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Ann Doran

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.

Wildcats

1986

as Mrs. Chatham

The Twilight Zone

1985

as Mrs. Clark

Hell Town

1985

as Maude

Highway to Heaven

1984

as Mrs. Bradley

Hunter

1984

as Mrs. Rawling

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

The A-Team

1983

as Nora

Cagney & Lacey

1982

All the Way Home

1981

as Great-Aunt Sadie

Advice to the Lovelorn

1981

as Ada Wells

Simon & Simon

1981

First Monday in October

1981

as Storekeeper

Crazy Times

1981

as Mrs. Keagan

All Night Long

1981

as Grandmother Gibbons

Magnum, P.I.

1980

Knots Landing

1979

as Mercy

Shirley

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Mary Deacon

Little Mo

1978

as Aunt Gert

The Runaways

1978

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

1977

as Grandma Lundy

We've Got Each Other

1977

Flood!

1977

as Emma Fisher

Dead of Night

1977

as Mrs. McCauley

Eight Is Enough

1977

How the West Was Won

1977

as Grandma

The Gumball Rally

1976

as Mrs. Ontley

The Family Nobody Wanted

1975

as Mrs. Kimberly

The Werewolf of Woodstock

1975

as Dora

Little House on the Prairie

1974

Lucas Tanner

1974

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

1974

as Secretary

The Last Angry Man

1974

as Nurse Whitbread

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

M*A*S*H

1972

as Meg Cratty

The Rookies

1972

Emergency!

1972

The Failing of Raymond

1971

as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

Longstreet

1971

Cannon

1971

The Hired Hand

1971

as Mrs. Sorenson

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

Weekend of Terror

1970

as Sister Nadine

The Odd Couple

1970

as Loretta Spoon

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

as Mrs. Lomax

Topaz

1969

as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)

The Arrangement

1969

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

1969

as Lee's Mother

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968

as Landlady (uncredited)

The Mod Squad

1968

Adam-12

1968

as Martha

Adam-12

1968

as Mrs. Kerry

Rosie!

1967

as Lady on Witness Stand

The Hostage

1967

as Miss Mabry

Mannix

1967

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

Ironside

1967

Ironside

1967

as Harriet Miles

Not With My Wife, You Don't

1966

as Doris Parker

The Legend of Jesse James

1965

as Mrs. James

Kitten with a Whip

1964

as Mavis Varden

Where Love Has Gone

1964

as Mrs. Geraghty

Bewitched

1964

The Brass Bottle

1964

as Martha Kenton

The Carpetbaggers

1964

as Reporter

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)

Petticoat Junction

1963

as Mrs. Elliott

The Virginian

1962

as Minerva Lewis

The Virginian

1962

as Maggie Hyeth

The Virginian

1962

as Reba

The Virginian

1962

as Mrs. Graves

The Virginian

1962

as Annie Thomas

My Three Sons

1960

National Velvet

1960

as Martha Brown

A Summer Place

1959

as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)

Bourbon Street Beat

1959

The FBI Story

1959

as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)

Cast a Long Shadow

1959

as Ma Calvert

Riot in Juvenile Prison

1959

as Bess Monahan

Rawhide

1959

as Millie Darius

Joy Ride

1958

as Grace Renny

The Donna Reed Show

1958

Step Down to Terror

1958

as Mrs. Duprez

Voice in the Mirror

1958

as Mrs. Devlin

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

1958

as Mary Royce

Life Begins At 17

1958

as Virginia Peck

Violent Road

1958

as Edith Miller

Day of the Badman

1958

as Martha Mordigan

The Rawhide Trail

1958

as Mrs. Cartwright

The Female Animal

1958

as Nurse

Bombers B-52

1957

as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)

Young and Dangerous

1957

as Mrs. Clara Clinton

Leave It to Beaver

1957

as Agnes Haskell

Perry Mason

1957

as Claire Durell

Perry Mason

1957

as Cornelia Slater

Perry Mason

1957

as Nell Wyatt

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

1957

as Sarah Devlin

The Man Who Turned to Stone

1957

as Mrs. Ford

Official Detective

1957

Matinee Theater

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

as Carol Stark

The Desperate Hours

1955

as Mrs. Walling

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

The Millionaire

1955

as Jane Costello

The Millionaire

1955

as Mrs. Johnson

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Mrs. Chadwick

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Christine Briggs (uncredited)

The Bob Mathias Story

1954

as Lillian Mathias

December Bride

1954

Lassie

1954

The Whistler

1954

The High and the Mighty

1954

as Clara Joseph

Them!

