Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Deceased · Born: Jul 28, 1911 · Died: Sep 19, 2000

1984
1958
1957
1955
1952
1951
1950
1949

Personal Details

Born Jul 28, 1911 Amarillo, Texas, USA
Parents
  • Rose Allen
  • John Richard Doran

Biography

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.

Career

1986
Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon
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1985
The A-Team
The A-Team as Nora
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1983
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected as Mary Deacon
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1982
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
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1981
All Night Long
All Night Long as Grandmother Gibbons
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All the Way Home
All the Way Home as Great-Aunt Sadie
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1979
Shirley
Shirley
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1978
Little Mo
Little Mo as Aunt Gert
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1977
Dead of Night
Dead of Night as Mrs. McCauley
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Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Grandma Lundy
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1975
The Family Nobody Wanted
The Family Nobody Wanted as Mrs. Kimberly
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The Wide World of Mystery
The Wide World of Mystery as Dora
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M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H as Meg Cratty
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1972
Emergencia
Emergencia
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Adam-12
Adam-12 as Martha
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1971
The Hired Hand
The Hired Hand as Mrs. Sorenson
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Longstreet
Longstreet
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1970
Weekend of Terror
Weekend of Terror as Sister Nadine
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Bewitched
Bewitched
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1969
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
Once You Kiss a Stranger... as Lee's Mother
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Ironside
Ironside
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Lassie
Lassie
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1967
The Hostage
The Hostage as Miss Mabry
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The Virginian
The Virginian as Mrs. Graves
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1966
Not with My Wife, You Don't!
Not with My Wife, You Don't! as Doris Parker
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1965
The Legend of Jesse James
The Legend of Jesse James as Mrs. James
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1964
Kitten with a Whip
Kitten with a Whip as Mavis Varden
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The Brass Bottle
The Brass Bottle as Martha Kenton
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1962
Perry Mason
Perry Mason as Cornelia Slater
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1960
National Velvet
National Velvet as Martha Brown
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1959
Cast a Long Shadow
Cast a Long Shadow as Ma Calvert
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Riot in Juvenile Prison
Riot in Juvenile Prison as Bess Monahan
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The Donna Reed Show
1958
Violent Road
Violent Road as Edith Miller
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The Female Animal
The Female Animal as Nurse
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Joy Ride
Joy Ride as Grace Renny
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It! The Terror from Beyond Space
It! The Terror from Beyond Space as Mary Royce
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Step Down to Terror
Step Down to Terror as Mrs. Duprez
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Voice in the Mirror
Voice in the Mirror as Mrs. Devlin
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Life Begins at 17
Life Begins at 17
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1957
The Man Who Turned to Stone
The Man Who Turned to Stone as Mrs. Ford
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Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver as Agnes Haskell
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1955
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause as Carol Stark
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1954
The Bob Mathias Story
The Bob Mathias Story as Lillian Mathias
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1953
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy as Audience Member
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So This Is Love
So This Is Love as Mrs. Moore
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1952
The Rose Bowl Story
The Rose Bowl Story as Mrs. Addie Burke
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Paula
Paula as Mrs. Smith
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Here Come the Nelsons
Here Come the Nelsons as Clara Randolph
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Love Is Better Than Ever
Love Is Better Than Ever as Mrs. Levoy
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1951
The Painted Hills
The Painted Hills as Martha Blake
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Her First Romance
Her First Romance
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1950
No Sad Songs for Me
No Sad Songs for Me as Louise Spears
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Lonely Heart Bandits
Lonely Heart Bandits as Nancy Crane
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Never a Dull Moment
Never a Dull Moment as Jean
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Gambling House
Gambling House as Della
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1949
Air Hostess
Air Hostess as Virginia Barton
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Rusty Saves a Life
Rusty Saves a Life as Ethel Mitchell
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The Kid from Cleveland
The Kid from Cleveland as Emily Novak
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Holiday in Havana
Holiday in Havana as Marge Henley
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Rusty's Birthday
Rusty's Birthday as Ethel Mitchell
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Beyond the Forest
Beyond the Forest as Edith Williams
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One Last Fling
One Last Fling as Vera Thompson
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1948
Hazard
Hazard as Hospital Nurse
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My Dog Rusty
My Dog Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
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The Return of the Whistler
The Return of the Whistler as Sybil
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Pitfall
Pitfall as Maggie
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No Minor Vices
No Minor Vices as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
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Rusty Leads the Way
Rusty Leads the Way as Ethel Mitchell
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1947
Road to the Big House
Road to the Big House as Agnes Clark
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Seven Were Saved
Seven Were Saved as Mrs Rollin Hartley
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My Favorite Brunette
My Favorite Brunette as Miss Rogers
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For the Love of Rusty
For the Love of Rusty as Ethel Mitchell
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Magic Town
Magic Town as Mrs. Weaver
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Fear in the Night
Fear in the Night as Lil Herlihy
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Second Chance
Second Chance as Doris Greene
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The Son of Rusty
The Son of Rusty as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
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1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Bobbi St. John
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1945
I Love a Soldier
I Love a Soldier as Jenny Butler
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Roughly Speaking
Roughly Speaking as Alice Abbott
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Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines as Ella Mae Merchant
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1944
Here Come the Waves
Here Come the Waves as Ruth
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Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret as Helen Martin
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1943
The Hard Way
The Hard Way as Dorshka (Uncredited)
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The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
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Gildersleeve on Broadway
Gildersleeve on Broadway as Matilda Brown
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1942
Mr. Wise Guy
Mr. Wise Guy as Dorothy Melton
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Smith of Minnesota
Smith of Minnesota as (uncredited)
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1941
The Kid from Kansas
The Kid from Kansas as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
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Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as Sheila Cobb
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Half Shot at Sunrise
Half Shot at Sunrise as Minnie Crawford
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Penny Serenade
Penny Serenade as Dotty 'Dot'
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Criminals Within
Criminals Within as Linda
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1940
South of the Boudoir
South of the Boudoir as Mrs. Charley Chase
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Girls of the Road
Girls of the Road as Jerry
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Manhattan Heartbeat
Manhattan Heartbeat as Shop Girl's Friend
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1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
The Man They Could Not Hang as Betty Crawford
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Three Sappy People
Three Sappy People as The Countess
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Blind Alley
Blind Alley as Agnes
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1938
The Spider's Web
The Spider's Web as Mason's Secretary
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Blondie
Blondie as Elsie Hazlip
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1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse
The Little Red Schoolhouse as Mary Burke
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Missing Girls
Missing Girls as Ann Jason
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Red Lights Ahead
Red Lights Ahead as Mary Wallace
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The Man Who Lived Twice
The Man Who Lived Twice as Nurse Cameron
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Let's Sing Again
Let's Sing Again as Alice Alba
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