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Ann Doran

Born
July 28, 1911
Died
September 19, 2000
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
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Carol Stark
Them!
(1954)
Child Psychiatrist
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Captain Newman, M.D.
(1963)
Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
The FBI Story
(1959)
Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Wildcats
(1986)
Mrs. Chatham
The Desperate Hours
(1955)
Mrs. Walling
Stella Dallas
(1937)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
Topaz
(1969)
Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Receptionist (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946)
Bobbi St. John
Day of the Badman
(1958)
Martha Mordigan
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Maggie O'Neill
Holiday
(1938)
Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
One Exciting Adventure
(1934)
Girl
Way Down East
(1935)
Rosie
Mary Burns, Fugitive
(1935)
Reporter
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(1936)
Girl on Bus (uncredited)
The Man Who Lived Twice
(1936)
Nurse Cameron
Missing Girls
(1936)
Ann Jason
Let's Sing Again
(1936)
Alice Alba
The Little Red Schoolhouse
(1936)
Mary Burke
Red Lights Ahead
(1936)
Mary Wallace
Palm Springs
(1936)
School Girl
Ring Around the Moon
(1936)
Kay Duncan
I'll Take Romance
(1937)
Minor Role
Devil's Playground
(1937)
Bit Part
Nothing Sacred
(1937)
Telephone Girl (uncredited)
It's All Yours
(1937)
Stewardess (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
(1937)
Maizie-the maid (uncredited)
Stella Dallas
(1937)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Girls Can Play
(1937)
Alice, Brophy's secretary
Blondie
(1938)
Elsie Hazlip
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Maggie O'Neill
Women in Prison
(1938)
Maggie
A Doggone Mixup
(1938)
Mrs. Langdon
The Spider's Web
(1938)
Mason's Secretary
Start Cheering
(1938)
Green's Secretary
Sue My Lawyer
(1938)
Anita Burton
Time Out for Trouble
(1938)
Maisie
The Mind Needer
(1938)
Mrs. Chase
The Lady Objects
(1938)
Miss Hollins
City Streets
(1938)
Nurse (uncredited)
Rio Grande
(1938)
Jean Andrews
Smashing the Spy Ring
(1938)
Madelon Martin
Extortion
(1938)
Margie Blake
Many Sappy Returns
(1938)
Mary
Pie a la Maid
(1938)
Mary
Holiday
(1938)
Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
The Man They Could Not Hang
(1939)
Betty Crawford
Blind Alley
(1939)
Agnes
Rattling Romeo
(1939)
Judy
Homicide Bureau
(1939)
Nurse
Let Us Live
(1939)
Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Coast Guard
(1939)
Nurse (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
(1939)
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Skinny the Moocher
(1939)
Ann
Flying G-Men
(1939)
Hamilton's Secretary
The Chump Takes a Bump
(1939)
Minnie Chase
A Woman is the Judge
(1939)
Luella (uncredited)
Three Sappy People
(1939)
The Countess (uncredited)
Girls of the Road
(1940)
Jerry
Cold Turkey
(1940)
Mrs. Langdon
Her First Romance
(1940)
Student (uncredited)
Untamed
(1940)
1st Nurse
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
(1940)
Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers at Home
(1940)
Nurse
Glamour for Sale
(1940)
Myrtle (uncredited)
Blondes and Blunders
(1940)
Lillie Catlett
South of the Boudoir
(1940)
Mrs. Charley Chase
Manhattan Heartbeat
(1940)
Shop Girl's Friend
Penny Serenade
(1941)
Dotty 'Dot'
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
(1941)
Sheila Cobb
Criminals Within
(1941)
Linda
The Kid from Kansas
(1941)
Julie 'Smitty' Smith
Sun Valley Serenade
(1941)
Waitress (uncredited)
New York Town
(1941)
Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
(1941)
Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Mr. Wise Guy
(1942)
Dorothy Melton
My Sister Eileen
(1942)
Receptionist (uncredited)
Street of Chance
(1942)
Miss Peabody
Blue, White, and Perfect
(1942)
Miss Hoffman
Beyond the Blue Horizon
(1942)
Margaret Chase (uncredited)
Smith of Minnesota
(1942)
(uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Receptionist (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
(1942)
Helena, the Maid
Gildersleeve on Broadway
(1943)
Matilda Brown
So Proudly We Hail
(1943)
Lt. Betty Peterson
True to Life
(1943)
Radio Kitty (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
(1943)
Miss Bilby (uncredited)
The Hard Way
(1943)
Dorshka (Uncredited)
Air Force
(1943)
Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
(1943)
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
(1943)
Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Here Come the Waves
(1944)
Ruth
I Love a Soldier
(1944)
Jenny Butler
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
