Ann Doran

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Rebel Without a Cause1955
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939
His Girl Friday1940
Them!1954

About Ann Doran

Known for: Acting
Born: July 28, 1911
Died: September 19, 2000 (age 89)
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas, USA

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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Ann Lee Doran

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Filmography

Wildcats1986as Mrs. Chatham

All the Way Home1981as Great-Aunt Sadie
Advice to the Lovelorn1981as Ada Wells
First Monday in October1981as Storekeeper
Crazy Times1981as Mrs. Keagan
All Night Long1981as Grandmother Gibbons
Little Mo1978as Aunt Gert
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion1977as Grandma Lundy
Flood!1977as Emma Fisher
Dead of Night1977as Mrs. McCauley
The Gumball Rally1976as Mrs. Ontley
The Macahans1976as Grandma
The Family Nobody Wanted1975as Mrs. Kimberly
The Werewolf of Woodstock1975as Dora
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd1974as Secretary
The Last Angry Man1974as Nurse Whitbread
Scarecrow1972as Mistress Dodge
The Failing of Raymond1971as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Priest Killer1971as Harriet Miles
The Hired Hand1971as Mrs. Sorenson
Weekend of Terror1970as Sister Nadine
There Was a Crooked Man...1970as Mrs. Lomax
Topaz1969as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
The Arrangement1969as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Once You Kiss a Stranger...1969as Lee's Mother
Live a Little, Love a Little1968as Landlady (uncredited)
Rosie!1967as Lady on Witness Stand
The Hostage1967as Miss Mabry
Not With My Wife, You Don't!1966as Doris Parker
Mirage1965as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
Kitten with a Whip1964as Mavis Varden
Where Love Has Gone1964as Mrs. Geraghty
The Brass Bottle1964as Martha Kenton
The Carpetbaggers1964as Reporter (uncredited)
Captain Newman, M.D.1963as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
A Summer Place1959as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
The FBI Story1959as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Cast a Long Shadow1959as Ma Calvert
Warlock1959as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
Riot in Juvenile Prison1959as Bess Monahan
Joy Ride1958as Grace Renny
The Badlanders1958as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
Step Down to Terror1958as Mrs. Duprez
Voice in the Mirror1958as Mrs. Devlin
It! The Terror from Beyond Space1958as Mary Royce
Life Begins At 171958as Virginia Peck
Violent Road1958as Edith Miller
Day of the Badman1958as Martha Mordigan
The Rawhide Trail1958as Mrs. Cartwright
The Female Animal1958as Nurse
Bombers B-521957as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Young and Dangerous1957as Mrs. Clara Clinton
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend1957as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
The Man Who Turned to Stone1957as Mrs. Ford
Rebel Without a Cause1955as Carol Stark
The Desperate Hours1955as Mrs. Walling
The Bob Mathias Story1954as Lillian Mathias
A Fair Chance1954as Human resources officer
The High and the Mighty1954as Clara Joseph
Them!1954as Child Psychiatrist
City Story1954
The Eddie Cantor Story1953as Lillian Edwards
Island in the Sky1953as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
So This Is Love1953as Mrs. Moore
I Love Lucy: The Movie1953as Audience Member
The Rose Bowl Story1952as Mrs. Addie Burke
Paula1952as Mrs. Smith
Here Come the Nelsons1952as Clara Randolph
Love Is Better Than Ever1952as Mrs. Levoy
The People Against O'Hara1951as Betty Clark, Policewoman
Her First Romance1951
The Painted Hills1951as Martha Blake
Tomahawk1951as Mrs. Carrington
Gambling House1950as Della
Lonely Heart Bandits1950as Nancy Crane
Never a Dull Moment1950as Jean
No Sad Songs for Me1950as Louise Spears
Riding High1950as Nurse (uncredited)
Rusty's Birthday1949as Ethel Mitchell
Beyond the Forest1949as Edith Williams
Holiday in Havana1949as Marge Henley
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass1949as Mrs. Egan
The Kid from Cleveland1949as Emily Novak
Air Hostess1949as Virginia Barton
One Last Fling1949as Vera Thompson
The Fountainhead1949as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
The Clay Pigeon1949as Nurse (uncredited)
He Walked by Night1949as Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life1949as Ethel Mitchell
The Accused1949as Miss Rice
The Walls of Jericho1948as Gossip (uncredited)
No Minor Vices1948as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict1948as Ellie Blaine
The Snake Pit1948as Valerie (uncredited)
Rusty Leads the Way1948as Ethel Mitchell
Pitfall1948as Maggie
Hazard1948as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
My Dog Rusty1948as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
