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.
Acted in 263
1980s
- 1986
- 1985
Hell Town
Maude · 1 episode
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
All the Way Home
Great-Aunt Sadie
Advice to the Lovelorn
Ada Wells
First Monday in October
Storekeeper
Crazy Times
Mrs. Keagan
All Night Long
Grandmother Gibbons
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Little Mo
Aunt Gert
The Runaways
TV
- 1977
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Grandma Lundy
We've Got Each Other
TV
Flood!
Emma Fisher
- 1976
The Gumball Rally
Mrs. Ontley
The Macahans
Grandma
- 1975
The Family Nobody Wanted
Mrs. Kimberly
The Werewolf of Woodstock
Dora
- 1974
Lucas Tanner
TV
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Secretary
The Last Angry Man
Nurse Whitbread
- 1972
Scarecrow
Mistress Dodge
- 1971
The Failing of Raymond
Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Priest Killer
Harriet Miles
The Hired Hand
Mrs. Sorenson
- 1970
Weekend of Terror
Sister Nadine
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Jean Wydell · 1 episode
1960s
- 1969
The Arrangement
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
Lee's Mother
- 1968
Live a Little, Love a Little
Landlady (uncredited)
- 1967
Rosie!
Lady on Witness Stand
The Hostage
Miss Mabry
- 1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Doris Parker
- 1965
- 1964
Kitten with a Whip
Mavis Varden
The Brass Bottle
Martha Kenton
- 1963
- 1962
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Bess Monahan
- 1958
Joy Ride
Grace Renny
The Badlanders
Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited)
Step Down to Terror
Mrs. Duprez
Voice in the Mirror
Mrs. Devlin
Life Begins At 17
Virginia Peck
Violent Road
Edith Miller
Day of the Badman
Martha Mordigan
The Rawhide Trail
Mrs. Cartwright
The Female Animal
Nurse
- 1957
Bombers B-52
Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Young and Dangerous
Mrs. Clara Clinton
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Mrs. Ford
- 1955
- 1954
The Bob Mathias Story
Lillian Mathias
- 1953
The Eddie Cantor Story
Lillian Edwards
Island in the Sky
Moon's Wife (uncredited)
So This Is Love
Mrs. Moore
I Love Lucy: The Movie
Audience Member
- 1952
The Rose Bowl Story
Mrs. Addie Burke
Paula
Mrs. Smith
Love Is Better Than Ever
Mrs. Levoy
Here Come the Nelsons
Clara Randolph
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell · 1 episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Amy · 1 episode
The People Against O'Hara
Betty Clark, Policewoman
Her First Romance
Movie
- 1950
Gambling House
Della
Lonely Heart Bandits
Nancy Crane
Never a Dull Moment
Jean
No Sad Songs for Me
Louise Spears
Riding High
Nurse (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
Holiday in Havana
Marge Henley
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Mrs. Egan
The Kid from Cleveland
Emily Novak
Air Hostess
Virginia Barton
One Last Fling
Vera Thompson
The Fountainhead
Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
The Clay Pigeon
Nurse (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
Ethel Mitchell
The Accused
Miss Rice
- 1948
The Walls of Jericho
Gossip (uncredited)
No Minor Vices
Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict
Ellie Blaine
Rusty Leads the Way
Ethel Mitchell
Hazard
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
My Dog Rusty
Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
The Return of the Whistler
Sybil
- 1947
Road to the Big House
Agnes Clark
Magic Town
Mrs. Weaver
Variety Girl
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Second Chance
Doris Greene
The Crimson Key
Paris Wood
For the Love of Rusty
Ethel Mitchell
Seven Were Saved
Mrs Rollin Hartley
- 1946
- 1945
Pride of the Marines
Ella Mae Merchant
Roughly Speaking
Alice Abbott
- 1944
Here Come the Waves
Ruth
I Love a Soldier
Jenny Butler
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Helen Martin
- 1943
True to Life
Radio Kitty (uncredited)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
Matilda Brown
So Proudly We Hail
Lt. Betty Peterson
The More the Merrier
Miss Bilby (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Air Force
Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
The Hard Way
Dorshka (Uncredited)
- 1942
Smith of Minnesota
(uncredited)
Street of Chance
Miss Peabody
My Sister Eileen
Receptionist (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Margaret Chase (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
Helena, the Maid
Mr. Wise Guy
Dorothy Melton
Blue, White and Perfect
Miss Hoffman
- 1941
New York Town
Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
The Kid from Kansas
Julie 'Smitty' Smith
Dive Bomber
Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Sun Valley Serenade
Waitress (uncredited)
Criminals Within
Linda
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Sheila Cobb
- 1940
Her First Romance
Student (uncredited)
Blondes and Blunders
Lillie Catlett
Glamour for Sale
Myrtle (uncredited)
Girls of the Road
Jerry
Untamed
1st Nurse (uncredited)
Manhattan Heartbeat
Shop Girl's Friend
South of the Boudoir
Mrs. Charley Chase
Five Little Peppers at Home
Nurse
1930s
- 1939
Three Sappy People
The Countess (uncredited)
A Woman is the Judge
Luella (uncredited)
Skinny the Moocher
Ann
The Man They Could Not Hang
Betty Crawford
Coast Guard
Nurse (uncredited)
Rattling Romeo
Judy
Good Girls Go to Paris
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Blind Alley
Agnes
The Chump Takes a Bump
Minnie Chase
Let Us Live
Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Flying G-Men
Hamilton's Secretary
Homicide Bureau
Nurse
- 1938
Smashing the Spy Ring
Madelon Martin
Pie a la Maid
Mary
Rio Grande
Jean Andrews
A Doggone Mixup
Mrs. Langdon
The Spider's Web
Mason's Secretary
The Lady Objects
Miss Hollins
Sue My Lawyer
Anita Burton
Many Sappy Returns
Mary
City Streets
Nurse (uncredited)
Extortion
Margie Blake
The Mind Needer
Mrs. Chase
Time Out for Trouble
Maisie
Women in Prison
Maggie
- 1937
I'll Take Romance
Minor Role
It's All Yours
Stewardess (uncredited)
Girls Can Play
Alice, Brophy's secretary
The Go-Getter
Maizie, the Maid (uncredited)
Devil's Playground
Bit Part
- 1936
Red Lights Ahead
Mary Wallace
The Man Who Lived Twice
Nurse Cameron (uncredited)
Missing Girls
Ann Jason
Palm Springs
School Girl
Let's Sing Again
Alice Alba
The Little Red Schoolhouse
Mary Burke
Ring Around the Moon
Kay Duncan
- 1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Reporter
Way Down East
Rosie
Bad Boy
Telegraph Clerk
- 1934
One Exciting Adventure
Girl
