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
| Birth Location | Amarillo, Texas, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1911-07-28 |
| Died | 2000-09-19 |
Movies
Wildcats
as Mrs. Chatham
1986
All the Way Home
as Great-Aunt Sadie
1981
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Ada Wells
1981
First Monday in October
as Storekeeper
1981
Crazy Times
as Mrs. Keagan
1981
All Night Long
as Grandmother Gibbons
1981
Little Mo
as Aunt Gert
1978
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Grandma Lundy
1977
Flood!
as Emma Fisher
1977
Dead of Night
as Mrs. McCauley
1977
The Gumball Rally
as Mrs. Ontley
1976
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Mrs. Kimberly
1975
The Werewolf of Woodstock
as Dora
1975
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Secretary
1974
The Last Angry Man
as Nurse Whitbread
1974
The Failing of Raymond
as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1971
The Hired Hand
as Mrs. Sorenson
1971
Weekend of Terror
as Sister Nadine
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Lomax
1970
Topaz
as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
1969
The Arrangement
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1969
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
as Lee's Mother
1969
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Landlady (uncredited)
1968
Rosie!
as Lady on Witness Stand
1967
The Hostage
as Miss Mabry
1967
Not With My Wife, You Don't
as Doris Parker
1966
Kitten with a Whip
as Mavis Varden
1964
Where Love Has Gone
as Mrs. Geraghty
1964
The Brass Bottle
as Martha Kenton
1964
The Carpetbaggers
as Reporter
1964
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
1963
A Summer Place
as Mrs. Talbert
1959
The FBI Story
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
1959
Cast a Long Shadow
as Ma Calvert
1959
Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Bess Monahan
1959
Joy Ride
as Grace Renny
1958
Step Down to Terror
as Mrs. Duprez
1958
Voice in the Mirror
as Mrs. Devlin
1958
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Mary Royce
1958
Life Begins At 17
as Virginia Peck
1958
Violent Road
as Edith Miller
1958
Day of the Badman
as Martha Mordigan
1958
The Rawhide Trail
as Mrs. Cartwright
1958
The Female Animal
as Nurse
1958
Bombers B-52
as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
1957
Young and Dangerous
as Mrs. Clara Clinton
1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Sarah Devlin
1957
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Mrs. Ford
1957
Rebel Without a Cause
as Carol Stark
1955
The Desperate Hours
as Mrs. Walling
1955
The Bob Mathias Story
as Lillian Mathias
1954
The High and the Mighty
as Clara Joseph
1954
Them!
as Child Psychiatrist
1954
1954
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Lillian Edwards
1953
Island in the Sky
as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
1953
So This Is Love
as Mrs. Moore
1953
The Rose Bowl Story
as Mrs. Addie Burke
1952
Paula
as Mrs. Smith
1952
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Mrs. Levoy
1952
Here Come the Nelsons
as Clara Randolph
1952
The People Against O'Hara
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
1951
1951
The Painted Hills
as Martha Blake
1951
Tomahawk
as Mrs. Carrington
1951
Gambling House
as Della
1950
Lonely Heart Bandits
as Nancy Crane
1950
Never a Dull Moment
as Jean
1950
No Sad Songs for Me
as Louise Spears
1950
Riding High
as Nurse (uncredited)
1950
Rusty's Birthday
as Ethel Mitchell
1949
Beyond the Forest
as Edith Williams
1949
Holiday in Havana
as Marge Henley
1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Mrs. Egan
1949
The Kid from Cleveland
as Emily Novak
1949
Air Hostess
as Virginia Barton
1949
One Last Fling
as Vera Thompson
1949
The Fountainhead
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
1949
The Clay Pigeon
as Nurse (uncredited)
1949
He Walked by Night
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
1949
Rusty Saves a Life
as Ethel Mitchell
1949
The Accused
as Miss Rice
1949
The Walls of Jericho
as Gossip (uncredited)
1948
No Minor Vices
as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
1948
Sealed Verdict
as Ellie Blaine
1948
The Snake Pit
as Valerie
1948
Rusty Leads the Way
as Ethel Mitchell
1948
Pitfall
as Maggie
1948
Hazard
as Hospital Nurse
1948
My Dog Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
1948
The Return of the Whistler
as Sybil
1948
Reaching from Heaven
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
1948
Road to the Big House
as Agnes Clark
1947
Magic Town
as Mrs. Weaver
1947
Variety Girl
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
1947
The Son of Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
1947
Second Chance
as Doris Greene
1947
The Crimson Key
