Ann Doran

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.

Cast

Rebel Without a Cause

(Carol Stark)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

(Paine's Secretary (uncredited))

Blondie

(Elsie Hazlip)

Topaz

(Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited))

Air Hostess

(Virginia Barton)

Mr. Wise Guy

(Dorothy Melton)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

(Girl on Bus (uncredited))

My Sister Eileen

(Receptionist (uncredited))

Pitfall

(Maggie)

The Man They Could Not Hang

(Betty Crawford)

He Walked by Night

(Dispatcher (uncredited))

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

(Bobbi St. John)

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

(Mary Royce)

You Can't Take It with You

(Maggie O'Neill)

Fear in the Night

(Lil Herlihy)

Blind Alley

(Agnes)

The Man Who Turned to Stone

(Mrs. Ford)

The People Against O'Hara

(Betty Clark, Policewoman)

The Hired Hand

(Mrs. Sorenson)

Street of Chance

(Miss Peabody)

Live a Little, Love a Little

(Landlady (uncredited))

Kitten with a Whip

(Mavis Varden)

Love Is Better Than Ever

(Mrs. Levoy)

Here Come the Waves

(Ruth)

Penny Serenade

(Dotty 'Dot')

The Snake Pit

(Valerie)

The Painted Hills

(Martha Blake)

Three Sappy People

(The Countess (uncredited))

Gambling House

(Della)

Flying G-Men

(Hamilton's Secretary)

The Chump Takes a Bump

(Minnie Chase)

South of the Boudoir

(Mrs. Charley Chase)

The High and the Mighty

(Clara Joseph)

My Favorite Brunette

(Miss Rogers)

The Arrangement

(Hospital Nurse (uncredited))

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

(Sheila Cobb)

Road to the Big House

(Agnes Clark)

Second Chance

(Doris Greene)

Voice in the Mirror

(Mrs. Devlin)

Pride of the Marines

(Ella Mae Merchant)

Where Love Has Gone

(Mrs. Geraghty)

Gildersleeve on Broadway

(Matilda Brown)

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

(Lee's Mother)

For the Love of Rusty

(Ethel Mitchell)

Girls of the Road

(Jerry)

Not With My Wife, You Don't

(Doris Parker)

Dead of Night

(Mrs. McCauley)

Rusty Leads the Way

(Ethel Mitchell)

Rusty Saves a Life

(Ethel Mitchell)

The Son of Rusty

(Mrs. Ethel Mitchell)

The Hostage

(Miss Mabry)

My Dog Rusty

(Mrs. Ethel Mitchell)

The Man Who Lived Twice

(Nurse Cameron)

Beyond the Blue Horizon

(Margaret Chase (uncredited))

All Night Long

(Grandmother Gibbons)

Missing Girls

(Ann Jason)

Violent Road

(Edith Miller)

Women in Prison

(Maggie)

Seven Were Saved

(Mrs Rollin Hartley)

So Proudly We Hail

(Lt. Betty Peterson)

Riding High

(Nurse (uncredited))

Roughly Speaking

(Alice Abbott)

The Werewolf of Woodstock

(Dora)

Lonely Heart Bandits

(Nancy Crane)

Her First Romance

Life Begins At 17

(Virginia Peck)

Let's Sing Again

(Alice Alba)

Cast a Long Shadow

(Ma Calvert)

First Monday in October

(Storekeeper)

Joy Ride

(Grace Renny)

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

(Sarah Devlin)

The FBI Story

(Mrs. Ballard (uncredited))

No Sad Songs for Me

(Louise Spears)

Variety Girl

(Hairdresser (uncredited))

The Little Red Schoolhouse

(Mary Burke)

Red Lights Ahead

(Mary Wallace)

Girls Can Play

(Alice, Brophy's secretary)

Rosie!

