Ann Doran
Acting
Born July 28, 1911 · Amarillo, Texas, USA
Died September 19, 2000
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
Filmography
Wildcats
1986 · Mrs. Chatham
All Night Long
1981 · Grandmother Gibbons
First Monday in October
1981 · Storekeeper
Dead of Night
1977 · Mrs. McCauley
Flood!
1977 · Emma Fisher
The Gumball Rally
1976 · Mrs. Ontley
The Hired Hand
1971 · Mrs. Sorenson
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Mrs. Lomax
Topaz
1969 · Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
The Arrangement
1969 · Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Live a Little, Love a Little
1968 · Landlady (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966 · Doris Parker
Mirage
1965 · Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
Kitten with a Whip
1964 · Mavis Varden
Where Love Has Gone
1964 · Mrs. Geraghty
The Brass Bottle
1964 · Martha Kenton
The Carpetbaggers
1964 · Reporter (uncredited)
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963 · Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
Cast a Long Shadow
1959 · Ma Calvert
The FBI Story
1959 · Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
A Summer Place
1959 · Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
Warlock
1959 · Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958 · Mary Royce
The Female Animal
1958 · Nurse
Step Down to Terror
1958 · Mrs. Duprez
Day of the Badman
1958 · Martha Mordigan
The Badlanders
1958 · Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957 · Mrs. Ford
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957 · Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
1957 · Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Carol Stark
The Desperate Hours
1955 · Mrs. Walling
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Clara Joseph
Them!
1954 · Child Psychiatrist
Island in the Sky
1953 · Moon's Wife (uncredited)
The People Against O'Hara
1951 · Betty Clark, Policewoman
The Painted Hills
1951 · Martha Blake
Tomahawk
1951 · Mrs. Carrington
Gambling House
1950 · Della
Never a Dull Moment
1950 · Jean
He Walked by Night
1949 · Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Accused
1949 · Miss Rice
Beyond the Forest
1949 · Edith Williams
The Clay Pigeon
1949 · Nurse (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
1949 · Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
Pitfall
1948 · Maggie
The Snake Pit
1948 · Valerie (uncredited)
The Return of the Whistler
1948 · Sybil
Fear in the Night
1947 · Lil Herlihy
My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Miss Rogers
Seven Were Saved
1947 · Mrs Rollin Hartley
Variety Girl
1947 · Hairdresser (uncredited)
Magic Town
1947 · Mrs. Weaver
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946 · Bobbi St. John
Pride of the Marines
1945 · Ella Mae Merchant
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · Praying Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Maria (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Lt. Betty Peterson
The More the Merrier
1943 · Miss Bilby (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943 · Dorshka (Uncredited)
Air Force
1943 · Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
1943 · Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
1942 · Receptionist (uncredited)
Street of Chance
1942 · Miss Peabody
Blue, White and Perfect
1942 · Miss Hoffman
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 · Receptionist (uncredited)
Penny Serenade
1941 · Dotty 'Dot'
Sun Valley Serenade
1941 · Waitress (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
1941 · Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
1941 · Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
1940 · Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
1940 · Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939 · Betty Crawford
Blind Alley
1939 · Agnes
Three Sappy People
1939 · The Countess (uncredited)
Let Us Live
1939 · Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939 · Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Blondie
1938 · Elsie Hazlip
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Maggie O'Neill
The Lady Objects
1938 · Miss Hollins
Holiday
1938 · Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
1937 · Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Stella Dallas
1937 · Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Girl on Bus (uncredited)