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Ann Doran

Born July 28, 1911
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Died Sept. 19, 2000, aged 89

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 …

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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.

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Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Carol Stark

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

The A-Team (1983)

Nora

Little House on the Prairie (1974)

Helen Tyler

His Girl Friday (1940)

Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

M*A*S*H (1972)

Meg Cratty

Bewitched (1964)

Mrs. Raphael

Bonanza (1959)

Mrs. Walker

Them! (1954)

Child Psychiatrist

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Sam Hunter's Mother

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Maggie O'Neill

Topaz (1969)

Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Girl on Bus (uncredited)

Holiday (1938)

Kitchen Maid (uncredited)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone (1985)

Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Receptionist (uncredited)

Wildcats (1986)

Mrs. Chatham

Highway to Heaven (1984)

Mrs. Bradley

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

Bobbi St. John

The Desperate Hours (1955)

Mrs. Walling

Warlock (1959)

Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)

The Fountainhead (1949)

Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

Mrs. Lomax

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Perry Mason (1957)

Claire Durell / Cornelia Slater / Nell Wyatt

Fantasy Island (1978)

Emma Howard / Mrs. Howard (uncredited)

Penny Serenade (1941)

Dotty

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

Mary Royce

Mirage (1965)

Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)

Nothing Sacred (1937)

Telephone Girl (uncredited)

The Snake Pit (1948)

Valerie (uncredited)

He Walked by Night (1949)

Dispatcher (uncredited)

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

Hunter (1984)

Mrs. Rawling

Stella Dallas (1937)

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

The More the Merrier (1943)

Miss Bilby (uncredited)

Simon & Simon (1981)

Pitfall (1948)

Maggie

The Gumball Rally (1976)

Mrs. Ontley

The High and the Mighty (1954)

Clara Joseph

Leave It to Beaver (1957)

Agnes Haskell

The Hired Hand (1971)

Mrs. Sorenson

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Maria (uncredited)

Island in the Sky (1953)

Moon's Wife (uncredited)

Cagney & Lacey (1982)

Lassie (1954)

Ironside (1967)

Harriet Miles / Marlene Whittaker

The Arrangement (1969)

Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

The Odd Couple (1970)

Loretta Spoon

Air Force (1943)

Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)

Adventures of Superman (1952)

My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Miss Rogers

Mannix (1967)

Mrs. Moody

Dead of Night (1977)

Mrs. McCauley

A Summer Place (1959)

Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)

Emergency! (1972)

Mrs. Perigrew / Hannah

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

Mary Deacon

Beyond the Forest (1949)

Edith Williams

Adam-12 (1968)

Martha / Mrs. Kerry

Rawhide (1959)

Millie Darius

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

Betty Crawford

Knots Landing (1979)

Mercy

Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)

The FBI Story (1959)

Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)

The Badlanders (1958)

Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)

Cannon (1971)

Eight Is Enough (1977)

Petticoat Junction (1963)

Mrs. Elliott

The Carpetbaggers (1964)

Reporter (uncredited)

My Three Sons (1960)

Old Acquaintance (1943)

Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)

All Night Long (1981)

Grandmother Gibbons

The Lone Ranger (1949)

Sarah Yancy

The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)

Mrs. Chadwick / Christine Briggs (uncredited)

Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)

Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)

Fear in the Night (1947)

Lil Herlihy

Magic Town (1947)

Mrs. Weaver

The Virginian (1962)

Minerva Lewis / Maggie Hyeth / Reba / Mrs. Graves / Annie Thomas

Dive Bomber (1941)

Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)

Alias Smith and Jones (1971)

Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)

Landlady (uncredited)

Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

Waitress (uncredited)

The People Against O'Hara (1951)

Betty Clark, Policewoman

Father Knows Best (1954)

Dorothy Tyler

First Monday in October (1981)

Storekeeper

Kitten with a Whip (1964)

Mavis Varden

The Mod Squad (1968)

Eva Styles

The Painted Hills (1951)

Martha Blake

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

Lt. Betty Peterson

The Accused (1949)

Miss Rice

My Sister Eileen (1942)

Receptionist (uncredited)

The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Praying Woman (uncredited)

The Brass Bottle (1964)

