Actor

Ann Doran

Birthday: July 28, 1911

Born in: Amarillo, Texas, USA

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.

Movie Credits

Wildcats (1986) as Mrs. Chatham
Age: 74
All the Way Home (1981) as Great-Aunt Sadie
Age: 70
Advice to the Lovelorn (1981) as Ada Wells
Age: 70
First Monday in October (1981) as Storekeeper
Age: 70
Crazy Times (1981) as Mrs. Keagan
Age: 69
All Night Long (1981) as Grandmother Gibbons
Age: 69
Little Mo (1978) as Aunt Gert
Age: 67
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977) as Grandma Lundy
Age: 66
Flood! (1977) as Emma Fisher
Age: 65
Dead of Night (1977) as Mrs. McCauley
Age: 65
The Gumball Rally (1976) as Mrs. Ontley
Age: 65
The Macahans (1976) as Grandma
Age: 64
The Family Nobody Wanted (1975) as Mrs. Kimberly
Age: 63
The Werewolf of Woodstock (1975) as Dora
Age: 63
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974) as Secretary
Age: 62
The Last Angry Man (1974) as Nurse Whitbread
Age: 62
The Failing of Raymond (1971) as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Age: 60
The Priest Killer (1971) as Harriet Miles
Age: 60
The Hired Hand (1971) as Mrs. Sorenson
Age: 60
Weekend of Terror (1970) as Sister Nadine
Age: 59
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) as Mrs. Lomax
Age: 59
Topaz (1969) as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
Age: 58
The Arrangement (1969) as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Age: 58
Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969) as Lee's Mother
Age: 58
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) as Landlady (uncredited)
Age: 57
Rosie! (1967) as Lady on Witness Stand
Age: 56
The Hostage (1967) as Miss Mabry
Age: 56
Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966) as Doris Parker
Age: 55
Mirage (1965) as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
Age: 54
Kitten with a Whip (1964) as Mavis Varden
Age: 53
Where Love Has Gone (1964) as Mrs. Geraghty
Age: 53
The Brass Bottle (1964) as Martha Kenton
Age: 52
The Carpetbaggers (1964) as Reporter
Age: 52
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
Age: 52
A Summer Place (1959) as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
Age: 48
The FBI Story (1959) as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Age: 48
Cast a Long Shadow (1959) as Ma Calvert
Age: 48
Warlock (1959) as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
Age: 47
Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) as Bess Monahan
Age: 47
Joy Ride (1958) as Grace Renny
Age: 47
The Badlanders (1958) as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
Age: 47
Step Down to Terror (1958) as Mrs. Duprez
Age: 47
Voice in the Mirror (1958) as Mrs. Devlin
Age: 47
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) as Mary Royce
Age: 47
Life Begins At 17 (1958) as Virginia Peck
Age: 46
Violent Road (1958) as Edith Miller
Age: 46
Day of the Badman (1958) as Martha Mordigan
Age: 46
The Rawhide Trail (1958) as Mrs. Cartwright
Age: 46
The Female Animal (1958) as Nurse
Age: 46
Bombers B-52 (1957) as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Age: 46
Young and Dangerous (1957) as Mrs. Clara Clinton
Age: 46
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957) as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
Age: 45
The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957) as Mrs. Ford
Age: 45
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) as Carol Stark
Age: 44
The Desperate Hours (1955) as Mrs. Walling
Age: 44
The Bob Mathias Story (1954) as Lillian Mathias
Age: 43
A Fair Chance (1954) as Human resources officer
Age: 42
The High and the Mighty (1954) as Clara Joseph
Age: 42
Them! (1954) as Child Psychiatrist
Age: 42
City Story (1954)
Age: 42
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) as Lillian Edwards
Age: 42
Island in the Sky (1953) as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
Age: 42
So This Is Love (1953) as Mrs. Moore
Age: 41
The Rose Bowl Story (1952) as Mrs. Addie Burke
Age: 41
