Ann Doran
Known for
Acting
Life
1911 – 2000 (aged 89)
Born in
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Credits
View on IMDb273 acting credits
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.
Known For
Rebel Without a Cause
27 Oct 1955
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
19 Oct 1939
The A-Team
23 Jan 1983
Little House on the Prairie
11 Sep 1974
His Girl Friday
18 Jan 1940
M*A*S*H
17 Sep 1972
Bewitched
17 Sep 1964
Bonanza
12 Sep 1959
Filmography
1986
- Wildcatsas Mrs. Chatham
1985
- The Twilight Zoneas Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")1 episode
- Hell Townas Maude1 episode
1984
- Highway to Heavenas Mrs. Bradley2 episodes
- Hunteras Mrs. Rawling1 episode
1983
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King1 episode
- The A-Teamas Nora1 episode
1982
- Cagney & Lacey1 episode
1981
- All the Way Homeas Great-Aunt Sadie
- Advice to the Lovelornas Ada Wells
- Simon & Simon1 episode
- First Monday in Octoberas Storekeeper
- Crazy Timesas Mrs. Keagan
- All Night Longas Grandmother Gibbons
1980
- Magnum, P.I.as Sam Hunter's Mother1 episode
1979
- Knots Landingas Mercy1 episode
- Shirley13 episodes
- Tales of the Unexpectedas Mary Deacon1 episode
1978
- Little Moas Aunt Gert
- The Runaways1 episode
- Fantasy Islandas Mrs. Howard (uncredited)1 episode
1977
- Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallionas Grandma Lundy
- We've Got Each Other1 episode
- Flood!as Emma Fisher
- Dead of Nightas Mrs. McCauley
- Eight Is Enough1 episode
1976
- The Gumball Rallyas Mrs. Ontley
- The Macahansas Grandma
1975
- The Family Nobody Wantedas Mrs. Kimberly
- The Werewolf of Woodstockas Dora
1974
- Little House on the Prairieas Helen Tyler1 episode
- Lucas Tanner1 episode
- The Story of Pretty Boy Floydas Secretary
- The Last Angry Manas Nurse Whitbread
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco2 episodes
- M*A*S*Has Meg Cratty1 episode
- The Rookies1 episode
- Emergency!as Hannah1 episode
- Scarecrowas Mistress Dodge
1971
- The Failing of Raymondas Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
- Longstreetas Mrs. Kingston23 episodes
- The Priest Killeras Harriet Miles
- Cannon1 episode
- The Hired Handas Mrs. Sorenson
- Alias Smith and Jones1 episode
1970
- Weekend of Terroras Sister Nadine
- The Odd Coupleas Loretta Spoon1 episode
- There Was a Crooked Man...as Mrs. Lomax
- The Bold Ones: The Senatoras Jean Wydell1 episode
1969
- Topazas Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
- The Arrangementas Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
- Once You Kiss a Stranger...as Lee's Mother
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctorsas Nurse Stern1 episode
1968
- Live a Little, Love a Littleas Landlady (uncredited)
- The Mod Squadas Eva Styles1 episode
- Adam-12as Mrs. Kerry1 episode
1967
- Rosie!as Lady on Witness Stand
- The Hostageas Miss Mabry
- Mannixas Mrs. Moody1 episode
- The Guns of Will Sonnett1 episode
- Ironsideas Marlene Whittaker1 episode
1966
- Not With My Wife, You Don't!as Doris Parker
1965
- Mirageas Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
- The Legend of Jesse Jamesas Mrs. James34 episodes
1964
- Kitten with a Whipas Mavis Varden
- Where Love Has Goneas Mrs. Geraghty
- Bewitchedas Mrs. Raphael2 episodes
- The Brass Bottleas Martha Kenton
- The Carpetbaggersas Reporter (uncredited)
1963
- Captain Newman, M.D.as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
- Petticoat Junctionas Mrs. Elliott2 episodes
1962
- The Virginianas Annie Thomas1 episode
1960
- My Three Sons1 episode
- National Velvetas Martha Brown58 episodes
1959
- A Summer Placeas Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
- Bourbon Street Beat1 episode
- The FBI Storyas Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
- Bonanzaas Mrs. Walker1 episode
- Cast a Long Shadowas Ma Calvert
- Warlockas Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
- Riot in Juvenile Prisonas Bess Monahan
- Rawhideas Millie Darius1 episode
1958
- Joy Rideas Grace Renny