1954

as Child Psychiatrist

City Story

1954

Public Defender

1954

The Eddie Cantor Story

1953

as Lillian Edwards

Letter to Loretta

1953

as Nurse

Letter to Loretta

1953

as Felice Badt

Letter to Loretta

1953

as Leona Garner

Letter to Loretta

1953

as Ginny Tucker

Letter to Loretta

1953

as Mrs. Harrison

Letter to Loretta

1953

as Anne Thomas

Island in the Sky

1953

as Moon's Wife (uncredited)

So This Is Love

1953

as Mrs. Moore

Cavalcade of America

1952

as Mrs. Honeyman

Cavalcade of America

1952

as Caroline

Cavalcade of America

1952

Four Star Playhouse

1952

as Welfare Woman

Adventures of Superman

1952

The Rose Bowl Story

1952

as Mrs. Addie Burke

Paula

1952

as Mrs. Smith

Here Come the Nelsons

1952

as Clara Randolph

Love Is Better Than Ever

1952

as Mrs. Levoy

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Amy

The People Against O'Hara

1951

as Betty Clark, Policewoman

The Painted Hills

1951

as Martha Blake

Her First Romance

1951

Tomahawk

1951

as Mrs. Carrington

Gambling House

1950

as Della

The Jack Benny Program

1950

as Mother

Lux Video Theatre

1950

as Rose

Lux Video Theatre

1950

as Harriett

Lonely Heart Bandits

1950

as Nancy Crane

Never a Dull Moment

1950

as Jean

No Sad Songs for Me

1950

as Louise Spears

Riding High

1950

as Nurse (uncredited)

Rusty's Birthday

1949

as Ethel Mitchell

Beyond the Forest

1949

as Edith Williams

Holiday in Havana

1949

as Marge Henley

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

1949

as Mrs. Egan

The Kid from Cleveland

1949

as Emily Novak

Air Hostess

1949

as Virginia Barton

One Last Fling

1949

as Vera Thompson

The Fountainhead

1949

as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)

The Clay Pigeon

1949

as Nurse (uncredited)

He Walked by Night

1949

as Dispatcher (uncredited)

Rusty Saves a Life

1949

as Ethel Mitchell

The Accused

1949

as Miss Rice

The Walls of Jericho

1948

as Gossip (uncredited)

No Minor Vices

1948

as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)

Sealed Verdict

1948

as Ellie Blaine

The Snake Pit

1948

as Valerie

Rusty Leads the Way

1948

as Ethel Mitchell

Pitfall

1948

as Maggie

Hazard

1948

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

My Dog Rusty

1948

as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

The Return of the Whistler

1948

as Sybil

Reaching from Heaven

1948

as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)

Road to the Big House

1947

as Agnes Clark

Magic Town

1947

as Mrs. Weaver

Variety Girl

1947

as Hairdresser (uncredited)

The Son of Rusty

1947

as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell

Second Chance

1947

as Doris Greene

The Crimson Key

1947

as Paris Wood

For the Love of Rusty

1947

as Ethel Mitchell

Fear in the Night

1947

as Lil Herlihy

Seven Were Saved

1947

as Mrs Rollin Hartley

My Favorite Brunette

1947

as Miss Rogers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946

as Bobbi St. John

Pride of the Marines

1945

as Ella Mae Merchant

Roughly Speaking

1945

as Alice Abbott

Here Come the Waves

1944

as Ruth

I Love a Soldier

1944

as Jenny Butler

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944

as Praying Woman (uncredited)

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

1944

as Helen Martin

Mr. Skeffington

1944

as Maria (uncredited)

True to Life

1943

as Radio Kitty (uncredited)

Old Acquaintance

1943

as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)