Paula (1952) as Mrs. Smith
Age: 40
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952) as Mrs. Levoy
Age: 40
Here Come the Nelsons (1952) as Clara Randolph
Age: 40
The People Against O'Hara (1951) as Betty Clark, Policewoman
Age: 40
The Painted Hills (1951) as Martha Blake
Age: 39
Her First Romance (1951)
Age: 39
Tomahawk (1951) as Mrs. Carrington
Age: 39
Gambling House (1950) as Della
Age: 39
Lonely Heart Bandits (1950) as Nancy Crane
Age: 39
Never a Dull Moment (1950) as Jean
Age: 39
No Sad Songs for Me (1950) as Louise Spears
Age: 38
Riding High (1950) as Nurse (uncredited)
Age: 38
Rusty's Birthday (1949) as Ethel Mitchell
Age: 38
Beyond the Forest (1949) as Edith Williams
Age: 38
Holiday in Havana (1949) as Marge Henley
Age: 38
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) as Mrs. Egan
Age: 38
The Kid from Cleveland (1949) as Emily Novak
Age: 38
Air Hostess (1949) as Virginia Barton
Age: 38
One Last Fling (1949) as Vera Thompson
Age: 37
The Fountainhead (1949) as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
Age: 37
The Clay Pigeon (1949) as Nurse (uncredited)
Age: 37
He Walked by Night (1949) as Dispatcher (uncredited)
Age: 37
Rusty Saves a Life (1949) as Ethel Mitchell
Age: 37
The Accused (1949) as Miss Rice
Age: 37
The Walls of Jericho (1948) as Gossip (uncredited)
Age: 37
No Minor Vices (1948) as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
Age: 37
Sealed Verdict (1948) as Ellie Blaine
Age: 37
The Snake Pit (1948) as Valerie
Age: 37
Rusty Leads the Way (1948) as Ethel Mitchell
Age: 37
Pitfall (1948) as Maggie
Age: 37
Hazard (1948) as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Age: 36
My Dog Rusty (1948) as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Age: 36
The Return of the Whistler (1948) as Sybil
Age: 36
Reaching from Heaven (1948) as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
Age: 36
Road to the Big House (1947) as Agnes Clark
Age: 36
Magic Town (1947) as Mrs. Weaver
Age: 36
Variety Girl (1947) as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Age: 36
The Son of Rusty (1947) as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Age: 36
Second Chance (1947) as Doris Greene
Age: 35
The Crimson Key (1947) as Paris Wood
Age: 35
For the Love of Rusty (1947) as Ethel Mitchell
Age: 35
Fear in the Night (1947) as Lil Herlihy
Age: 35
Seven Were Saved (1947) as Mrs Rollin Hartley
Age: 35
My Favorite Brunette (1947) as Miss Rogers
Age: 35
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) as Bobbi St. John
Age: 35
Pride of the Marines (1945) as Ella Mae Merchant
Age: 34
Roughly Speaking (1945) as Alice Abbott
Age: 33
Here Come the Waves (1944) as Ruth
Age: 33
I Love a Soldier (1944) as Jenny Butler
Age: 32
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) as Praying Woman (uncredited)
Age: 32
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944) as Helen Martin
Age: 32
Mr. Skeffington (1944) as Maria (uncredited)
Age: 32
True to Life (1943) as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
Age: 32
Old Acquaintance (1943) as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Age: 32
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943) as Matilda Brown
Age: 32
So Proudly We Hail (1943) as Lt. Betty Peterson
Age: 32
The More the Merrier (1943) as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
Age: 31
Slightly Dangerous (1943) as Salesgirl (uncredited)
Age: 31
Air Force (1943) as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Age: 31
The Hard Way (1943) as Dorshka (Uncredited)
Age: 31
Smith of Minnesota (1942) as (uncredited)
Age: 31
Street of Chance (1942) as Miss Peabody
Age: 31
My Sister Eileen (1942) as Receptionist (uncredited)
Age: 31
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942) as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
Age: 30
They All Kissed the Bride (1942) as Helena, the Maid
Age: 30
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as Receptionist (uncredited)
Age: 30
Mr. Wise Guy (1942) as Dorothy Melton
Age: 30
