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.

Career Overview

Ann Doran has 228 screen credits in a career dating back to 1934. Their work spans 13 cinematic universes — most prominently Rusty Collection with 6 titles. Signature works include Rebel Without a Cause, Joy Ride, Sue My Lawyer. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

228

Birth Date

1911-07-28 00:00:00

Birth Place

Amarillo, Texas, USA

Known For

• 

  Rebel Without a Cause
• 

  Joy Ride
• 

  Sue My Lawyer
• 

  Dead of Night
• A Fair Chance
• 

  Road to the Big House

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 13 universes

• Rusty Collection (6 titles)
• Rusty (5 titles)
• Nevada Smith Collection (1 titles)
• MGM's Lassie Collection (1 titles)
• The Whistler (1 titles)
• Henry Aldrich Collection (1 titles)
• The Great Gildersleeve Collection (1 titles)
• East Side Kids Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• James Dean (1 collaborations)
• Natalie Wood (1 collaborations)
• Sal Mineo (1 collaborations)
• Jim Backus (1 collaborations)
• Corey Allen (1 collaborations)
• William Hopper (1 collaborations)
• Rochelle Hudson (1 collaborations)
• Dennis Hopper (1 collaborations)
• Edward Platt (1 collaborations)
• Steffi Sidney (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (228 credits)

  • Wildcats

    Mrs. Chatham

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • The Twilight Zone

    - The Card / The Junction (1987) ... Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction") actor actors
    1985
  • Hunter

    - Dead on Target (1) (1988) ... Mrs. Rawling actor actors
    1984
  • Highway to Heaven

    - The Monster (2) (1985) ... Mrs. Bradley actor actors

    - The Monster (1) (1985) ... Mrs. Bradley actor actors
    1984
  • The A-Team

    - Mission of Peace (1986) ... Nora actor actors
    1983
  • All the Way Home

    Great-Aunt Sadie

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Advice to the Lovelorn

    Ada Wells

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • First Monday in October

    Storekeeper

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Crazy Times

    Mrs. Keagan

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • All Night Long

    Grandmother Gibbons

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Simon & Simon

    - The Case of Don Diablo (1986) ... actor actors
    1981
  • Magnum, P.I.

    - Two Birds of a Feather (1983) ... Sam Hunter's Mother actor actors
    1980
  • Tales of the Unexpected

    - Heir Presumptuous (1983) ... Mary Deacon actor actors
    1979
  • Knots Landing

    - Secrets Cry Aloud (1983) ... Mercy actor actors
    1979
  • Little Mo

    Aunt Gert

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Fantasy Island

    - Reunion / Anniversary (1978) ... Emma Howard actor actors
    1978
  • Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

    Grandma Lundy

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Flood!

    Emma Fisher

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Dead of Night

    Mrs. McCauley

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Gumball Rally

    Mrs. Ontley

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Macahans

    Grandma

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Family Nobody Wanted

    Mrs. Kimberly

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Werewolf of Woodstock

    Dora

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

    Secretary

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Last Angry Man

    Nurse Whitbread

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Little House on the Prairie

    - Founder's Day (1975) ... Helen Tyler actor actors
    1974
  • Scarecrow

    Mistress Dodge

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • M*A*S*H

    - The Kids (1975) ... Meg Cratty actor actors
    1972
  • Emergency!

    - The Old Engine (1973) ... actor actors

    - School Days (1973) ... actor actors
    1972
  • The Failing of Raymond

    Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Priest Killer

    Harriet Miles

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Hired Hand

    Mrs. Sorenson

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Cannon

    - Where's Jennifer? (1974) ... actor actors
    1971
  • Weekend of Terror

    Sister Nadine

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • There Was a Crooked Man...

    Mrs. Lomax

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Topaz

    Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Arrangement

    Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Once You Kiss a Stranger...

    Lee's Mother

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Adam-12

    - Training Wheels (1972) ... Martha actor actors

    - Log 114: The Hero (1970) ... Mrs. Kerry actor actors
    1968
  • Rosie!

    Lady on Witness Stand

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Hostage

    Miss Mabry

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Mannix

    - Death Has No Face (1974) ... Mrs. Moody actor actors
    1967
  • Ironside

    - In the Line of Duty (1971) ... Marlene Whittaker actor actors

    - Priest-Killer (1971) ... Harriet Miles actor actors

    - This Could Blow Your Mind (1970) ... actor actors

    - Dora (1970) ... actor actors
    1967
  • Not With My Wife, You Don't!