- The Donna Reed Show3 episodes
- The Badlandersas Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
- Step Down to Terroras Mrs. Duprez
- Voice in the Mirroras Mrs. Devlin
- It! The Terror from Beyond Spaceas Mary Royce
- Life Begins At 17as Virginia Peck
- Violent Roadas Edith Miller
- Day of the Badmanas Martha Mordigan
- The Rawhide Trailas Mrs. Cartwright
- The Female Animalas Nurse
1957
- Bombers B-52as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
- Young and Dangerousas Mrs. Clara Clinton
- Leave It to Beaveras Agnes Haskell2 episodes
- Perry Masonas Nell Wyatt1 episode
- Shoot-Out at Medicine Bendas Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
- The Man Who Turned to Stoneas Mrs. Ford
- Official Detective1 episode
1956
- The Adventures of the Big Manas Ellen1 episode
1955
- Matinee Theater1 episode
- Rebel Without a Causeas Carol Stark
- The Desperate Hoursas Mrs. Walling
- The 20th Century Fox Hour1 episode
- The Millionaireas Mrs. Johnson1 episode
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disneyas Christine Briggs (uncredited)1 episode
- The Bob Mathias Storyas Lillian Mathias
- December Bride1 episode
- Father Knows Bestas Dorothy Tyler1 episode
- Lassie1 episode
- The Whistler1 episode
- A Fair Chanceas Human resources officer
- The High and the Mightyas Clara Joseph
- Them!as Child Psychiatrist
- City Story
- Public Defender1 episode
1953
- The Eddie Cantor Storyas Lillian Edwards
- Letter to Lorettaas Leona Garner1 episode
- Island in the Skyas Moon's Wife (uncredited)
- So This Is Loveas Mrs. Moore
- I Love Lucy: The Movieas Audience Member
1952
- Omnibusas Angela's Mother1 episode
- The Ford Television Theatreas Marion1 episode
- Cavalcade of America1 episode
- Four Star Playhouseas Welfare Woman1 episode
- Adventures of Superman1 episode
- The Rose Bowl Storyas Mrs. Addie Burke
- Paulaas Mrs. Smith
- Love Is Better Than Everas Mrs. Levoy
- Here Come the Nelsonsas Clara Randolph
- Chevron Theatre1 episode
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fameas Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell1 episode
- Schlitz Playhouse of Starsas Amy1 episode
- The People Against O'Haraas Betty Clark, Policewoman
- The Painted Hillsas Martha Blake
- Her First Romance
- Tomahawkas Mrs. Carrington
1950
- Gambling Houseas Della
- The Jack Benny Programas Mother1 episode
- Lux Video Theatreas Harriett1 episode
- Lonely Heart Banditsas Nancy Crane
- Never a Dull Momentas Jean
- The Gene Autry Showas Emma Connelly1 episode
- No Sad Songs for Meas Louise Spears
- Riding Highas Nurse (uncredited)
1949
- Rusty's Birthdayas Ethel Mitchell
- Beyond the Forestas Edith Williams
- Holiday in Havanaas Marge Henley
- Calamity Jane and Sam Bassas Mrs. Egan
- The Lone Rangeras Sarah Yancy1 episode
- The Kid from Clevelandas Emily Novak
- Air Hostessas Virginia Barton
- One Last Flingas Vera Thompson
- The Fountainheadas Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
- The Clay Pigeonas Nurse (uncredited)
- He Walked by Nightas Dispatcher (uncredited)
- Rusty Saves a Lifeas Ethel Mitchell
- The Accusedas Miss Rice
1948
- The Walls of Jerichoas Gossip (uncredited)
- No Minor Vicesas Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
- Sealed Verdictas Ellie Blaine
- The Snake Pitas Valerie (uncredited)
- Rusty Leads the Wayas Ethel Mitchell
- Pitfallas Maggie
- Hazardas Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
- My Dog Rustyas Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
- The Return of the Whistleras Sybil
- Reaching from Heavenas Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
1947
- Road to the Big Houseas Agnes Clark
- Magic Townas Mrs. Weaver
- Variety Girlas Hairdresser (uncredited)
- The Son of Rustyas Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
- Second Chanceas Doris Greene
- The Crimson Keyas Paris Wood
- For the Love of Rustyas Ethel Mitchell
- Fear in the Nightas Lil Herlihy
- Seven Were Savedas Mrs Rollin Hartley
- My Favorite Brunetteas Miss Rogers
1946
- The Strange Love of Martha Iversas Bobbi St. John
