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
all 272
Movies 211
TV Shows 61
Mrs. Chatham
Wildcats (1986)
Movie
6
Mrs. Clark
The Twilight Zone (1985)
TV
7
Maude
Hell Town (1985)
TV
Mrs. Bradley
Highway to Heaven (1984)
TV
Mrs. Rawling
Hunter (1984)
TV
Great-Aunt Sadie
All the Way Home (1981)
Movie
Ada Wells
Advice to the Lovelorn (1981)
Movie
Storekeeper
First Monday in October (1981)
Movie
Mrs. Keagan
Crazy Times (1981)
Movie
Grandmother Gibbons
All Night Long (1981)
Movie
Charlotte McHenry
Shirley (1979)
TV
Mary Deacon
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Aunt Gert
Little Mo (1978)
Movie
Emma Fisher
Flood! (1977)
Movie
Mrs. McCauley (segment "Second Chance")
Dead of Night (1977)
Movie
Mrs. Ontley
The Gumball Rally (1976)
Movie
Grandma
The Macahans (1976)
Movie
Mrs. Kimberly
The Family Nobody Wanted (1975)
Movie
Nurse Whitbread
The Last Angry Man (1974)
Movie
Meg Cratty
M*A*S*H (1972)
TV
5.65
Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Failing of Raymond (1971)
Movie
Mrs. Kingston
Longstreet (1971)
TV
Mrs. Sorenson
The Hired Hand (1971)
Movie
Sister Nadine
Weekend of Terror (1970)
Movie
Loretta Spoon
The Odd Couple (1970)
TV
6
Mrs. Lomax
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Movie
Jean Wydell
The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970)
TV
Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
Topaz (1969)
Movie
6
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
The Arrangement (1969)
Movie
Lee's Mother
Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969)
Movie
Landlady (uncredited)
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
Movie
Martha / Mrs. Kerry
Adam-12 (1968)
TV
7.5
Lady on Witness Stand
Rosie! (1967)
Movie
Miss Mabry
The Hostage (1967)
Movie
Mrs. Moody
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Harriet Miles
Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Doris Parker
Not With My Wife, You Don't (1966)
Movie
Mrs. James
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
TV
Mrs. Geraghty
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Movie
Martha Kenton
The Brass Bottle (1964)
Movie
Reporter
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Movie
Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
Movie
Mrs. Elliott
Petticoat Junction (1963)
TV
6
Maggie Hyeth / Annie Thomas / Reba / Minerva Lewis / Mrs. Graves
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Martha Brown
National Velvet (1960)
TV
Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
A Summer Place (1959)
Movie
Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
The FBI Story (1959)
Movie
Charlotte Calvert
Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
Movie
Bess Monahan
Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
Movie
Millie Darius
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Grace
Joy Ride (1958)
Movie
Mrs. Duprez
Step Down to Terror (1958)
Movie
Mrs. Devlin
Voice in the Mirror (1958)
Movie
Virginia Peck
Life Begins At 17 (1958)
Movie
Edith Miller
Violent Road (1958)
Movie
Martha Mordigan
Day of the Badman (1958)
Movie
Mrs. Cartwright
The Rawhide Trail (1958)
Movie
Mrs. Goodwin
Teenage Challenge (1958)
Movie
Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
Movie
Mrs. Clara Clinton
Young and Dangerous (1957)
Movie
Agnes Haskell
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
TV
Nell Wyatt / Claire Durell / Cornelia Slater
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Sarah Devlin
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957)
Movie
Carol Stark
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Movie
6.25
Mrs. Walling
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Movie
Jane Costello / Mrs. Johnson
The Millionaire (1955)
TV
Christine Briggs (uncredited) / Mrs. Chadwick
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
TV
5.98
Mrs. Lillian Mathias
The Bob Mathias Story (1954)
Movie
Clara Joseph
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Movie
Child Psychiatrist
Them! (1954)
Movie
6
Actress
City Story (1954)
Movie
Lillian Edwards
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
Movie
Ginny Tucker / Felice Badt / Leona Garner / Nurse / Anne Thomas / Mrs. Harrison
Letter to Loretta (1953)
TV
Moon's Wife (uncredited)
Island in the Sky (1953)
Movie
Mrs. James Moore
So This Is Love (1953)
Movie
Audience Member
I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)
Movie
Angela's Mother
Omnibus (1952)
TV
Sue / Sister Mary Greene
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
TV
Mrs. Honeyman / Caroline
Cavalcade of America (1952)
TV
Welfare Woman
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
TV
Mrs. Addie Burke
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Smith
Paula (1952)
Movie
Clara Randolph
Here Come the Nelsons (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Levoy
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
Movie
Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Betty Clark, Policewoman
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Movie
Mrs. Foster
Her First Romance (1951)
Movie
Martha Blake
The Painted Hills (1951)
Movie
8
Mrs. Carrington
Tomahawk (1951)
Movie
Harriett / Rose
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Nancy Crane
Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
Movie
Louise Spears
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
Movie
Nurse (uncredited)
Riding High (1950)
Movie
Ethel Mitchell
Rusty's Birthday (1949)
Movie
Edith Williams
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Movie
Marge Henley
Holiday in Havana (1949)
Movie
Emily Novak
The Kid from Cleveland (1949)
Movie
Virginia Barton
Air Hostess (1949)
Movie
Vera Thompson
One Last Fling (1949)
Movie
Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Movie
Nurse (uncredited)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
Movie
Dispatcher (uncredited)
He Walked by Night (1949)
Movie
Ethel Mitchell
Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
Movie
Miss Rice
The Accused (1949)
Movie
Gossip (uncredited)
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
Movie
Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
No Minor Vices (1948)