    Doris Parker

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Mirage

    Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Kitten with a Whip

    Mavis Varden

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Where Love Has Gone

    Mrs. Geraghty

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Brass Bottle

    Martha Kenton

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Carpetbaggers

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Bewitched

    - This Little Piggie (1971) ... Mrs. Raphael actor actors

    - The Corsican Cousins (1970) ... Mrs. Raphael actor actors
    1964
  • Captain Newman, M.D.

    Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Petticoat Junction

    - With This Gown I Thee Wed (1967) ... Mrs. Elliott actor actors

    - Meet the In-Laws (1967) ... Mrs. Elliott actor actors
    1963
  • The Virginian

    - A King's Ransom (1970) ... Annie Thomas actor actors

    - Portrait of a Widow (1964) ... Reba actor actors

    - The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones (1964) ... Maggie Hyeth actor actors

    - Run Away Home (1963) ... Minerva Lewis actor actors
    1962
  • My Three Sons

    - The Recital (1971) ... actor actors
    1960
  • A Summer Place

    Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The FBI Story

    Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Cast a Long Shadow

    Ma Calvert

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Warlock

    Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Riot in Juvenile Prison

    Bess Monahan

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Bonanza

    - The Real People of Muddy Creek (1968) ... Mrs. Walker actor actors
    1959
  • Rawhide

    - Incident of the Challenge (1960) ... Millie Darius actor actors
    1959
  • Joy Ride

    Grace Renny

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Badlanders

    Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Step Down to Terror

    Mrs. Duprez

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • It! The Terror from Beyond Space

    Mary Royce

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Life Begins At 17

    Virginia Peck

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Violent Road

    Edith Miller

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Day of the Badman

    Martha Mordigan

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Rawhide Trail

    Mrs. Cartwright

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Bombers B-52

    Sylvia Slater (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Young and Dangerous

    Mrs. Clara Clinton

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend

    Sarah Devlin (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Man Who Turned to Stone

    Mrs. Ford

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Perry Mason

    - The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1963) ... Nell Wyatt actor actors

    - The Case of the Lurid Letter (1962) ... Cornelia Slater actor actors

    - The Case of the Prodigal Parent (1958) ... Claire Durell actor actors
    1957
  • Leave It to Beaver

    - Beaver, the Magician (1959) ... Agnes Haskell actor actors

    - Voodoo Magic (1958) ... Agnes Haskell actor actors
    1957
  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Carol Stark

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Desperate Hours

    Mrs. Walling

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Matinee Theater

    - The Outing (1956) ... actor actors
    1955
  • The Bob Mathias Story

    Lillian Mathias

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • A Fair Chance

    Human resources officer

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The High and the Mighty

    Clara Joseph

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Them!

    Child Psychiatrist

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • City Story

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Lassie

    - Warm Heart--Cold Nose (1970) ... actor actors
    1954
  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    - Swamp Fox: Brother Against Brother (1959) ... Christine Briggs (uncredited) actor actors

    - Texas John Slaughter: Showdown at Sandoval (1959) ... Mrs. Chadwick actor actors
    1954
  • The Eddie Cantor Story

    Lillian Edwards

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Island in the Sky

    Moon's Wife (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • So This Is Love

    Mrs. Moore

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • I Love Lucy: The Movie

    Audience Member

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Rose Bowl Story

    Mrs. Addie Burke

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Paula

    Mrs. Smith

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Love Is Better Than Ever

    Mrs. Levoy

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Here Come the Nelsons

    Clara Randolph

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Four Star Playhouse

    - The Gift (1953) ... Welfare Woman actor actors
    1952
  • The People Against O'Hara

    Betty Clark, Policewoman

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Painted Hills

    Martha Blake

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Her First Romance

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Tomahawk

    Mrs. Carrington

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Lonely Heart Bandits

    Nancy Crane

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Never a Dull Moment

    Jean

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • No Sad Songs for Me

    Louise Spears

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Riding High

    Nurse (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Rusty's Birthday

    Ethel Mitchell

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Beyond the Forest

    Edith Williams

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Holiday in Havana

    Marge Henley

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

    Mrs. Egan

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Kid from Cleveland

    Emily Novak

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Air Hostess

    Virginia Barton

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • One Last Fling

    Vera Thompson

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Fountainhead

    Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Clay Pigeon

    Nurse (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • He Walked by Night

    Dispatcher (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Rusty Saves a Life

    Ethel Mitchell

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Accused

    Miss Rice

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Lone Ranger

    - Treason at Dry Creek (1952) ... Sarah Yancy actor actors
    1949
  • The Walls of Jericho