1945
- Pride of the Marinesas Ella Mae Merchant
- Roughly Speakingas Alice Abbott
1944
- Here Come the Wavesas Ruth
- I Love a Soldieras Jenny Butler
- The Story of Dr. Wassellas Praying Woman (uncredited)
- Henry Aldrich's Little Secretas Helen Martin
- Mr. Skeffingtonas Maria (uncredited)
1943
- True to Lifeas Radio Kitty (uncredited)
- Old Acquaintanceas Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
- Gildersleeve on Broadwayas Matilda Brown
- So Proudly We Hailas Lt. Betty Peterson
- The More the Merrieras Miss Bilby (uncredited)
- Slightly Dangerousas Salesgirl (uncredited)
- Air Forceas Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
- The Hard Wayas Dorshka (Uncredited)
1942
- Smith of Minnesotaas (uncredited)
- Street of Chanceas Miss Peabody
- My Sister Eileenas Receptionist (uncredited)
- Beyond the Blue Horizonas Margaret Chase (uncredited)
- They All Kissed the Brideas Helena, the Maid
- Yankee Doodle Dandyas Receptionist (uncredited)
- Mr. Wise Guyas Dorothy Melton
- Blue, White and Perfectas Miss Hoffman
1941
- New York Townas Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
- The Kid from Kansasas Julie 'Smitty' Smith
- Dive Bomberas Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
- Sun Valley Serenadeas Waitress (uncredited)
- Criminals Withinas Linda
- Penny Serenadeas Dotty
- Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mysteryas Sheila Cobb
- Meet John Doeas Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
1940
- Her First Romanceas Student (uncredited)
- Blondes and Blundersas Lillie Catlett
- Cold Turkeyas Mrs. Langdon
- Glamour for Saleas Myrtle (uncredited)
- Girls of the Roadas Jerry
- Untamedas 1st Nurse (uncredited)
- Manhattan Heartbeatas Shop Girl's Friend
- South of the Boudoiras Mrs. Charley Chase
- Five Little Peppers at Homeas Nurse
- His Girl Fridayas Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
- The Green Hornetas Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
1939
- Three Sappy Peopleas The Countess (uncredited)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washingtonas Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
- A Woman is the Judgeas Luella (uncredited)
- Skinny the Moocheras Ann
- The Man They Could Not Hangas Betty Crawford
- Coast Guardas Nurse (uncredited)
- Rattling Romeoas Judy
- Good Girls Go to Parisas Bridesmaid (uncredited)
- Blind Alleyas Agnes
- The Chump Takes a Bumpas Minnie Chase
- Let Us Liveas Secretary Juror (uncredited)
- Flying G-Menas Hamilton's Secretary
- Homicide Bureauas Nurse
1938
- Smashing the Spy Ringas Madelon Martin
- Pie a la Maidas Mary
- Rio Grandeas Jean Andrews
- A Doggone Mixupas Mrs. Langdon
- Blondieas Elsie Hazlip
- The Spider's Webas Mason's Secretary
- The Lady Objectsas Miss Hollins
- Sue My Lawyeras Anita Burton
- You Can't Take It with Youas Maggie O'Neill
- Many Sappy Returnsas Mary
- City Streetsas Nurse (uncredited)
- Halfway to Hollywoodas Mrs. Kennedy
- Highway Patrolas Estelle
- Holidayas Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
- Extortionas Margie Blake
- The Mind Neederas Mrs. Chase
- Time Out for Troubleas Maisie
- Start Cheeringas Green's Secretary
- Women in Prisonas Maggie
1937
- Nothing Sacredas Telephone Girl (uncredited)
- I'll Take Romanceas Minor Role
- It's All Yoursas Stewardess (uncredited)
- Stella Dallasas Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Girls Can Playas Alice, Brophy's secretary
- The Go-Getteras Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
- Devil's Playgroundas Bit Part
1936
- Red Lights Aheadas Mary Wallace
- The Man Who Lived Twiceas Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
- Missing Girlsas Ann Jason
- Palm Springsas School Girl
- Let's Sing Againas Alice Alba
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Townas Girl on Bus (uncredited)
- The Little Red Schoolhouseas Mary Burke
- Ring Around the Moonas Kay Duncan
1935
- Mary Burns, Fugitiveas Reporter
- Way Down Eastas Rosie
- Bad Boyas Telegraph Clerk
1934
- One Exciting Adventureas Girl