Ann Doran

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1911-07-28

Day of Death

2000-09-19

Place of Birth

Amarillo, Texas, USA

Ann 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.

Filmography (202)

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mrs. Chatham

Wildcats

⭐ 7.0 Role: Great-Aunt Sadie

All the Way Home

⭐ 5.0 Role: Ada Wells

Advice to the Lovelorn

⭐ 6.2 Role: Storekeeper

First Monday in October

⭐ 0 Role: Mrs. Keagan

Crazy Times

⭐ 5.2 Role: Grandmother Gibbons

All Night Long

⭐ 7.3 Role: Aunt Gert

Little Mo

⭐ 7.0 Role: Grandma Lundy

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

⭐ 5.1 Role: Emma Fisher

Flood!

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mrs. McCauley

Dead of Night

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mrs. Ontley

The Gumball Rally

⭐ 6.7 Role: Grandma

The Macahans

⭐ 6.4 Role: Mrs. Kimberly

The Family Nobody Wanted

⭐ 7.2 Role: Dora

The Werewolf of Woodstock

⭐ 5.0 Role: Secretary

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

⭐ 7.0 Role: Nurse Whitbread

The Last Angry Man

⭐ 8.0 Role: Mistress Dodge

Scarecrow

⭐ 6.2 Role: Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

The Failing of Raymond

⭐ 0 Role: Harriet Miles

The Priest Killer

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mrs. Sorenson

The Hired Hand

⭐ 6.1 Role: Sister Nadine

Weekend of Terror

⭐ 6.8 Role: Mrs. Lomax

There Was a Crooked Man...

⭐ 6.0 Role: Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)

Topaz

⭐ 6.6 Role: Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

The Arrangement

⭐ 4.6 Role: Lee's Mother

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

⭐ 5.6 Role: Landlady (uncredited)

Live a Little, Love a Little

⭐ 10.0 Role: Lady on Witness Stand

Rosie!

⭐ 5.2 Role: Miss Mabry

The Hostage

⭐ 5.8 Role: Doris Parker

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

⭐ 7.1 Role: Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)

Mirage

⭐ 5.3 Role: Mavis Varden

Kitten with a Whip

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mrs. Geraghty

Where Love Has Gone

⭐ 6.3 Role: Martha Kenton

The Brass Bottle

⭐ 5.9 Role: Reporter (uncredited)

The Carpetbaggers

⭐ 6.7 Role: Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)

Captain Newman, M.D.

⭐ 6.6 Role: Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)

A Summer Place

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)

The FBI Story

⭐ 6.6 Role: Ma Calvert

Cast a Long Shadow

⭐ 6.8 Role: Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)

Warlock

⭐ 6.0 Role: Bess Monahan

Riot in Juvenile Prison

⭐ 7.5 Role: Grace Renny

Joy Ride

⭐ 6.2 Role: Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)

The Badlanders

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs. Duprez

Step Down to Terror

⭐ 6.4 Role: Mrs. Devlin

Voice in the Mirror

⭐ 5.9 Role: Mary Royce

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

⭐ 7.5 Role: Virginia Peck

Life Begins At 17

⭐ 6.4 Role: Edith Miller

Violent Road

⭐ 6.8 Role: Martha Mordigan

Day of the Badman

⭐ 8.0 Role: Mrs. Cartwright

The Rawhide Trail

⭐ 6.0 Role: Nurse

The Female Animal

⭐ 5.8 Role: Sylvia Slater (uncredited)

Bombers B-52

⭐ 7.7 Role: Mrs. Clara Clinton

Young and Dangerous

⭐ 6.0 Role: Sarah Devlin (uncredited)

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

⭐ 5.2 Role: Mrs. Ford

The Man Who Turned to Stone

⭐ 7.5 Role: Carol Stark

Rebel Without a Cause

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Walling

The Desperate Hours

⭐ 8.0 Role: Lillian Mathias

The Bob Mathias Story

⭐ 0 Role: Human resources officer

A Fair Chance

⭐ 5.9 Role: Clara Joseph

The High and the Mighty

⭐ 6.8 Role: Child Psychiatrist

Them!

