Acting
Ann Doran
EN, PT cinema · 204 credits
Born
28 July 1911
Died
19 September 2000 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Also known as Ann Lee Doran
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
Filmography
Wildcats
as Mrs. Chatham
All Night Long
as Grandmother Gibbons
First Monday in October
as Storekeeper
All the Way Home
as Great-Aunt Sadie
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Ada Wells
Crazy Times
as Mrs. Keagan
Little Mo
as Aunt Gert
Dead of Night
as Mrs. McCauley
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Grandma Lundy
Flood!
as Emma Fisher
The Gumball Rally
as Mrs. Ontley
The Macahans
as Grandma
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Mrs. Kimberly
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Secretary
The Last Angry Man
as Nurse Whitbread
Scarecrow
as Mistress Dodge
The Hired Hand
as Mrs. Sorenson
The Failing of Raymond
as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Priest Killer
as Harriet Miles
Weekend of Terror
as Sister Nadine
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Lomax
Topaz
as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
The Arrangement
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
as Lee's Mother
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Landlady (uncredited)
The Hostage
as Miss Mabry
Rosie!
as Lady on Witness Stand
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Doris Parker
Mirage
as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
Kitten with a Whip
as Mavis Varden
Where Love Has Gone
as Mrs. Geraghty
The Brass Bottle
as Martha Kenton
The Carpetbaggers
as Reporter (uncredited)
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
Cast a Long Shadow
as Ma Calvert
The FBI Story
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Bess Monahan
A Summer Place
as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
Warlock
as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Mary Royce
Voice in the Mirror
as Mrs. Devlin
Violent Road
as Edith Miller
Life Begins At 17
as Virginia Peck
Joy Ride
as Grace Renny
The Female Animal
as Nurse
Step Down to Terror
as Mrs. Duprez
The Rawhide Trail
as Mrs. Cartwright
Day of the Badman
as Martha Mordigan
The Badlanders
as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Mrs. Ford
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
Young and Dangerous
as Mrs. Clara Clinton
Bombers B-52
as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Carol Stark
The Desperate Hours
as Mrs. Walling
The High and the Mighty
as Clara Joseph
The Bob Mathias Story
as Lillian Mathias
Them!
as Child Psychiatrist
A Fair Chance
1954
A Fair Chance
as Human resources officer
So This Is Love
as Mrs. Moore
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Lillian Edwards
Island in the Sky
as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
I Love Lucy: The Movie
as Audience Member
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Mrs. Levoy
Here Come the Nelsons
as Clara Randolph
Paula
as Mrs. Smith
The Rose Bowl Story
as Mrs. Addie Burke
The People Against O'Hara
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
The Painted Hills
as Martha Blake
Tomahawk
as Mrs. Carrington
Gambling House
as Della
Riding High
as Nurse (uncredited)
Lonely Heart Bandits
as Nancy Crane
No Sad Songs for Me
as Louise Spears
Air Hostess
as Virginia Barton
He Walked by Night
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
as Ethel Mitchell
Rusty's Birthday
1949
Rusty's Birthday
as Ethel Mitchell
One Last Fling
as Vera Thompson
The Accused
as Miss Rice
The Kid from Cleveland
as Emily Novak
Holiday in Havana
as Marge Henley
Beyond the Forest
as Edith Williams
The Clay Pigeon
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Mrs. Egan
Pitfall
as Maggie
The Snake Pit
as Valerie (uncredited)
Rusty Leads the Way
as Ethel Mitchell
My Dog Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Hazard
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict
as Ellie Blaine
Reaching from Heaven
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
The Walls of Jericho
as Gossip (uncredited)
No Minor Vices
as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
Fear in the Night
as Lil Herlihy
My Favorite Brunette
as Miss Rogers
Road to the Big House
as Agnes Clark
Second Chance
as Doris Greene
For the Love of Rusty
as Ethel Mitchell
The Son of Rusty
1947
The Son of Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Seven Were Saved
as Mrs Rollin Hartley
Variety Girl
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Magic Town
as Mrs. Weaver
The Crimson Key
as Paris Wood
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Bobbi St. John
Pride of the Marines
as Ella Mae Merchant
Roughly Speaking
as Alice Abbott
I Love a Soldier
as Jenny Butler
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Helen Martin
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Praying Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
as Maria (uncredited)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Matilda Brown
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Betty Peterson
True to Life
as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
The Hard Way
as Dorshka (Uncredited)
Air Force
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Mr. Wise Guy
as Dorothy Melton
My Sister Eileen
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Street of Chance
as Miss Peabody
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
Blue, White and Perfect
as Miss Hoffman
Smith of Minnesota
as (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Receptionist (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Helena, the Maid
Penny Serenade
as Dotty
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Sheila Cobb
Criminals Within
as Linda
The Kid from Kansas
as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
Sun Valley Serenade
as Waitress (uncredited)
New York Town
as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
South of the Boudoir
as Mrs. Charley Chase
Girls of the Road
as Jerry
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Shop Girl's Friend
Cold Turkey
1940
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Langdon
Her First Romance
as Student (uncredited)
Untamed
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
Glamour for Sale
as Myrtle (uncredited)
Blondes and Blunders
as Lillie Catlett
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Betty Crawford
Blind Alley
as Agnes
Three Sappy People
as The Countess (uncredited)
Flying G-Men
as Hamilton's Secretary
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Minnie Chase
Rattling Romeo
as Judy
Homicide Bureau
as Nurse
Let Us Live
as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Coast Guard
as Nurse (uncredited)
A Woman is the Judge
as Luella (uncredited)
Blondie
as Elsie Hazlip
You Can't Take It with You
as Maggie O'Neill
Women in Prison
as Maggie
A Doggone Mixup
as Mrs. Langdon
The Spider's Web
as Mason's Secretary
Start Cheering
as Green's Secretary
Sue My Lawyer
as Anita Burton
The Mind Needer
as Mrs. Chase
Time Out for Trouble
as Maisie
The Lady Objects
as Miss Hollins
Holiday
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
City Streets
as Nurse (uncredited)
Rio Grande
as Jean Andrews
Smashing the Spy Ring
as Madelon Martin
Extortion
as Margie Blake
Pie a la Maid
as Mary
Halfway to Hollywood
1938
Halfway to Hollywood
as Mrs. Kennedy
Girls Can Play
as Alice, Brophy's secretary
I'll Take Romance
as Minor Role
Devil's Playground
as Bit Part
Nothing Sacred
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
It's All Yours
as Stewardess (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
Stella Dallas
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
Missing Girls
as Ann Jason
Let's Sing Again
as Alice Alba
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Mary Burke
Red Lights Ahead
as Mary Wallace
Palm Springs
as School Girl
Ring Around the Moon
as Kay Duncan
Way Down East
as Rosie
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Reporter
Bad Boy
as Telegraph Clerk
