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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 28, 1911
Died
September 19, 2000
Place of Birth
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Ann Lee Doran
Ann Doran
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.3
Mrs. Chatham
Wildcats
1986
7.8
Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")
The Twilight Zone
1985
5.0
Maude
Hell Town
1985
7.4
Mrs. Bradley
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.1
Mrs. Rawling
Hunter
1984
6.4
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
7.5
Nora
The A-Team
1983
7.0
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Great-Aunt Sadie
All the Way Home
1981
5.0
Ada Wells
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
Credits
Wildcats
as Mrs. Chatham
1986
6.3
The Twilight Zone
as Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")
1985
7.8
Hell Town
as Maude
1985
5.0
Highway to Heaven
as Mrs. Bradley
1984
7.4
Hunter
as Mrs. Rawling
1984
7.1
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.4
The A-Team
as Nora
1983
7.5
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
All the Way Home
as Great-Aunt Sadie
1981
7.0
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Ada Wells
1981
5.0
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
First Monday in October
as Storekeeper
1981
6.1
Crazy Times
as Mrs. Keagan
1981
0.0
All Night Long
as Grandmother Gibbons
1981
5.1
Magnum, P.I.
as Sam Hunter's Mother
1980
7.3
Knots Landing
as Mercy
1979
6.7
🎬
Shirley
1979
5.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Mary Deacon
1979
6.7
Little Mo
as Aunt Gert
1978
7.5
The Runaways
1978
5.0
Fantasy Island
as Emma Howard
1978
6.4
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Grandma Lundy
1977
7.0
We've Got Each Other
1977
5.0
Flood!
as Emma Fisher
1977
4.9
Dead of Night
as Mrs. McCauley
1977
6.1
Eight Is Enough
1977
6.1
The Gumball Rally
as Mrs. Ontley
1976
6.1
The Macahans
as Grandma
1976
6.7
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Mrs. Kimberly
1975
5.8
The Werewolf of Woodstock
as Dora
1975
8.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Lucas Tanner
1974
7.0
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Secretary
1974
4.0
The Last Angry Man
as Nurse Whitbread
1974
0.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
M*A*S*H
as Meg Cratty
1972
7.9
The Rookies
1972
6.8
Emergency!
1972
7.8
The Failing of Raymond
as Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1971
6.0
Longstreet
as Mrs. Kingston
1971
6.8
Cannon
1971
6.6
The Priest Killer
as Harriet Miles
1971
0.0
The Hired Hand
as Mrs. Sorenson
1971
6.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Weekend of Terror
as Sister Nadine
1970
5.8
The Odd Couple
as Loretta Spoon
1970
7.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Lomax
1970
6.8
The Bold Ones: The Senator
as Jean Wydell
1970
3.0
Topaz
as Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
1969
6.0
The Arrangement
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1969
6.5
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
as Lee's Mother
1969
4.3
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Landlady (uncredited)
1968
5.5
The Mod Squad
as Eva Styles
1968
6.2
Adam-12
as Martha
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Mrs. Kerry
1968
7.0
Rosie!
as Lady on Witness Stand
1967
0.0
The Hostage
as Miss Mabry
1967
4.6
Mannix
as Mrs. Moody
1967
6.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.2
Ironside
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Harriet Miles
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Marlene Whittaker
1967
6.8
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Doris Parker
1966
5.5
Mirage
as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)
1965
7.0
The Legend of Jesse James
as Mrs. James
1965
4.8
Kitten with a Whip
as Mavis Varden
1964
5.1
Where Love Has Gone
as Mrs. Geraghty
1964
5.9
Bewitched
as Mrs. Raphael
1964
7.9
The Brass Bottle
as Martha Kenton
1964
6.1
The Carpetbaggers
as Reporter
1964
5.8
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
1963
6.6
Petticoat Junction
as Mrs. Elliott
1963
5.7
The Virginian
as Minerva Lewis
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Maggie Hyeth
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Reba
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Mrs. Graves
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Annie Thomas
1962
6.4
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
National Velvet
as Martha Brown
1960
7.5
A Summer Place
as Mrs. Talbert (uncredited)
1959
6.5
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The FBI Story
as Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
1959
6.0
Bonanza
as Mrs. Walker
1959
7.5
Cast a Long Shadow
as Ma Calvert
1959
6.4
Warlock
as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)
1959
6.7
Riot in Juvenile Prison
as Bess Monahan
1959
5.2
Rawhide
as Millie Darius
1959
7.2
Joy Ride
as Grace Renny
1958
5.0
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
The Badlanders
as Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
1958
6.1
Step Down to Terror
as Mrs. Duprez
1958
5.6
Voice in the Mirror
as Mrs. Devlin
1958
5.8
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Mary Royce
1958
5.9
Life Begins At 17
as Virginia Peck
1958
6.0
Violent Road
as Edith Miller
1958
6.0
Day of the Badman
as Martha Mordigan
1958
6.5
The Rawhide Trail
as Mrs. Cartwright
1958
0.0
The Female Animal
as Nurse
1958
5.8
Bombers B-52
as Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
1957
5.6
Young and Dangerous
as Mrs. Clara Clinton
1957
6.0
Leave It to Beaver
as Agnes Haskell
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Claire Durell
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Cornelia Slater
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Nell Wyatt
1957
7.7
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Sarah Devlin (uncredited)
1957
5.8
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Mrs. Ford
1957
4.5
🎬
Official Detective
1957
7.0
🎬
The Adventures of the Big Man
as Ellen
1956
0.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Rebel Without a Cause
as Carol Stark
1955
7.5
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
The Desperate Hours
as Mrs. Walling
1955
7.0
The Millionaire
as Jane Costello
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Mrs. Johnson
1955
5.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mrs. Chadwick
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Christine Briggs (uncredited)
1954
7.8
The Bob Mathias Story
as Lillian Mathias
1954
6.0
December Bride
1954
5.5
Father Knows Best
as Dorothy Tyler
1954
6.5
Lassie
1954
6.1
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
🎬
A Fair Chance
as Human resources officer
1954
0.0
The High and the Mighty
as Clara Joseph
1954
5.9
Them!