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

City Story

⭐ 7.5 Role: Lillian Edwards

The Eddie Cantor Story

⭐ 6.3 Role: Moon's Wife (uncredited)

Island in the Sky

⭐ 4.3 Role: Mrs. Moore

So This Is Love

⭐ 4.2 Role: Mrs. Addie Burke

The Rose Bowl Story

⭐ 8.2 Role: Mrs. Smith

Paula

⭐ 6.6 Role: Mrs. Levoy

Love Is Better Than Ever

⭐ 7.0 Role: Clara Randolph

Here Come the Nelsons

⭐ 5.7 Role: Betty Clark, Policewoman

The People Against O'Hara

⭐ 4.2 Role: Martha Blake

The Painted Hills

⭐ 4.0 Role: Unknown

Her First Romance

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Carrington

Tomahawk

⭐ 6.2 Role: Della

Gambling House

⭐ 7.8 Role: Nancy Crane

Lonely Heart Bandits

⭐ 6.1 Role: Jean

Never a Dull Moment

⭐ 6.3 Role: Louise Spears

No Sad Songs for Me

⭐ 6.1 Role: Nurse (uncredited)

Riding High

⭐ 7.0 Role: Ethel Mitchell

Rusty's Birthday

⭐ 6.7 Role: Edith Williams

Beyond the Forest

⭐ 5.6 Role: Marge Henley

Holiday in Havana

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mrs. Egan

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

⭐ 6.5 Role: Emily Novak

The Kid from Cleveland

⭐ 5.8 Role: Virginia Barton

Air Hostess

⭐ 4.8 Role: Vera Thompson

One Last Fling

⭐ 6.9 Role: Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

⭐ 5.7 Role: Nurse (uncredited)

The Clay Pigeon

⭐ 6.7 Role: Dispatcher (uncredited)

He Walked by Night

⭐ 7.0 Role: Ethel Mitchell

Rusty Saves a Life

⭐ 6.2 Role: Miss Rice

The Accused

⭐ 5.6 Role: Gossip (uncredited)

The Walls of Jericho

⭐ 7.1 Role: Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)

No Minor Vices

⭐ 7.0 Role: Ellie Blaine

Sealed Verdict

⭐ 7.1 Role: Valerie (uncredited)

The Snake Pit

⭐ 8.0 Role: Ethel Mitchell

Rusty Leads the Way

⭐ 6.9 Role: Maggie

Pitfall

⭐ 8.0 Role: Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Hazard

⭐ 8.5 Role: Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

My Dog Rusty

⭐ 6.0 Role: Sybil

The Return of the Whistler

⭐ 8.0 Role: Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)

Reaching from Heaven

⭐ 6.8 Role: Agnes Clark

Road to the Big House

⭐ 6.7 Role: Mrs. Weaver

Magic Town

⭐ 6.5 Role: Hairdresser (uncredited)

Variety Girl

⭐ 10.0 Role: Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

The Son of Rusty

⭐ 6.5 Role: Doris Greene

Second Chance

⭐ 4.5 Role: Paris Wood

The Crimson Key

⭐ 7.0 Role: Ethel Mitchell

For the Love of Rusty

⭐ 5.4 Role: Lil Herlihy

Fear in the Night

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mrs Rollin Hartley

Seven Were Saved

⭐ 6.6 Role: Miss Rogers

My Favorite Brunette

⭐ 7.1 Role: Bobbi St. John

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

⭐ 6.7 Role: Ella Mae Merchant

Pride of the Marines

⭐ 6.8 Role: Alice Abbott

Roughly Speaking

⭐ 5.3 Role: Ruth

Here Come the Waves

⭐ 6.0 Role: Jenny Butler

I Love a Soldier

⭐ 6.4 Role: Praying Woman (uncredited)

The Story of Dr. Wassell

⭐ 7.0 Role: Helen Martin

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

⭐ 6.8 Role: Maria (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

⭐ 8.0 Role: Radio Kitty (uncredited)

True to Life

⭐ 7.1 Role: Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)

Old Acquaintance

⭐ 7.1 Role: Matilda Brown

Gildersleeve on Broadway

⭐ 5.9 Role: Lt. Betty Peterson

So Proudly We Hail

⭐ 7.0 Role: Miss Bilby (uncredited)

The More the Merrier

⭐ 6.0 Role: Salesgirl (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)

Air Force

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dorshka (Uncredited)

The Hard Way

⭐ 9.0 Role: (uncredited)

Smith of Minnesota

⭐ 5.4 Role: Miss Peabody

Street of Chance

⭐ 6.9 Role: Receptionist (uncredited)

My Sister Eileen

⭐ 6.0 Role: Margaret Chase (uncredited)

Beyond the Blue Horizon

⭐ 5.9 Role: Helena, the Maid

They All Kissed the Bride

⭐ 7.0 Role: Receptionist (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

⭐ 6.6 Role: Dorothy Melton

Mr. Wise Guy

⭐ 6.5 Role: Miss Hoffman

Blue, White and Perfect

⭐ 8.5 Role: Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)