Martha Kenton

The Hard Way (1943)

Dorshka (Uncredited)

The Rookies (1972)

Tomahawk (1951)

Mrs. Carrington

Street of Chance (1942)

Miss Peabody

The Clay Pigeon (1949)

Nurse (uncredited)

Where Love Has Gone (1964)

Mrs. Geraghty

The Donna Reed Show (1958)

Three Sappy People (1939)

The Countess (uncredited)

Blind Alley (1939)

Agnes

Bombers B-52 (1957)

Sylvia Slater (uncredited)

The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Mother

The Return of the Whistler (1948)

Sybil

Day of the Badman (1958)

Martha Mordigan

Flood! (1977)

Emma Fisher

Gambling House (1950)

Della

The Female Animal (1958)

Nurse

Pride of the Marines (1945)

Ella Mae Merchant

Cast a Long Shadow (1959)

Ma Calvert

Let Us Live (1939)

Secretary Juror (uncredited)

Never a Dull Moment (1950)

Jean

Blue, White and Perfect (1942)

Miss Hoffman

Longstreet (1971)

Mrs. Kingston

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)

Sarah Devlin (uncredited)

The Green Hornet (1940)

Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)

The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)

Mrs. Ford

Variety Girl (1947)

Hairdresser (uncredited)

Blondie (1938)

Elsie Hazlip

Four Star Playhouse (1952)

Welfare Woman

Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966)

Doris Parker

Seven Were Saved (1947)

Mrs Rollin Hartley

Step Down to Terror (1958)

Mrs. Duprez

The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)

The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)

The Lady Objects (1938)

Miss Hollins

Here Come the Waves (1944)

Ruth

They All Kissed the Bride (1942)

Helena, the Maid

Weekend of Terror (1970)

Sister Nadine

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell

I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)

Audience Member

Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

Mrs. Levoy

Mr. Wise Guy (1942)

Dorothy Melton

No Minor Vices (1948)

Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)

No Sad Songs for Me (1950)

Louise Spears

Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969)

Lee's Mother

Riding High (1950)

Nurse (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous (1943)

Salesgirl (uncredited)

Start Cheering (1938)

Green's Secretary

The Walls of Jericho (1948)

Gossip (uncredited)

Violent Road (1958)

Edith Miller

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)

Mrs. Egan

Let's Sing Again (1936)

Alice Alba

Letter to Loretta (1953)

Nurse / Ginny Tucker / Mrs. Harrison / Anne Thomas / Felice Badt / Leona Garner

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

Rose / Harriett

Matinee Theater (1955)

The Macahans (1976)

Grandma

One Last Fling (1949)

Vera Thompson

Ring Around the Moon (1936)

Kay Duncan

Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)

Bess Monahan

So This Is Love (1953)

Mrs. Moore

The Crimson Key (1947)

Paris Wood

The Gene Autry Show (1950)

Aunt Lynn / Emma Connelly

The Hostage (1967)

Miss Mabry

The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)

Nurse Cameron (uncredited)

Untamed (1940)

1st Nurse (uncredited)

Voice in the Mirror (1958)

Mrs. Devlin

Air Hostess (1949)

Virginia Barton

Cavalcade of America (1952)

Mrs. Honeyman / Caroline

Devil's Playground (1937)

Bit Part

Five Little Peppers at Home (1940)

Nurse

Girls Can Play (1937)

Alice, Brophy's secretary

Girls of the Road (1940)

Jerry

Glamour for Sale (1940)

Myrtle (uncredited)

Holiday in Havana (1949)

Marge Henley

It's All Yours (1937)

Stewardess (uncredited)

National Velvet (1960)

Martha Brown

Red Lights Ahead (1936)

Mary Wallace

Roughly Speaking (1945)

Alice Abbott

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

Amy

The Failing of Raymond (1971)

Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

The Family Nobody Wanted (1975)

Mrs. Kimberly

The Go-Getter (1937)

Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)

The Legend of Jesse James (1965)

Mrs. James

Time Out for Trouble (1938)

Maisie

Coast Guard (1939)

Nurse (uncredited)

Criminals Within (1941)

Linda

December Bride (1954)

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)

Sheila Cobb

Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)