as Child Psychiatrist
1954
6.8
🎬
City Story
1954
0.0
Public Defender
1954
5.7
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Lillian Edwards
1953
5.0
Letter to Loretta
as Nurse
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Ginny Tucker
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Mrs. Harrison
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Anne Thomas
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Felice Badt
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Leona Garner
1953
6.5
Island in the Sky
as Moon's Wife (uncredited)
1953
6.3
So This Is Love
as Mrs. Moore
1953
3.8
Omnibus
as Angela's Mother
1952
6.0
The Ford Television Theatre
as Sister Mary Greene
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Sue
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
as Mrs. Honeyman
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Caroline
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Welfare Woman
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
1952
6.6
The Rose Bowl Story
as Mrs. Addie Burke
1952
3.0
Paula
as Mrs. Smith
1952
6.5
Here Come the Nelsons
as Clara Randolph
1952
6.0
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Mrs. Levoy
1952
6.1
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell
1951
8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Amy
1951
7.2
The People Against O'Hara
as Betty Clark, Policewoman
1951
5.7
The Painted Hills
as Martha Blake
1951
4.1
Her First Romance
1951
3.0
Tomahawk
as Mrs. Carrington
1951
6.9
Gambling House
as Della
1950
6.1
The Jack Benny Program
as Mother
1950
7.8
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Rose
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Harriett
1950
6.3
Lonely Heart Bandits
as Nancy Crane
1950
6.5
Never a Dull Moment
as Jean
1950
5.4
No Sad Songs for Me
as Louise Spears
1950
6.2
Riding High
as Nurse (uncredited)
1950
5.8
🎬
Rusty's Birthday
as Ethel Mitchell
1949
4.0
Beyond the Forest
as Edith Williams
1949
6.7
Holiday in Havana
as Marge Henley
1949
5.0
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Mrs. Egan
1949
5.9
The Lone Ranger
as Sarah Yancy
1949
6.8
The Kid from Cleveland
as Emily Novak
1949
5.0
Air Hostess
as Virginia Barton
1949
4.8
One Last Fling
as Vera Thompson
1949
3.8
The Fountainhead
as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
1949
6.8
The Clay Pigeon
as Nurse (uncredited)
1949
5.5
He Walked by Night
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
1949
6.7
Rusty Saves a Life
as Ethel Mitchell
1949
7.0
The Accused
as Miss Rice
1949
6.1
The Walls of Jericho
as Gossip (uncredited)
1948
4.9
No Minor Vices
as Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
1948
6.5
Sealed Verdict
as Ellie Blaine
1948
5.5
The Snake Pit
as Valerie
1948
7.1
🎬
Rusty Leads the Way
as Ethel Mitchell
1948
6.0
Pitfall
as Maggie
1948
6.8
Hazard
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1948
8.0
My Dog Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
1948
8.0
The Return of the Whistler
as Sybil
1948
5.9
Reaching from Heaven
as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
1948
0.0
Road to the Big House
as Agnes Clark
1947
5.7
Magic Town
as Mrs. Weaver
1947
6.7
Variety Girl
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
1947
6.1
🎬
The Son of Rusty
as Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
1947
0.0
Second Chance
as Doris Greene
1947
5.0
The Crimson Key
as Paris Wood
1947
3.8
For the Love of Rusty
as Ethel Mitchell
1947
0.0
Fear in the Night
as Lil Herlihy
1947
5.3
Seven Were Saved
as Mrs Rollin Hartley
1947
6.1
My Favorite Brunette
as Miss Rogers
1947
6.6
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Bobbi St. John
1946
7.1
Pride of the Marines
as Ella Mae Merchant
1945
6.5
Roughly Speaking
as Alice Abbott
1945
6.8
Here Come the Waves
as Ruth
1944
5.0
I Love a Soldier
as Jenny Butler
1944
5.0
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Praying Woman (uncredited)
1944
6.3
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Helen Martin
1944
0.0
Mr. Skeffington
as Maria (uncredited)
1944
6.7
True to Life
as Radio Kitty (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Old Acquaintance
as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
1943
7.0
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Matilda Brown
1943
5.8
