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Ann Doran

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Ann Doran

Born July 28, 1911 in Amarillo, Texas, USADied September 19, 2000203 films

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.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington posterFirst watchMr. Smith Goes to Washington19397.8as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington.View film

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Ranked by acclaim and reach
Rebel Without a Cause poster7.5Rebel Without a Cause1955His Girl Friday poster7.4His Girl Friday1940You Can't Take It with You poster7.5You Can't Take It with You1938Mr. Deeds Goes to Town poster7.5Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936Them! poster6.8Them!1954Holiday poster7.3Holiday1938Meet John Doe poster7.3Meet John Doe1941Yankee Doodle Dandy poster7.0Yankee Doodle Dandy1942

Filmography

203 films as actor
  1. 1986WildcatsMrs. Chatham
  2. 1981All the Way HomeGreat-Aunt Sadie
  3. 1981Advice to the LovelornAda Wells
  4. 1981First Monday in OctoberStorekeeper
  5. 1981Crazy TimesMrs. Keagan
  6. 1981All Night LongGrandmother Gibbons
  7. 1978Little MoAunt Gert
  8. 1977Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat StallionGrandma Lundy
  9. 1977Flood!Emma Fisher
  10. 1977Dead of NightMrs. McCauley
  11. 1976The Gumball RallyMrs. Ontley
  12. 1976The MacahansGrandma
  13. 1975The Family Nobody WantedMrs. Kimberly
  14. 1975The Werewolf of WoodstockDora
  15. 1974The Story of Pretty Boy FloydSecretary
  16. 1974The Last Angry ManNurse Whitbread
  17. 1972ScarecrowMistress Dodge
  18. 1971The Failing of RaymondBus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
  19. 1971The Priest KillerHarriet Miles
  20. 1971The Hired HandMrs. Sorenson
  21. 1970Weekend of TerrorSister Nadine
  22. 1970There Was a Crooked Man...Mrs. Lomax
  23. 1969TopazMrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
  24. 1969The ArrangementHospital Nurse (uncredited)
  25. 1969Once You Kiss a Stranger...Lee's Mother
  26. 1968Live a Little, Love a LittleLandlady (uncredited)
  27. 1967Rosie!Lady on Witness Stand
  28. 1967The HostageMiss Mabry
  29. 1966Not With My Wife, You Don't!Doris Parker
  30. 1965MirageTenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
  31. 1964Kitten with a WhipMavis Varden
  32. 1964Where Love Has GoneMrs. Geraghty
  33. 1964The Brass BottleMartha Kenton
  34. 1964The CarpetbaggersReporter (uncredited)
  35. 1963Captain Newman, M.D.Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
  36. 1959A Summer PlaceMrs. Talbert (uncredited)
  37. 1959The FBI StoryMrs. Ballard (uncredited)
  38. 1959Cast a Long ShadowMa Calvert
  39. 1959WarlockMrs. Richardson (uncredited)
  40. 1959Riot in Juvenile PrisonBess Monahan
  41. 1958Joy RideGrace Renny
  42. 1958The BadlandersStagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
  43. 1958Step Down to TerrorMrs. Duprez
  44. 1958Voice in the MirrorMrs. Devlin
  45. 1958It! The Terror from Beyond SpaceMary Royce
  46. 1958Life Begins At 17Virginia Peck
  47. 1958Violent RoadEdith Miller
  48. 1958Day of the BadmanMartha Mordigan
  49. 1958The Rawhide TrailMrs. Cartwright
  50. 1958The Female AnimalNurse
  51. 1957Bombers B-52Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
  52. 1957Young and DangerousMrs. Clara Clinton
  53. 1957Shoot-Out at Medicine BendSarah Devlin (uncredited)
  54. 1957The Man Who Turned to StoneMrs. Ford
  55. 1955Rebel Without a CauseCarol Stark
  56. 1955The Desperate HoursMrs. Walling
  57. 1954The Bob Mathias StoryLillian Mathias
  58. 1954The High and the MightyClara Joseph
  59. 1954Them!Child Psychiatrist
  60. 1954City Story
  61. 1953The Eddie Cantor StoryLillian Edwards
  62. 1953Island in the SkyMoon's Wife (uncredited)
  63. 1953So This Is LoveMrs. Moore
  64. 1953I Love Lucy: The MovieAudience Member
  65. 1952The Rose Bowl StoryMrs. Addie Burke
  66. 1952PaulaMrs. Smith
  67. 1952Love Is Better Than EverMrs. Levoy
  68. 1952Here Come the NelsonsClara Randolph
  69. 1951The People Against O'HaraBetty Clark, Policewoman
  70. 1951The Painted HillsMartha Blake
  71. 1951Her First Romance
  72. 1951TomahawkMrs. Carrington
  73. 1950Gambling HouseDella
  74. 1950Lonely Heart BanditsNancy Crane
  75. 1950Never a Dull MomentJean
  76. 1950No Sad Songs for MeLouise Spears
  77. 1950Riding HighNurse (uncredited)
  78. 1949Rusty's BirthdayEthel Mitchell
  79. 1949Beyond the ForestEdith Williams
  80. 1949Holiday in HavanaMarge Henley
  81. 1949Calamity Jane and Sam BassMrs. Egan
  82. 1949The Kid from ClevelandEmily Novak
  83. 1949Air HostessVirginia Barton
  84. 1949One Last FlingVera Thompson
  85. 1949The FountainheadWynand's Secretary (uncredited)
  86. 1949The Clay PigeonNurse (uncredited)
  87. 1949He Walked by NightDispatcher (uncredited)
  88. 1949Rusty Saves a LifeEthel Mitchell
  89. 1949The AccusedMiss Rice
  90. 1948The Walls of JerichoGossip (uncredited)
  91. 1948No Minor VicesMrs. Faraday (uncredited)
  92. 1948Sealed VerdictEllie Blaine
  93. 1948The Snake PitValerie (uncredited)
  94. 1948Rusty Leads the WayEthel Mitchell
  95. 1948PitfallMaggie
  96. 1948HazardHospital Nurse (uncredited)
  97. 1948My Dog RustyMrs. Ethel Mitchell
  98. 1948The Return of the WhistlerSybil
  99. 1948Reaching from HeavenMartha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
  100. 1947Road to the Big HouseAgnes Clark
  101. 1947Magic TownMrs. Weaver
  102. 1947Variety GirlHairdresser (uncredited)
  103. 1947The Son of RustyMrs. Ethel Mitchell
  104. 1947Second ChanceDoris Greene
  105. 1947The Crimson KeyParis Wood
  106. 1947For the Love of RustyEthel Mitchell
  107. 1947Fear in the NightLil Herlihy
  108. 1947Seven Were SavedMrs Rollin Hartley
  109. 1947My Favorite BrunetteMiss Rogers
  110. 1946The Strange Love of Martha IversBobbi St. John
  111. 1945Pride of the MarinesElla Mae Merchant
  112. 1945Roughly SpeakingAlice Abbott
  113. 1944Here Come the WavesRuth
  114. 1944I Love a SoldierJenny Butler
  115. 1944The Story of Dr. WassellPraying Woman (uncredited)
  116. 1944Henry Aldrich's Little SecretHelen Martin
  117. 1944Mr. SkeffingtonMaria (uncredited)
  118. 1943True to LifeRadio Kitty (uncredited)
  119. 1943Old AcquaintanceMusic Store Saleslady (uncredited)
  120. 1943Gildersleeve on BroadwayMatilda Brown