New York Town

⭐ 8.0 Role: Julie 'Smitty' Smith

The Kid from Kansas

⭐ 6.5 Role: Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)

Dive Bomber

⭐ 7.0 Role: Waitress (uncredited)

Sun Valley Serenade

⭐ 6.5 Role: Linda

Criminals Within

⭐ 6.6 Role: Dotty 'Dot'

Penny Serenade

⭐ 6.5 Role: Sheila Cobb

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

⭐ 7.3 Role: Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

Meet John Doe

⭐ 6.5 Role: Student (uncredited)

Her First Romance

⭐ 8.0 Role: Lillie Catlett

Blondes and Blunders

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Langdon

Cold Turkey

⭐ 5.0 Role: Myrtle (uncredited)

Glamour for Sale

⭐ 5.5 Role: Jerry

Girls of the Road

⭐ 5.0 Role: 1st Nurse (uncredited)

Untamed

⭐ 8.0 Role: Shop Girl's Friend

Manhattan Heartbeat

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Charley Chase

South of the Boudoir

⭐ 7.0 Role: Nurse

Five Little Peppers at Home

⭐ 7.4 Role: Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

His Girl Friday

⭐ 6.0 Role: Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)

The Green Hornet

⭐ 6.7 Role: The Countess (uncredited)

Three Sappy People

⭐ 7.8 Role: Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

⭐ 7.0 Role: Luella (uncredited)

A Woman is the Judge

⭐ 8.0 Role: Ann

Skinny the Moocher

⭐ 6.7 Role: Betty Crawford

The Man They Could Not Hang

⭐ 6.0 Role: Nurse (uncredited)

Coast Guard

⭐ 7.0 Role: Judy

Rattling Romeo

⭐ 7.1 Role: Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Good Girls Go to Paris

⭐ 6.0 Role: Agnes

Blind Alley

⭐ 8.0 Role: Minnie Chase

The Chump Takes a Bump

⭐ 6.8 Role: Secretary Juror (uncredited)

Let Us Live

⭐ 8.0 Role: Hamilton's Secretary

Flying G-Men

⭐ 6.0 Role: Nurse

Homicide Bureau

⭐ 6.7 Role: Madelon Martin

Smashing the Spy Ring

⭐ 8.0 Role: Mary

Pie a la Maid

⭐ 4.7 Role: Jean Andrews

Rio Grande

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Langdon

A Doggone Mixup

⭐ 7.2 Role: Elsie Hazlip

Blondie

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mason's Secretary

The Spider's Web

⭐ 5.7 Role: Miss Hollins

The Lady Objects

⭐ 10.0 Role: Anita Burton

Sue My Lawyer

⭐ 7.5 Role: Maggie O'Neill

You Can't Take It with You

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mary

Many Sappy Returns

⭐ 7.0 Role: Nurse (uncredited)

City Streets

⭐ 9.0 Role: Estelle

Highway Patrol

⭐ 7.3 Role: Kitchen Maid (uncredited)

Holiday

⭐ 7.0 Role: Margie Blake

Extortion

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Chase

The Mind Needer

⭐ 3.8 Role: Maisie

Time Out for Trouble

⭐ 6.9 Role: Green's Secretary

Start Cheering

⭐ 8.0 Role: Maggie

Women in Prison

⭐ 6.3 Role: Telephone Girl (uncredited)

Nothing Sacred

⭐ 6.3 Role: Minor Role

I'll Take Romance

⭐ 5.4 Role: Stewardess (uncredited)

It's All Yours

⭐ 6.9 Role: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Stella Dallas

⭐ 5.2 Role: Alice, Brophy's secretary

Girls Can Play

⭐ 6.2 Role: Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

⭐ 6.6 Role: Bit Part

Devil's Playground

⭐ 5.6 Role: Mary Wallace

Red Lights Ahead

⭐ 7.6 Role: Nurse Cameron (uncredited)

The Man Who Lived Twice

⭐ 6.7 Role: Ann Jason

Missing Girls

⭐ 8.0 Role: School Girl

Palm Springs

⭐ 4.1 Role: Alice Alba

Let's Sing Again

⭐ 7.5 Role: Girl on Bus (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

⭐ 6.7 Role: Mary Burke

The Little Red Schoolhouse

⭐ 4.6 Role: Kay Duncan

Ring Around the Moon

⭐ 9.0 Role: Reporter

Mary Burns, Fugitive

⭐ 4.3 Role: Rosie

Way Down East

⭐ 7.5 Role: Telegraph Clerk

Bad Boy

⭐ 8.0 Role: Girl

One Exciting Adventure