(1944)
Helen Martin
The Story of Dr. Wassell
(1944)
Praying Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Maria (uncredited)
Pride of the Marines
(1945)
Ella Mae Merchant
Roughly Speaking
(1945)
Alice Abbott
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946)
Bobbi St. John
Fear in the Night
(1947)
Lil Herlihy
My Favorite Brunette
(1947)
Miss Rogers
Second Chance
(1947)
Doris Greene
Road to the Big House
(1947)
Agnes Clark
For the Love of Rusty
(1947)
Ethel Mitchell
The Son of Rusty
(1947)
Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Seven Were Saved
(1947)
Mrs Rollin Hartley
Magic Town
(1947)
Mrs. Weaver
The Crimson Key
(1947)
Paris Wood
Variety Girl
(1947)
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Pitfall
(1948)
Maggie
The Snake Pit
(1948)
Valerie
Rusty Leads the Way
(1948)
Ethel Mitchell
My Dog Rusty
(1948)
Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Hazard
(1948)
Hospital Nurse
Sealed Verdict
(1948)
Ellie Blaine
The Return of the Whistler
(1948)
Sybil
Reaching from Heaven
(1948)
Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
The Walls of Jericho
(1948)
Gossip (uncredited)
No Minor Vices
(1948)
Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
(1949)
Ethel Mitchell
Rusty's Birthday
(1949)
Ethel Mitchell
One Last Fling
(1949)
Vera Thompson
The Kid from Cleveland
(1949)
Emily Novak
Holiday in Havana
(1949)
Marge Henley
Beyond the Forest
(1949)
Edith Williams
The Clay Pigeon
(1949)
Nurse (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
(1949)
Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
(1949)
Mrs. Egan
Air Hostess
(1949)
Virginia Barton
He Walked by Night
(1949)
Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Accused
(1949)
Miss Rice
Gambling House
(1950)
Della
Riding High
(1950)
Nurse (uncredited)
Lonely Heart Bandits
(1950)
Nancy Crane
No Sad Songs for Me
(1950)
Louise Spears
Never a Dull Moment
(1950)
Jean
The People Against O'Hara
(1951)
Betty Clark, Policewoman
The Painted Hills
(1951)
Martha Blake
Her First Romance
(1951)
Tomahawk
(1951)
Mrs. Carrington
Here Come the Nelsons
(1952)
Clara Randolph
Paula
(1952)
Mrs. Smith
Love Is Better Than Ever
(1952)
Mrs. Levoy
The Rose Bowl Story
(1952)
Mrs. Addie Burke
So This Is Love
(1953)
Mrs. Moore
The Eddie Cantor Story
(1953)
Lillian Edwards
Island in the Sky
(1953)
Moon's Wife (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
(1954)
Clara Joseph
The Bob Mathias Story
(1954)
Lillian Mathias
Them!
(1954)
Child Psychiatrist
City Story
(1954)
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Carol Stark
The Desperate Hours
(1955)
Mrs. Walling
The Man Who Turned to Stone
(1957)
Mrs. Ford
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
(1957)
Sarah Devlin
Young and Dangerous
(1957)
Mrs. Clara Clinton
Bombers B-52
(1957)
Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
(1958)
Mary Royce
Voice in the Mirror
(1958)
Mrs. Devlin
Violent Road
(1958)
Edith Miller
Life Begins At 17
(1958)
Virginia Peck
Joy Ride
(1958)
Grace Renny
The Female Animal
(1958)
Nurse
The Rawhide Trail
(1958)
Mrs. Cartwright
Day of the Badman
(1958)
Martha Mordigan
Step Down to Terror
(1958)
Mrs. Duprez
Cast a Long Shadow
(1959)
Ma Calvert
Riot in Juvenile Prison
(1959)
Bess Monahan
A Summer Place
(1959)
Mrs. Talbert
The FBI Story
(1959)
Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Captain Newman, M.D.
(1963)
Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
Kitten with a Whip
(1964)
Mavis Varden
Where Love Has Gone
(1964)
Mrs. Geraghty
The Brass Bottle
(1964)
Martha Kenton
The Carpetbaggers
(1964)
Reporter
Not With My Wife, You Don't
(1966)
Doris Parker
The Hostage
(1967)
Miss Mabry
Rosie!
(1967)
Lady on Witness Stand
Live a Little, Love a Little
(1968)
Landlady (uncredited)
The Arrangement
(1969)
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
(1969)
Lee's Mother
Topaz
(1969)
Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
Weekend of Terror
(1970)
Sister Nadine
There Was a Crooked Man...
(1970)
Mrs. Lomax
The Hired Hand
(1971)
Mrs. Sorenson
The Failing of Raymond
(1971)
Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
(1974)
Secretary
The Last Angry Man
(1974)
Nurse Whitbread
The Werewolf of Woodstock
(1975)
Dora
The Family Nobody Wanted
(1975)
Mrs. Kimberly
The Gumball Rally
(1976)
Mrs. Ontley
Dead of Night
(1977)
Mrs. McCauley
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
(1977)
Grandma Lundy
Flood!
(1977)
Emma Fisher
Little Mo
(1978)
Aunt Gert
All Night Long
(1981)
Grandmother Gibbons
All the Way Home
(1981)
Great-Aunt Sadie
Advice to the Lovelorn
(1981)
Ada Wells
Crazy Times
(1981)
Mrs. Keagan
First Monday in October
(1981)
Storekeeper
Wildcats
(1986)
Mrs. Chatham
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