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942) as Miss Hoffman
Age: 30
New York Town (1941) as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
Age: 30
The Kid from Kansas (1941) as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
Age: 30
Dive Bomber (1941) as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Age: 30
Sun Valley Serenade (1941) as Waitress (uncredited)
Age: 30
Criminals Within (1941) as Linda
Age: 29
Penny Serenade (1941) as Dotty 'Dot'
Age: 29
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941) as Sheila Cobb
Age: 29
Meet John Doe (1941) as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
Age: 29
Her First Romance (1940) as Student (uncredited)
Age: 29
Blondes and Blunders (1940) as Lillie Catlett
Age: 29
Cold Turkey (1940) as Mrs. Langdon
Age: 29
Glamour for Sale (1940) as Myrtle (uncredited)
Age: 29
Girls of the Road (1940) as Jerry
Age: 28
Untamed (1940) as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
Age: 28
Manhattan Heartbeat (1940) as Shop Girl's Friend
Age: 28
South of the Boudoir (1940) as Mrs. Charley Chase
Age: 28
Five Little Peppers at Home (1940) as Nurse
Age: 28
His Girl Friday (1940) as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
Age: 28
The Green Hornet (1940) as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
Age: 28
Three Sappy People (1939) as The Countess (uncredited)
Age: 28
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Age: 28
A Woman is the Judge (1939) as Luella (uncredited)
Age: 28
Skinny the Moocher (1939) as Ann
Age: 28
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) as Betty Crawford
Age: 28
Coast Guard (1939) as Nurse (uncredited)
Age: 28
Rattling Romeo (1939) as Judy
Age: 27
Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Age: 27
Blind Alley (1939) as Agnes
Age: 27
The Chump Takes a Bump (1939) as Minnie Chase
Age: 27
Let Us Live (1939) as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Age: 27
Flying G-Men (1939) as Hamilton's Secretary
Age: 27
Homicide Bureau (1939) as Nurse
Age: 27
Smashing the Spy Ring (1938) as Madelon Martin
Age: 27
Pie a la Maid (1938) as Mary
Age: 27
Rio Grande (1938) as Jean Andrews
Age: 27
A Doggone Mixup (1938) as Mrs. Langdon
Age: 27
Blondie (1938) as Elsie Hazlip
Age: 27
The Spider's Web (1938) as Mason's Secretary
Age: 27
The Lady Objects (1938) as Miss Hollins
Age: 27
Sue My Lawyer (1938) as Anita Burton
Age: 27
You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Maggie O'Neill
Age: 27
Many Sappy Returns (1938) as Mary
Age: 27
City Streets (1938) as Nurse (uncredited)
Age: 26
Highway Patrol (1938) as Estelle
Age: 26
Holiday (1938) as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Age: 26
Extortion (1938) as Margie Blake
Age: 26
The Mind Needer (1938) as Mrs. Chase
Age: 26
Time Out for Trouble (1938) as Maisie
Age: 26
Start Cheering (1938) as Green's Secretary
Age: 26
Women in Prison (1938) as Maggie
Age: 26
Nothing Sacred (1937) as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Age: 26
I'll Take Romance (1937) as Minor Role
Age: 26
It's All Yours (1937) as Stewardess (uncredited)
Age: 26
Stella Dallas (1937) as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Age: 26
Girls Can Play (1937) as Alice, Brophy's secretary
Age: 25
The Go-Getter (1937) as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
Age: 25
Devil's Playground (1937) as Bit Part
Age: 25
Red Lights Ahead (1936) as Mary Wallace
Age: 25
The Man Who Lived Twice (1936) as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
Age: 25
Missing Girls (1936) as Ann Jason
Age: 25
Palm Springs (1936) as School Girl
Age: 24
Let's Sing Again (1936) as Alice Alba
Age: 24
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
Age: 24
The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936) as Mary Burke
Age: 24
Ring Around the Moon (1936) as Kay Duncan
Age: 24
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) as Reporter
Age: 24
Way Down East (1935) as Rosie
Age: 24
Bad Boy (1935) as Telegraph Clerk
Age: 24
One Exciting Adventure (1934) as Girl
Age: 23