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)
First Monday in October
as Storekeeper
(1981)
All the Way Home
as Great-Aunt Sadie
(1981)
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Ada Wells
(1981)
All Night Long
as Grandmother Gibbons
(1981)
Crazy Times
as Mrs. Keagan
(1978)
Little Mo
as Aunt Gert
(1977)
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Grandma Lundy
(1977)
Dead of Night
as Mrs. McCauley
(1977)
Flood!
as Emma Fisher
(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)
(1971)
The Priest Killer
as Harriet Miles
(1970)
Weekend of Terror
as Sister Nadine
(1970)
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Lomax
(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)
The Hostage
as Miss Mabry
(1967)
Rosie!
as Lady on Witness Stand
(1966)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Doris Parker
(1965)
Mirage
as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
(1964)
The Carpetbaggers
as Reporter
(1964)
The Brass Bottle
as Martha Kenton
(1964)
Kitten with a Whip
as Mavis Varden
(1964)
Where Love Has Gone
as Mrs. Geraghty
(1963)
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
(1959)
The FBI Story
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
(1959)
A Summer Place
as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
(1959)
Cast a Long Shadow
as Ma Calvert
(1959)
Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Bess Monahan
(1958)
Life Begins At 17
as Virginia Peck
(1958)
Step Down to Terror
as Mrs. Duprez
(1958)
The Female Animal
as Nurse
(1958)
Voice in the Mirror
as Mrs. Devlin
(1958)
Day of the Badman
as Martha Mordigan
(1958)
The Badlanders
as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
(1958)
The Rawhide Trail
as Mrs. Cartwright
(1958)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Mary Royce
(1958)
Joy Ride
as Grace Renny
(1958)
Violent Road
as Edith Miller
(1957)
Bombers B-52
as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
(1957)
Young and Dangerous
as Mrs. Clara Clinton
(1957)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
(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)
The High and the Mighty
as Clara Joseph
(1954)
The Bob Mathias Story
as Lillian Mathias
(1954)
Them!
as Child Psychiatrist
(1954)
(1954)
A Fair Chance
as Human resources officer
(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 Painted Hills
as Martha Blake
(1951)
Tomahawk
as Mrs. Carrington
(1951)
The People Against O'Hara
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
(1951)
(1950)
Never a Dull Moment
as Jean
(1950)
No Sad Songs for Me
as Louise Spears
(1950)
Riding High
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1950)
Lonely Heart Bandits
as Nancy Crane
(1950)
Gambling House
as Della
(1949)
The Kid from Cleveland
as Emily Novak
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
(1949)
The Accused
as Miss Rice
(1949)
Beyond the Forest
as Edith Williams
(1949)
The Clay Pigeon
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1949)
Rusty's Birthday
as Ethel Mitchell
(1949)
One Last Fling
as Vera Thompson
(1949)
He Walked by Night
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
(1949)
Holiday in Havana
as Marge Henley
(1949)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Mrs. Egan
(1949)
Rusty Saves a Life
as Ethel Mitchell
(1949)
Air Hostess
as Virginia Barton
(1948)
The Walls of Jericho
as Gossip (uncredited)
(1948)
Pitfall
as Maggie
(1948)
Hazard
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
(1948)
The Snake Pit
as Valerie
(1948)
Rusty Leads the Way
as Ethel Mitchell
(1948)
Reaching from Heaven
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
(1948)
Sealed Verdict
as Ellie Blaine
(1948)
The Return of the Whistler
as Sybil
(1948)
No Minor Vices
as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
(1948)
My Dog Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
(1947)
Fear in the Night
as Lil Herlihy
(1947)
Road to the Big House
as Agnes Clark
(1947)
Second Chance
as Doris Greene
(1947)
For the Love of Rusty
as Ethel Mitchell
(1947)
Seven Were Saved
as Mrs Rollin Hartley
(1947)
Magic Town
as Mrs. Weaver
(1947)
My Favorite Brunette
as Miss Rogers
(1947)
The Crimson Key
as Paris Wood
(1947)
Variety Girl
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
(1947)
The Son of Rusty
as Mrs. 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)
I Love a Soldier
as Jenny Butler
(1944)
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Helen Martin
(1944)
Here Come the Waves
as Ruth
(1944)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Praying Woman (uncredited)
(1943)
Old Acquaintance
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
(1943)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Matilda Brown
(1943)
The More the Merrier
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
(1943)
Air Force
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Dorshka (Uncredited)
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Betty Peterson
(1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Miss Hoffman
(1942)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
(1942)
Street of Chance
as Miss Peabody
(1942)
My Sister Eileen
as Receptionist (uncredited)
(1942)
Smith of Minnesota
as (uncredited)
(1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Receptionist (uncredited)
(1942)
Mr. Wise Guy
as Dorothy Melton
(1942)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Helena, the Maid
(1941)
Dive Bomber
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
(1941)
Criminals Within
as Linda
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
(1941)
Sun Valley Serenade
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1941)
Penny Serenade
as Dotty 'Dot'
(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)
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Nurse
(1940)
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Shop Girl's Friend
(1940)
Untamed
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
(1940)
Girls of the Road
as Jerry
(1940)
Glamour for Sale
as Myrtle (uncredited)
(1940)
The Green Hornet
as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
(1940)
Her First Romance
as Student (uncredited)
(1940)
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Langdon
(1940)
Blondes and Blunders
as Lillie Catlett
(1940)
South of the Boudoir
as Mrs. Charley Chase
(1939)
Homicide Bureau
as Nurse
(1939)
Blind Alley
as Agnes
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
(1939)
Coast Guard
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1939)
Rattling Romeo
as Judy
(1939)
A Woman is the Judge
as Luella (uncredited)
(1939)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
(1939)
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Betty Crawford
(1939)
Skinny the Moocher
as Ann
(1939)
Let Us Live
as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
(1939)
Flying G-Men
as Hamilton's Secretary
(1939)
Three Sappy People
as The Countess (uncredited)
(1939)
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Minnie Chase
(1938)
Holiday
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
(1938)
Many Sappy Returns
as Mary
(1938)
Sue My Lawyer
as Anita Burton
(1938)
Highway Patrol
as Estelle
(1938)
The Spider's Web
as Mason's Secretary
(1938)
Smashing the Spy Ring
as Madelon Martin
(1938)
Rio Grande
as Jean Andrews
(1938)
City Streets
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1938)
The Lady Objects
as Miss Hollins
(1938)
Extortion
as Margie Blake
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Maggie O'Neill
(1938)
Women in Prison
as Maggie
(1938)
Start Cheering
as Green's Secretary
(1938)
Blondie
as Elsie Hazlip
(1938)
Time Out for Trouble
as Maisie
(1938)
Pie a la Maid
as Mary
(1938)
The Mind Needer
as Mrs. Chase
(1938)
A Doggone Mixup
as Mrs. Langdon
(1937)
Stella Dallas
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1937)
Nothing Sacred
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
(1937)
It's All Yours
as Stewardess (uncredited)
(1937)
Girls Can Play
as Alice, Brophy's secretary
(1937)
Devil's Playground
as Bit Part
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
(1937)
I'll Take Romance
as Minor Role
(1936)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Mary Burke
(1936)
Ring Around the Moon
as Kay Duncan
(1936)
Palm Springs
as School Girl
(1936)
Red Lights Ahead
as Mary Wallace
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
(1936)
Let's Sing Again
as Alice Alba
(1936)
Missing Girls
as Ann Jason
(1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Reporter
(1935)
Bad Boy
as Telegraph Clerk
(1935)
Way Down East
as Rosie
(1934)
One Exciting Adventure
as Girl