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Betty Peterson
1943
5.5
The More the Merrier
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
1943
6.9
Slightly Dangerous
as Salesgirl (uncredited)
1943
6.1
Air Force
as Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
1943
6.5
The Hard Way
as Dorshka (Uncredited)
1943
6.3
Smith of Minnesota
as (uncredited)
1942
0.0
Street of Chance
as Miss Peabody
1942
5.3
My Sister Eileen
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
6.8
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Margaret Chase (uncredited)
1942
5.5
They All Kissed the Bride
as Helena, the Maid
1942
5.8
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
7.0
Mr. Wise Guy
as Dorothy Melton
1942
6.1
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Miss Hoffman
1942
6.3
New York Town
as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
1941
10.0
The Kid from Kansas
as Julie 'Smitty' Smith
1941
0.0
Dive Bomber
as Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
1941
6.4
Sun Valley Serenade
as Waitress (uncredited)
1941
7.0
Criminals Within
as Linda
1941
6.0
Penny Serenade
as Dotty 'Dot'
1941
6.6
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Sheila Cobb
1941
5.3
Meet John Doe
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
1941
7.3
Her First Romance
as Student (uncredited)
1940
5.3
Blondes and Blunders
as Lillie Catlett
1940
0.0
🎬
Cold Turkey
as Mrs. Langdon
1940
0.0
Glamour for Sale
as Myrtle (uncredited)
1940
4.3
Girls of the Road
as Jerry
1940
5.0
Untamed
as 1st Nurse (uncredited)
1940
4.2
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Shop Girl's Friend
1940
0.0
South of the Boudoir
as Mrs. Charley Chase
1940
0.0
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Nurse
1940
6.3
His Girl Friday
as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
1940
7.4
The Green Hornet
as Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
1940
5.7
Three Sappy People
as The Countess (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
1939
7.8
A Woman is the Judge
as Luella (uncredited)
1939
0.0
Skinny the Moocher
as Ann
1939
0.0
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Betty Crawford
1939
6.6
Coast Guard
as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Rattling Romeo
as Judy
1939
0.0
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
1939
7.0
Blind Alley
as Agnes
1939
5.7
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Minnie Chase
1939
0.0
Let Us Live
as Secretary Juror (uncredited)
1939
6.8
Flying G-Men
as Hamilton's Secretary
1939
6.0
Homicide Bureau
as Nurse
1939
5.3
Smashing the Spy Ring
as Madelon Martin
1938
0.0
Pie a la Maid
as Mary
1938
0.0
Rio Grande
as Jean Andrews
1938
3.0
A Doggone Mixup
as Mrs. Langdon
1938
0.0
Blondie
as Elsie Hazlip
1938
7.1
The Spider's Web
as Mason's Secretary
1938
6.0
The Lady Objects
as Miss Hollins
1938
5.4
🎬
Sue My Lawyer
as Anita Burton
1938
0.0
You Can't Take It with You
as Maggie O'Neill
1938
7.5
Many Sappy Returns
as Mary
1938
4.8
City Streets
as Nurse (uncredited)
1938
0.0
🎬
Highway Patrol
as Estelle
1938
0.0
Holiday
as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
1938
7.3
Extortion
as Margie Blake
1938
5.0
The Mind Needer
as Mrs. Chase
1938
4.0
Time Out for Trouble
as Maisie
1938
2.7
Start Cheering
as Green's Secretary
1938
7.0
Women in Prison
as Maggie
1938
6.0
Nothing Sacred
as Telephone Girl (uncredited)
1937
6.3
I'll Take Romance
as Minor Role
1937
5.0
It's All Yours
as Stewardess (uncredited)
1937
4.5
Stella Dallas
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1937
6.9
Girls Can Play
as Alice, Brophy's secretary
1937
4.0
The Go-Getter
as Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
1937
5.8
Devil's Playground
as Bit Part
1937
5.8
Red Lights Ahead
as Mary Wallace
1936
5.2
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
1936
6.7
Missing Girls
as Ann Jason
1936
5.0
Palm Springs
as School Girl
1936
0.0
Let's Sing Again
as Alice Alba
1936
3.2
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Girl on Bus (uncredited)
1936
7.5
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Mary Burke
1936
5.5
Ring Around the Moon
as Kay Duncan
1936
4.0
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Reporter
1935
0.0
Bad Boy
as Telegraph Clerk
1935
5.0
Way Down East
as Rosie
1935
3.0
One Exciting Adventure
as Girl
1934
0.0