(Lady on Witness Stand)

The Family Nobody Wanted

(Mrs. Kimberly)

Criminals Within

(Linda)

Rusty's Birthday

(Ethel Mitchell)

A Doggone Mixup

(Mrs. Langdon)

Way Down East

(Rosie)

Here Come the Nelsons

(Clara Randolph)

The Female Animal

(Nurse)

Paula

(Mrs. Smith)

The Bob Mathias Story

(Lillian Mathias)

So This Is Love

(Mrs. Moore)

True to Life

(Radio Kitty (uncredited))

I Love a Soldier

(Jenny Butler)

The Spider's Web

(Mason's Secretary)

Captain Newman, M.D.

(Mrs. Pyser (uncredited))

Magic Town

(Mrs. Weaver)

The More the Merrier

(Miss Bilby (uncredited))

The Crimson Key

(Paris Wood)

The Failing of Raymond

(Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited))

One Last Fling

(Vera Thompson)

The Eddie Cantor Story

(Lillian Edwards)

City Story

Rattling Romeo

(Judy)

The Accused

(Miss Rice)

Step Down to Terror

(Mrs. Duprez)

Hazard

(Hospital Nurse (uncredited))

Sealed Verdict

(Ellie Blaine)

Palm Springs

(School Girl)

I'll Take Romance

(Minor Role)

Homicide Bureau

(Nurse)

The Kid from Cleveland

(Emily Novak)

Them!

(Child Psychiatrist)

Start Cheering

(Green's Secretary)

Manhattan Heartbeat

(Shop Girl's Friend)

Devil's Playground

(Bit Part)

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

(Helen Martin)

Young and Dangerous

(Mrs. Clara Clinton)

Let Us Live

(Secretary Juror (uncredited))

One Exciting Adventure

(Girl)

Good Girls Go to Paris

(Bridesmaid (uncredited))

Coast Guard

(Nurse (uncredited))

Sue My Lawyer

(Anita Burton)

The Mind Needer

(Mrs. Chase)

Time Out for Trouble

(Maisie)

The Return of the Whistler

(Sybil)

Riot in Juvenile Prison

(Bess Monahan)

The Hard Way

(Dorshka (Uncredited))

Never a Dull Moment

(Jean)

The Lady Objects

(Miss Hollins)

Cold Turkey

(Mrs. Langdon)

Holiday

(Kitchen Maid (uncredited))

Her First Romance

(Student (uncredited))

All the Way Home

(Great-Aunt Sadie)

Advice to the Lovelorn

(Ada Wells)

Untamed

(1st Nurse (uncredited))

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

(Grandma Lundy)

Crazy Times

(Mrs. Keagan)

Air Force

(Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited))

The Rawhide Trail

(Mrs. Cartwright)

A Woman is the Judge

(Luella (uncredited))

The Brass Bottle

(Martha Kenton)

Little Mo

(Aunt Gert)

Blue, White, and Perfect

(Miss Hoffman)

Island in the Sky

(Moon's Wife (uncredited))

Five Little Peppers at Home

(Nurse)

His Girl Friday

(Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited))

The Green Hornet

(Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited))

City Streets

(Nurse (uncredited))

Holiday in Havana

(Marge Henley)

Reaching from Heaven

(Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran))

Smith of Minnesota

((uncredited))

The Kid from Kansas

(Julie 'Smitty' Smith)

Highway Patrol

(Estelle)

A Summer Place

(Mrs. Talbert (uncredited))

Rio Grande

(Jean Andrews)

Ring Around the Moon

(Kay Duncan)

The Rose Bowl Story

(Mrs. Addie Burke)

The Carpetbaggers

(Reporter)

Beyond the Forest

(Edith Williams)

Sun Valley Serenade

(Waitress (uncredited))

Mary Burns, Fugitive

(Reporter)

The Story of Dr. Wassell

(Praying Woman (uncredited))

Mr. Skeffington

(Maria (uncredited))

Nothing Sacred

(Telephone Girl (uncredited))

The Walls of Jericho

(Gossip (uncredited))

It's All Yours

(Stewardess (uncredited))

The Clay Pigeon

(Nurse (uncredited))

Tomahawk

(Mrs. Carrington)

Wildcats

(Mrs. Chatham)

No Minor Vices

(Mrs. Faraday (uncredited))

