(1942)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Helena, the Maid
(1942)
Mr. Wise Guy
as Dorothy Melton
(1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Miss Hoffman
(1942)
Smith of Minnesota
as (uncredited)
(1941)
Penny Serenade
as Dotty 'Dot'
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
(1941)
Dive Bomber
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
(1941)
Sun Valley Serenade
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1941)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Sheila Cobb
(1941)
New York Town
as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
(1941)
Criminals Within
as Linda
(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)
Girls of the Road
as Jerry
(1940)
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Shop Girl's Friend
(1940)
Her First Romance
as Student (uncredited)
(1940)
Untamed
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
(1940)
Glamour for Sale
as Myrtle (uncredited)
(1940)
South of the Boudoir
as Mrs. Charley Chase
(1940)
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Langdon
(1940)
Blondes and Blunders
as Lillie Catlett
(1940)
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Nurse
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
(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)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
(1939)
Blind Alley
as Agnes
(1939)
Three Sappy People
as The Countess (uncredited)
(1939)
Homicide Bureau
as Nurse
(1939)
Flying G-Men
as Hamilton's Secretary
(1939)
A Woman is the Judge
as Luella (uncredited)
(1939)
Rattling Romeo
as Judy
(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)
Holiday
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
(1938)
Blondie
as Elsie Hazlip
(1938)
Smashing the Spy Ring
as Madelon Martin
(1938)
Start Cheering
as Green's Secretary
(1938)
The Lady Objects
as Miss Hollins
(1938)
The Spider's Web
as Mason's Secretary
(1938)
City Streets
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1938)
Time Out for Trouble
as Maisie
(1938)
Women in Prison
as Maggie
(1938)
Pie a la Maid
as Mary
(1938)
Extortion
as Margie Blake
(1938)
Rio Grande
as Jean Andrews
(1938)
The Mind Needer
as Mrs. Chase
(1938)
Sue My Lawyer
as Anita Burton
(1938)
Highway Patrol
as Estelle
(1938)
Many Sappy Returns
as Mary
(1938)
A Doggone Mixup
as Mrs. Langdon
(1937)
Nothing Sacred
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
(1937)
Stella Dallas
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1937)
Devil's Playground
as Bit Part
(1937)
I'll Take Romance
as Minor Role
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
(1937)
It's All Yours
as Stewardess (uncredited)
(1937)
Girls Can Play
as Alice, Brophy's secretary
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Nurse Cameron
(1936)
Palm Springs
as School Girl
(1936)
Red Lights Ahead
as Mary Wallace
(1936)
Ring Around the Moon
as Kay Duncan
(1936)
Missing Girls
as Ann Jason
(1936)
Let's Sing Again
as Alice Alba
(1936)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Mary Burke
(1935)
Way Down East
as Rosie
(1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Reporter
(1935)
Bad Boy
as Telegraph Clerk
(1934)
One Exciting Adventure
as Girl