Gildersleeve on Broadway

1943

as Matilda Brown

So Proudly We Hail

1943

as Lt. Betty Peterson

The More the Merrier

1943

as Miss Bilby (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

1943

as Salesgirl (uncredited)

Air Force

1943

as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)

The Hard Way

1943

as Dorshka (Uncredited)

Smith of Minnesota

1942

as (uncredited)

Street of Chance

1942

as Miss Peabody

My Sister Eileen

1942

as Receptionist (uncredited)

Beyond the Blue Horizon

1942

as Margaret Chase (uncredited)

They All Kissed the Bride

1942

as Helena, the Maid

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

as Receptionist (uncredited)

Mr. Wise Guy

1942

as Dorothy Melton

Blue, White, and Perfect

1942

as Miss Hoffman

New York Town

1941

as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)

The Kid from Kansas

1941

as Julie 'Smitty' Smith

Sun Valley Serenade

1941

as Waitress (uncredited)

Criminals Within

1941

as Linda

Penny Serenade

1941

as Dotty 'Dot'

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

1941

as Sheila Cobb

Meet John Doe

1941

as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

Dive Bomber

1941

as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)

Her First Romance

1940

as Student (uncredited)

Blondes and Blunders

1940

as Lillie Catlett

Cold Turkey

1940

as Mrs. Langdon

Glamour for Sale

1940

as Myrtle (uncredited)

Girls of the Road

1940

as Jerry

Untamed

1940

as 1st Nurse (uncredited)

Manhattan Heartbeat

1940

as Shop Girl's Friend

South of the Boudoir

1940

as Mrs. Charley Chase

Five Little Peppers at Home

1940

as Nurse

His Girl Friday

1940

as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

The Green Hornet

1940

as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)

Three Sappy People

1939

as The Countess (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

A Woman is the Judge

1939

as Luella (uncredited)

Skinny the Moocher

1939

as Ann

The Man They Could Not Hang

1939

as Betty Crawford

Coast Guard

1939

as Nurse (uncredited)

Rattling Romeo

1939

as Judy

Good Girls Go to Paris

1939

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Blind Alley

1939

as Agnes

The Chump Takes a Bump

1939

as Minnie Chase

Let Us Live

1939

as Secretary Juror (uncredited)

Flying G-Men

1939

as Hamilton's Secretary

Homicide Bureau

1939

as Nurse

Smashing the Spy Ring

1938

as Madelon Martin

Pie a la Maid

1938

as Mary

Rio Grande

1938

as Jean Andrews

A Doggone Mixup

1938

as Mrs. Langdon

Blondie

1938

as Elsie Hazlip

The Spider's Web

1938

as Mason's Secretary

The Lady Objects

1938

as Miss Hollins

Sue My Lawyer

1938

as Anita Burton

You Can't Take It with You

1938

as Maggie O'Neill

Many Sappy Returns

1938

as Mary

City Streets

1938

as Nurse (uncredited)

Highway Patrol

1938

as Estelle

Holiday

1938

as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)

Extortion

1938

as Margie Blake

The Mind Needer

1938

as Mrs. Chase

Time Out for Trouble

1938

as Maisie

Start Cheering

1938

as Green's Secretary

Women in Prison

1938

as Maggie

Nothing Sacred

1937

as Telephone Girl (uncredited)

I'll Take Romance

1937

as Minor Role

It's All Yours

1937

as Stewardess (uncredited)

Stella Dallas

1937

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Girls Can Play

1937

as Alice, Brophy's secretary

The Go-Getter

1937

as Maizie-the maid (uncredited)

Devil's Playground

1937

as Bit Part

Red Lights Ahead

1936

as Mary Wallace

The Man Who Lived Twice

1936

as Nurse Cameron

Missing Girls

1936

as Ann Jason

Palm Springs

1936

as School Girl

Let's Sing Again

1936

as Alice Alba

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

as Girl on Bus (uncredited)

The Little Red Schoolhouse

1936

as Mary Burke

Ring Around the Moon

1936

as Kay Duncan

Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935

as Reporter

Way Down East

1935

as Rosie

One Exciting Adventure

1934

as Girl