    Gossip (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • No Minor Vices

    Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Sealed Verdict

    Ellie Blaine

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Snake Pit

    Valerie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Rusty Leads the Way

    Ethel Mitchell

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Pitfall

    Maggie

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Hazard

    Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • My Dog Rusty

    Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Return of the Whistler

    Sybil

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Reaching from Heaven

    Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Road to the Big House

    Agnes Clark

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Magic Town

    Mrs. Weaver

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Variety Girl

    Hairdresser (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Son of Rusty

    Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Second Chance

    Doris Greene

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Crimson Key

    Paris Wood

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • For the Love of Rusty

    Ethel Mitchell

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Fear in the Night

    Lil Herlihy

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Seven Were Saved

    Mrs Rollin Hartley

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • My Favorite Brunette

    Miss Rogers

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

    Bobbi St. John

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Pride of the Marines

    Ella Mae Merchant

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Roughly Speaking

    Alice Abbott

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Here Come the Waves

    Ruth

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • I Love a Soldier

    Jenny Butler

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Story of Dr. Wassell

    Praying Woman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

    Helen Martin

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Mr. Skeffington

    Maria (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • True to Life

    Radio Kitty (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Old Acquaintance

    Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Gildersleeve on Broadway

    Matilda Brown

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • So Proudly We Hail

    Lt. Betty Peterson

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The More the Merrier

    Miss Bilby (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Slightly Dangerous

    Salesgirl (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Air Force

    Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Hard Way

    Dorshka (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Smith of Minnesota

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Street of Chance

    Miss Peabody

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • My Sister Eileen

    Receptionist (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Beyond the Blue Horizon

    Margaret Chase (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Receptionist (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Mr. Wise Guy

    Dorothy Melton

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Blue, White and Perfect

    Miss Hoffman

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • New York Town

    Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Kid from Kansas

    Julie 'Smitty' Smith

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Dive Bomber

    Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Sun Valley Serenade

    Waitress (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Criminals Within

    Linda

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Penny Serenade

    Dotty

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

    Sheila Cobb

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Meet John Doe

    Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Her First Romance

    Student (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Blondes and Blunders

    Lillie Catlett

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Cold Turkey

    Mrs. Langdon

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Glamour for Sale

    Myrtle (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Girls of the Road

    Jerry

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Untamed

    1st Nurse (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Manhattan Heartbeat

    Shop Girl's Friend

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • South of the Boudoir

    Mrs. Charley Chase

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Five Little Peppers at Home

    Nurse

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • His Girl Friday

    Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Green Hornet

    Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Three Sappy People

    The Countess (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • A Woman is the Judge

    Luella (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Skinny the Moocher

    Ann

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Man They Could Not Hang

    Betty Crawford

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Coast Guard

    Nurse (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Rattling Romeo

    Judy

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Good Girls Go to Paris

    Bridesmaid (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Blind Alley

    Agnes

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Chump Takes a Bump

    Minnie Chase

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Let Us Live

    Secretary Juror (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Flying G-Men

    Hamilton's Secretary

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Homicide Bureau

    Nurse

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Smashing the Spy Ring

    Madelon Martin

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Pie a la Maid

    Mary

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Rio Grande

    Jean Andrews

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • A Doggone Mixup

    Mrs. Langdon

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Blondie

    Elsie Hazlip

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Spider's Web

    Mason's Secretary

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Lady Objects

    Miss Hollins

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Sue My Lawyer

    Anita Burton

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • You Can't Take It with You

    Maggie O'Neill

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Many Sappy Returns

    Mary

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • City Streets

    Nurse (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Halfway to Hollywood

    Mrs. Kennedy

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Highway Patrol

    Estelle

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Holiday

    Kitchen Maid (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Extortion

    Margie Blake

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Mind Needer

    Mrs. Chase

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Time Out for Trouble

    Maisie

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Start Cheering

    Green's Secretary

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Women in Prison

    Maggie

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Nothing Sacred

    Telephone Girl (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • I'll Take Romance

    Minor Role

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • It's All Yours

    Stewardess (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Stella Dallas

    Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Girls Can Play

    Alice, Brophy's secretary

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Go-Getter

    Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Devil's Playground

    Bit Part

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Red Lights Ahead

    Mary Wallace

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Man Who Lived Twice

    Nurse Cameron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Missing Girls

    Ann Jason

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Palm Springs

    School Girl

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Let's Sing Again

    Alice Alba

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    Girl on Bus (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Little Red Schoolhouse

    Mary Burke

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Ring Around the Moon

    Kay Duncan

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Way Down East

    Rosie

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Bad Boy

    Telegraph Clerk

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • One Exciting Adventure

    Girl

    actor

    actors
    1934