as Paris Wood
1947
For the Love of Rusty
as Ethel Mitchell
1947
Fear in the Night
as Lil Herlihy
1947
Seven Were Saved
as Mrs Rollin Hartley
1947
My Favorite Brunette
as Miss Rogers
1947
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Bobbi St. John
1946
Pride of the Marines
as Ella Mae Merchant
1945
Roughly Speaking
as Alice Abbott
1945
Here Come the Waves
as Ruth
1944
I Love a Soldier
as Jenny Butler
1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Praying Woman (uncredited)
1944
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Helen Martin
1944
Mr. Skeffington
as Maria (uncredited)
1944
True to Life
as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
1943
Old Acquaintance
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
1943
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Matilda Brown
1943
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Betty Peterson
1943
The More the Merrier
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
1943
Slightly Dangerous
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
1943
Air Force
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
1943
The Hard Way
as Dorshka (Uncredited)
1943
Smith of Minnesota
as (uncredited)
1942
Street of Chance
as Miss Peabody
1942
My Sister Eileen
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
1942
They All Kissed the Bride
as Helena, the Maid
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
Mr. Wise Guy
as Dorothy Melton
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Miss Hoffman
1942
New York Town
as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
1941
The Kid from Kansas
as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
1941
Dive Bomber
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
1941
Sun Valley Serenade
as Waitress (uncredited)
1941
Criminals Within
as Linda
1941
Penny Serenade
as Dotty 'Dot'
1941
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Sheila Cobb
1941
Meet John Doe
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
1941
Her First Romance
as Student (uncredited)
1940
Blondes and Blunders
as Lillie Catlett
1940
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Langdon
1940
Glamour for Sale
as Myrtle (uncredited)
1940
Untamed
as 1st Nurse
1940
Girls of the Road
as Jerry
1940
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Shop Girl's Friend
1940
South of the Boudoir
as Mrs. Charley Chase
1940
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Nurse
1940
His Girl Friday
as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
1940
The Green Hornet
as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
1940
Three Sappy People
as The Countess (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
1939
A Woman is the Judge
as Luella (uncredited)
1939
Skinny the Moocher
as Ann
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Betty Crawford
1939
Coast Guard
as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
Rattling Romeo
as Judy
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
1939
Blind Alley
as Agnes
1939
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Minnie Chase
1939
Let Us Live
as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
1939
Flying G-Men
as Hamilton's Secretary
1939
Homicide Bureau
as Nurse
1939
Smashing the Spy Ring
as Madelon Martin
1938
Pie a la Maid
as Mary
1938
Rio Grande
as Jean Andrews
1938
A Doggone Mixup
as Mrs. Langdon
1938
Blondie
as Elsie Hazlip
1938
The Spider's Web
as Mason's Secretary
1938
The Lady Objects
as Miss Hollins
1938
Sue My Lawyer
as Anita Burton
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Maggie O'Neill
1938
Many Sappy Returns
as Mary
1938
City Streets
as Nurse (uncredited)
1938
Holiday
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
1938
Extortion
as Margie Blake
1938
The Mind Needer
as Mrs. Chase
1938
Time Out for Trouble
as Maisie
1938
Start Cheering
as Green's Secretary
1938
Women in Prison
as Maggie
1938
Nothing Sacred
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
1937
I'll Take Romance
as Minor Role
1937
It's All Yours
as Stewardess (uncredited)
1937
Stella Dallas
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1937
Girls Can Play
as Alice, Brophy's secretary
1937
The Go-Getter
as Maizie-the maid (uncredited)
1937
Devil's Playground
as Bit Part
1937
Red Lights Ahead
as Mary Wallace
1936
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Nurse Cameron
1936
Missing Girls
as Ann Jason
1936
Palm Springs
as School Girl
1936
Let's Sing Again
as Alice Alba
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Mary Burke
1936
Ring Around the Moon
as Kay Duncan
1936
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Reporter
1935
Way Down East
as Rosie
1935
One Exciting Adventure
as Girl
1934
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