Matilda Brown

Her First Romance (1951)

I Love a Soldier (1944)

Jenny Butler

Little Mo (1978)

Aunt Gert

Missing Girls (1936)

Ann Jason

Public Defender (1954)

Road to the Big House (1947)

Agnes Clark

Second Chance (1947)

Doris Greene

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)

Nurse Stern

The Ford Television Theatre (1952)

Sister Mary Greene / Sue / Marion

The Millionaire (1955)

Jane Costello / Mrs. Johnson

The Rose Bowl Story (1952)

Mrs. Addie Burke

The Werewolf of Woodstock (1975)

Dora

True to Life (1943)

Radio Kitty (uncredited)

Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)

Margaret Chase (uncredited)

Hazard (1948)

Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Her First Romance (1940)

Student (uncredited)

Here Come the Nelsons (1952)

Clara Randolph

Homicide Bureau (1939)

Nurse

I'll Take Romance (1937)

Minor Role

Many Sappy Returns (1938)

Mary

Rio Grande (1938)

Jean Andrews

Sealed Verdict (1948)

Ellie Blaine

Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)

Madelon Martin

The Bob Mathias Story (1954)

Lillian Mathias

The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970)

Jean Wydell

The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)

Mary Burke

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)

Secretary

Way Down East (1935)

Rosie

Young and Dangerous (1957)

Mrs. Clara Clinton

All the Way Home (1981)

Great-Aunt Sadie

Bad Boy (1935)

Telegraph Clerk

Bourbon Street Beat (1959)

Chevron Theatre (1952)

City Streets (1938)

Nurse (uncredited)

Extortion (1938)

Margie Blake

Flying G-Men (1939)

Hamilton's Secretary

Hell Town (1985)

Maude

Joy Ride (1958)

Grace Renny

Life Begins At 17 (1958)

Virginia Peck

Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)

Nancy Crane

Lucas Tanner (1974)

My Dog Rusty (1948)

Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

New York Town (1941)

Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)

Official Detective (1957)

Paula (1952)

Mrs. Smith

Rusty Leads the Way (1948)

Ethel Mitchell

Rusty Saves a Life (1949)

Ethel Mitchell

Rusty's Birthday (1949)

Ethel Mitchell

The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)

Lillian Edwards

The Kid from Cleveland (1949)

Emily Novak

The Mind Needer (1938)

Mrs. Chase

The Runaways (1978)

The Spider's Web (1938)

Mason's Secretary

We've Got Each Other (1977)

Women in Prison (1938)

Maggie

A Doggone Mixup (1938)

Mrs. Langdon

A Woman is the Judge (1939)

Luella (uncredited)

Advice to the Lovelorn (1981)

Ada Wells

Blondes and Blunders (1940)

Lillie Catlett

City Story (1954)

Cold Turkey (1940)

Mrs. Langdon

For the Love of Rusty (1947)

Ethel Mitchell

Halfway to Hollywood (1938)

Mrs. Kennedy

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)

Helen Martin

Highway Patrol (1938)

Estelle

Manhattan Heartbeat (1940)

Shop Girl's Friend

Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)

Reporter

One Exciting Adventure (1934)

Girl

Palm Springs (1936)

School Girl

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977)

Grandma Lundy

Pie a la Maid (1938)

Mary

Rattling Romeo (1939)

Judy

Reaching from Heaven (1948)

Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)

Rosie! (1967)

Lady on Witness Stand

Scarecrow (1972)

Mistress Dodge

Skinny the Moocher (1939)

Ann

Smith of Minnesota (1942)

(uncredited)

South of the Boudoir (1940)

Mrs. Charley Chase

Sue My Lawyer (1938)

Anita Burton

The Chump Takes a Bump (1939)

Minnie Chase

The Kid from Kansas (1941)

Julie 'Smitty' Smith

The Last Angry Man (1974)

Nurse Whitbread

The Rawhide Trail (1958)

Mrs. Cartwright

The Son of Rusty (1947)

Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

A Fair Chance (1954)

Human resources officer

Crazy Times (1981)

Mrs. Keagan

The Adventures of the Big Man (1956)

Ellen

The Priest Killer (1971)

Harriet Miles

The Whistler (1954)