Weekend of Terror

(Sister Nadine)

Day of the Badman

(Martha Mordigan)

Smashing the Spy Ring

(Madelon Martin)

New York Town

(Demonstrator in Store (uncredited))

Bombers B-52

(Sylvia Slater (uncredited))

The Go-Getter

(Maizie-the maid (uncredited))

Yankee Doodle Dandy

(Receptionist (uncredited))

Dive Bomber

(Joe's Blind Date (uncredited))

Meet John Doe

(Mrs. Hansen (uncredited))

Slightly Dangerous

(Salesgirl (uncredited))

Glamour for Sale

(Myrtle (uncredited))

Old Acquaintance

(Music Store Saleslady (uncredited))

They All Kissed the Bride

(Helena, the Maid)

The Fountainhead

(Wynand's Secretary (uncredited))

Skinny the Moocher

(Ann)

There Was a Crooked Man...

(Mrs. Lomax)

The Desperate Hours

(Mrs. Walling)

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

(Mrs. Egan)

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

(Secretary)

Stella Dallas

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Extortion

(Margie Blake)

Blondes and Blunders

(Lillie Catlett)

Pie a la Maid

(Mary)

Many Sappy Returns

(Mary)

The Last Angry Man

(Nurse Whitbread)

The Gumball Rally

(Mrs. Ontley)

Flood!

(Emma Fisher)

Mirage

The Macahans

(Grandma)

Magnum, P.I.

M*A*S*H

(Meg Cratty)

The Rookies

December Bride

Bourbon Street Beat

My Three Sons

Little House on the Prairie

The Odd Couple

(Loretta Spoon)

Simon & Simon

The Twilight Zone

(Mrs. Clark)

Tales of the Unexpected

(Mary Deacon)

The Streets of San Francisco

Alias Smith and Jones

Petticoat Junction

(Mrs. Elliott)

Mannix

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Knots Landing

(Mercy)

Longstreet

The Mod Squad

Perry Mason

(Claire Durell)

Cagney & Lacey

Bewitched

Emergency!

Cannon

Lassie

Eight Is Enough

Adam-12

(Martha)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell)

Hunter

(Mrs. Rawling)

Ironside

Leave It to Beaver

(Agnes Haskell)

Rawhide

(Millie Darius)

The Millionaire

(Jane Costello)

The Virginian

(Minerva Lewis)

Lux Video Theatre

(Rose)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

(Amy)

Adventures of Superman

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Donna Reed Show

Lucas Tanner

Matinee Theater

National Velvet

(Martha Brown)

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Whistler

Public Defender

Cavalcade of America

(Mrs. Honeyman)

Hell Town

(Maude)

We've Got Each Other

The Legend of Jesse James

(Mrs. James)

Official Detective

The Runaways

Shirley

Letter to Loretta

(Nurse)

The Virginian

(Maggie Hyeth)

The Wonderful World of Disney

(Mrs. Chadwick)

The Virginian

(Reba)

The Virginian

(Mrs. Graves)

Letter to Loretta

(Ginny Tucker)

Letter to Loretta

(Mrs. Harrison)

Letter to Loretta

(Anne Thomas)

Cavalcade of America

(Caroline)

Adam-12

(Mrs. Kerry)

Cavalcade of America

The Millionaire

(Mrs. Johnson)

Letter to Loretta

(Felice Badt)

Letter to Loretta

(Leona Garner)

Four Star Playhouse

(Welfare Woman)

Perry Mason

(Cornelia Slater)

Perry Mason

(Nell Wyatt)

Highway to Heaven

(Mrs. Bradley)

The A-Team

(Nora)

The Virginian

(Annie Thomas)

The Jack Benny Program

(Mother)

How the West Was Won

(Grandma)

Ironside

(Harriet Miles)

The Wonderful World of Disney

(Christine Briggs (uncredited))

Omnibus

(Angela's Mother)

Lux Video Theatre

(Harriett)

The Ford Television Theatre

(Sister Mary Greene)

The Ford Television Theatre

(Sue)

The Bold Ones: The Senator

(Jean Wydell)