The Return of the Whistler1948as Sybil
Reaching from Heaven1948as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
Road to the Big House1947as Agnes Clark
Magic Town1947as Mrs. Weaver
Variety Girl1947as Hairdresser (uncredited)
The Son of Rusty1947as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Second Chance1947as Doris Greene
The Crimson Key1947as Paris Wood
For the Love of Rusty1947as Ethel Mitchell
Fear in the Night1947as Lil Herlihy
Seven Were Saved1947as Mrs Rollin Hartley
My Favorite Brunette1947as Miss Rogers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers1946as Bobbi St. John
Pride of the Marines1945as Ella Mae Merchant
Roughly Speaking1945as Alice Abbott
Here Come the Waves1944as Ruth
I Love a Soldier1944as Jenny Butler
The Story of Dr. Wassell1944as Praying Woman (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret1944as Helen Martin
Mr. Skeffington1944as Maria (uncredited)
True to Life1943as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance1943as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Gildersleeve on Broadway1943as Matilda Brown
So Proudly We Hail1943as Lt. Betty Peterson
The More the Merrier1943as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous1943as Salesgirl (uncredited)
Air Force1943as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
The Hard Way1943as Dorshka (Uncredited)
Smith of Minnesota1942as (uncredited)
Street of Chance1942as Miss Peabody
My Sister Eileen1942as Receptionist (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon1942as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride1942as Helena, the Maid
Yankee Doodle Dandy1942as Receptionist (uncredited)
Mr. Wise Guy1942as Dorothy Melton
Blue, White and Perfect1942as Miss Hoffman
New York Town1941as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
The Kid from Kansas1941as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
Dive Bomber1941as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Sun Valley Serenade1941as Waitress (uncredited)
Criminals Within1941as Linda
Penny Serenade1941as Dotty
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery1941as Sheila Cobb
Meet John Doe1941as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
Her First Romance1940as Student (uncredited)
Blondes and Blunders1940as Lillie Catlett
Cold Turkey1940as Mrs. Langdon
Glamour for Sale1940as Myrtle (uncredited)
Girls of the Road1940as Jerry
Untamed1940as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
Manhattan Heartbeat1940as Shop Girl's Friend
South of the Boudoir1940as Mrs. Charley Chase
Five Little Peppers at Home1940as Nurse
His Girl Friday1940as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
The Green Hornet1940as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
Three Sappy People1939as The Countess (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
A Woman is the Judge1939as Luella (uncredited)
Skinny the Moocher1939as Ann
The Man They Could Not Hang1939as Betty Crawford
Coast Guard1939as Nurse (uncredited)
Rattling Romeo1939as Judy
Good Girls Go to Paris1939as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Blind Alley1939as Agnes
The Chump Takes a Bump1939as Minnie Chase
Let Us Live1939as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Flying G-Men1939as Hamilton's Secretary
Homicide Bureau1939as Nurse
Smashing the Spy Ring1938as Madelon Martin
Pie a la Maid1938as Mary
Rio Grande1938as Jean Andrews
A Doggone Mixup1938as Mrs. Langdon
Blondie1938as Elsie Hazlip
The Spider's Web1938as Mason's Secretary
The Lady Objects1938as Miss Hollins
Sue My Lawyer1938as Anita Burton
You Can't Take It with You1938as Maggie O'Neill
Many Sappy Returns1938as Mary
City Streets1938as Nurse (uncredited)
Halfway to Hollywood1938as Mrs. Kennedy
Highway Patrol1938as Estelle
Holiday1938as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Extortion1938as Margie Blake
The Mind Needer1938as Mrs. Chase
Time Out for Trouble1938as Maisie
Start Cheering1938as Green's Secretary
Women in Prison1938as Maggie
Nothing Sacred1937as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
I'll Take Romance1937as Minor Role
It's All Yours1937as Stewardess (uncredited)
Stella Dallas1937as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Girls Can Play1937as Alice, Brophy's secretary
The Go-Getter1937as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
Devil's Playground1937as Bit Part
Red Lights Ahead1936as Mary Wallace
The Man Who Lived Twice1936as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
Missing Girls1936as Ann Jason
Palm Springs1936as School Girl
Let's Sing Again1936as Alice Alba
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
The Little Red Schoolhouse1936as Mary Burke
Ring Around the Moon1936as Kay Duncan
Mary Burns, Fugitive1935as Reporter
Bad Boy1935as Telegraph Clerk
Way Down East1935as Rosie
One Exciting Adventure1934as Girl

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