Movie
Ellie Blaine
Sealed Verdict (1948)
Movie
Valerie
The Snake Pit (1948)
Movie
Ethel Mitchell
Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
Movie
Maggie
Pitfall (1948)
Movie
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Hazard (1948)
Movie
Ethel Mitchell
My Dog Rusty (1948)
Movie
Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
Reaching from Heaven (1948)
Movie
Agnes Clark
Road to the Big House (1947)
Movie
Mrs. Weaver
Magic Town (1947)
Movie
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Variety Girl (1947)
Movie
Ethel Mitchell
The Son of Rusty (1947)
Movie
Doris Greene
Second Chance (1947)
Movie
Paris Wood
The Crimson Key (1947)
Movie
Ethel Mitchell
For the Love of Rusty (1947)
Movie
Lil Herlihy
Fear in the Night (1947)
Movie
6
Mrs. Rollin Hartley
Seven Were Saved (1947)
Movie
1
Miss Rogers
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Movie
6
Bobbi St. John
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Movie
Ella Mae Merchant
Pride of the Marines (1945)
Movie
Alice Abbott
Roughly Speaking (1945)
Movie
Jenny Butler
I Love a Soldier (1944)
Movie
Praying Woman (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
Movie
Helen Martin
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)
Movie
Maria (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Movie
Radio Kitty (uncredited)
True to Life (1943)
Movie
Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance (1943)
Movie
Matilda Brown
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
Movie
Lt. Betty Peterson
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
Movie
6
Miss Bilby (uncredited)
The More the Merrier (1943)
Movie
6
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Air Force (1943)
Movie
Dorshka (Uncredited)
The Hard Way (1943)
Movie
Miss Peabody
Street of Chance (1942)
Movie
Receptionist (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen (1942)
Movie
Margaret Chase (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
Movie
Helena, the Maid
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Movie
7.75
Receptionist (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Movie
Dorothy Melton
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Movie
3.67
First Blonde
Three Blonde Mice (1942)
Movie
Miss Hoffman
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
Movie
Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
New York Town (1941)
Movie
Julie 'Smitty' Smith
The Kid from Kansas (1941)
Movie
Minnie Crawford
Half Shot at Sunrise (1941)
Movie
Waitress (uncredited)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Movie
Dotty 'Dot'
Penny Serenade (1941)
Movie
6
Sheila Cobb
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
Movie
Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Movie
6
Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Dive Bomber (1941)
Movie
6
Student (uncredited)
Her First Romance (1940)
Movie
Lillie Catlett
Blondes and Blunders (1940)
Movie
Mrs. Langdon
Cold Turkey (1940)
Movie
Myrtle (uncredited)
Glamour for Sale (1940)
Movie
1st Nurse (uncredited)
Untamed (1940)
Movie
Shop Girl's Friend
Manhattan Heartbeat (1940)
Movie
Mrs. Charley Chase
South of the Boudoir (1940)
Movie
Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Movie
5.72
Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
The Green Hornet (1940)
Movie
Countess
Three Sappy People (1939)
Movie
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Movie
5.27
Luella (uncredited)
A Woman is the Judge (1939)
Movie
Mrs. Catlett
Static in the Attic (1939)
Movie
Ann Night
Skinny the Moocher (1939)
Movie
Betty Crawford
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Movie
5.2
Nurse (uncredited)
Coast Guard (1939)
Movie
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
Movie
Minnie Chase
The Chump Takes a Bump (1939)
Movie
Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Let Us Live (1939)
Movie
Taxicab Company Secretary
My Son Is a Criminal (1939)
Movie
Hamilton's Secretary
Flying G-Men (1939)
Movie
Madelon Martin
Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)
Movie
Jean Andrews
Rio Grande (1938)
Movie
Mrs. Langdon
A Doggone Mixup (1938)
Movie
Elsie Hazlip
Blondie (1938)
Movie
Mason's Secretary
The Spider's Web (1938)
Movie
Miss Hollins
The Lady Objects (1938)
Movie
Anita Burton
Sue My Lawyer (1938)
Movie
Maggie O'Neill
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Movie
6
Mary Benson
Many Sappy Returns (1938)
Movie
Mrs. Kennedy
Halfway to Hollywood (1938)
Movie
Nurse (uncredited)
City Streets (1938)
Movie
Estelle
Highway Patrol (1938)
Movie
Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Holiday (1938)
Movie
4.67
Andy's Bride-to-be
Ankles Away (1938)
Movie
Margie Blake
Extortion (1938)
Movie
Mrs. Chase
The Mind Needer (1938)
Movie
Miss Millie
The Old Raid Mule (1938)
Movie
Green's Secretary
Start Cheering (1938)
Movie
Lydia, Herman's Secretary
Fiddling Around (1938)
Movie
Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Movie
Minor Role
I'll Take Romance (1937)
Movie
Fillies' Catcher
Gracie at the Bat (1937)
Movie
Stewardess (uncredited)
It's All Yours (1937)
Movie
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Stella Dallas (1937)
Movie
Alice, Brophy's secretary
Girls Can Play (1937)
Movie
Maizie-the maid (uncredited)
The Go-Getter (1937)
Movie
Bit Part
Devil's Playground (1937)
Movie
Mary Wallace
Red Lights Ahead (1936)
Movie
Nurse Cameron
The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
Movie
Ann Jason
Missing Girls (1936)
Movie
School Girl
Palm Springs (1936)
Movie
Alice Alba
Let's Sing Again (1936)
Movie
Girl on Bus (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Movie
5
Mary Burke
The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
Movie
Kay Duncan
Ring Around the Moon (1936)
Movie
Reporter
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
Movie
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1911-07-28
Deathday2000-09-19 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceAmarillo, United States
FatherJohn Richard Doran
MotherRose Allen
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAnn Lee Doran
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