Acting
Ann Doran
Born 1911-07-28
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Department: Acting
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
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Rebel Without a Cause
1955
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The A-Team
1983
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Little House on the Prairie
1974
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
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M*A*S*H
1972
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Bewitched
1964
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Perry Mason
1957
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His Girl Friday
1940
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Bonanza
1959
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Magnum, P.I.
1980
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (297 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wildcats | Mrs. Chatham | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction") | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Hell Town | Maude | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Highway to Heaven | Mrs. Bradley | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Hunter | Mrs. Rawling | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1983 |
 | The A-Team | Nora | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Cagney & Lacey | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | All the Way Home | Great-Aunt Sadie | Movie | 1981 |
 | Advice to the Lovelorn | Ada Wells | Movie | 1981 |
 | Simon & Simon | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | First Monday in October | Storekeeper | Movie | 1981 |
 | Crazy Times | Mrs. Keagan | Movie | 1981 |
 | All Night Long | Grandmother Gibbons | Movie | 1981 |
 | Magnum, P.I. | Sam Hunter's Mother | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Knots Landing | Mercy | TV Series | 1979 |
| Shirley | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1979 | |
 | Tales of the Unexpected | Mary Deacon | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Little Mo | Aunt Gert | Movie | 1978 |
 | The Runaways | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Fantasy Island | Emma Howard | TV Series | 1978 |
| Fantasy Island | Mrs. Howard (uncredited) | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Grandma Lundy | Movie | 1977 |
 | We've Got Each Other | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Flood! | Emma Fisher | Movie | 1977 |
 | Dead of Night | Mrs. McCauley | Movie | 1977 |
 | Eight Is Enough | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Gumball Rally | Mrs. Ontley | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Macahans | Grandma | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Family Nobody Wanted | Mrs. Kimberly | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Werewolf of Woodstock | Dora | Movie | 1975 |
 | Little House on the Prairie | Helen Tyler | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Lucas Tanner | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Secretary | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Last Angry Man | Nurse Whitbread | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Streets of San Francisco | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1972 |
 | M*A*S*H | Meg Cratty | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The Rookies | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Emergency! | Mrs. Perigrew | TV Series | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Hannah | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Scarecrow | Mistress Dodge | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Failing of Raymond | Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited) | Movie | 1971 |
 | Longstreet | Mrs. Kingston | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Priest Killer | Harriet Miles | Movie | 1971 |
 | Cannon | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Hired Hand | Mrs. Sorenson | Movie | 1971 |
 | Alias Smith and Jones | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Weekend of Terror | Sister Nadine | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Odd Couple | Loretta Spoon | TV Series | 1970 |
 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Mrs. Lomax | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Bold Ones: The Senator | Jean Wydell | TV Series | 1970 |
 | Topaz | Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited) | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Arrangement | Hospital Nurse (uncredited) | Movie | 1969 |
 | Once You Kiss a Stranger... | Lee's Mother | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Nurse Stern | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Live a Little, Love a Little | Landlady (uncredited) | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Mod Squad | Eva Styles | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Adam-12 | Martha | TV Series | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Mrs. Kerry | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Rosie! | Lady on Witness Stand | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Hostage | Miss Mabry | Movie | 1967 |
 | Mannix | Mrs. Moody | TV Series | 1967 |
 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Ironside | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 |
| Ironside | Harriet Miles | TV Series | 1967 |
| Ironside | Marlene Whittaker | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Not With My Wife, You Don't! | Doris Parker | Movie | 1966 |
 | Mirage | Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited) | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Legend of Jesse James | Mrs. James | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Kitten with a Whip | Mavis Varden | Movie | 1964 |
 | Where Love Has Gone | Mrs. Geraghty | Movie | 1964 |
 | Bewitched | Mrs. Raphael | TV Series | 1964 |
 | The Brass Bottle | Martha Kenton | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Carpetbaggers | Reporter (uncredited) | Movie | 1964 |
 | Captain Newman, M.D. | Mrs. Pyser (uncredited) | Movie | 1963 |
 | Petticoat Junction | Mrs. Elliott | TV Series | 1963 |
 | The Virginian | Minerva Lewis | TV Series | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Maggie Hyeth | TV Series | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Reba | TV Series | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Mrs. Graves | TV Series | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Annie Thomas | TV Series | 1962 |
 | My Three Sons | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 |
 | National Velvet | Martha Brown | TV Series | 1960 |
 | A Summer Place | Mrs. Talbert (uncredited) | Movie | 1959 |
 | Bourbon Street Beat | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The FBI Story | Mrs. Ballard (uncredited) | Movie | 1959 |
 | Bonanza | Mrs. Walker | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Cast a Long Shadow | Ma Calvert | Movie | 1959 |
 | Warlock | Mrs. Richardson (uncredited) | Movie | 1959 |
 | Riot in Juvenile Prison | Bess Monahan | Movie | 1959 |
 | Rawhide | Millie Darius | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Joy Ride | Grace Renny | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Donna Reed Show | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1958 |
 | The Badlanders | Stagecoach Passenger - Mother (uncredited) | Movie | 1958 |
 | Step Down to Terror | Mrs. Duprez | Movie | 1958 |
 | Voice in the Mirror | Mrs. Devlin | Movie | 1958 |
 | It! The Terror from Beyond Space | Mary Royce | Movie | 1958 |
 | Life Begins At 17 | Virginia Peck | Movie | 1958 |
 | Violent Road | Edith Miller | Movie | 1958 |
 | Day of the Badman | Martha Mordigan | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Rawhide Trail | Mrs. Cartwright | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Female Animal | Nurse | Movie | 1958 |
 | Bombers B-52 | Sylvia Slater (uncredited) | Movie | 1957 |
 | Young and Dangerous | Mrs. Clara Clinton | Movie | 1957 |
 | Leave It to Beaver | Agnes Haskell | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Perry Mason | Claire Durell | TV Series | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Cornelia Slater | TV Series | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Nell Wyatt | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend | Sarah Devlin (uncredited) | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Man Who Turned to Stone | Mrs. Ford | Movie | 1957 |
 | Official Detective | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1957 |
| The Adventures of the Big Man | Ellen | TV Series | 1956 | |
 | Matinee Theater | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Rebel Without a Cause | Carol Stark | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Desperate Hours | Mrs. Walling | Movie | 1955 |
 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Millionaire | Jane Costello | TV Series | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Mrs. Johnson | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Mrs. Chadwick | TV Series | 1954 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Christine Briggs (uncredited) | TV Series | 1954 |
 | The Bob Mathias Story | Lillian Mathias | Movie | 1954 |
 | December Bride | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1954 |
 | Father Knows Best | Dorothy Tyler | TV Series | 1954 |
 | Lassie | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1954 |
 | The Whistler | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1954 |
| A Fair Chance | Human resources officer | Movie | 1954 | |
 | The High and the Mighty | Clara Joseph | Movie | 1954 |
 | Them! | Child Psychiatrist | Movie | 1954 |
| City Story | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 | |
 | Public Defender | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1954 |
 | The Eddie Cantor Story | Lillian Edwards | Movie | 1953 |
 | Letter to Loretta | Nurse | TV Series | 1953 |
| Letter to Loretta | Ginny Tucker | TV Series | 1953 |
| Letter to Loretta | Mrs. Harrison | TV Series | 1953 |
| Letter to Loretta | Anne Thomas | TV Series | 1953 |
| Letter to Loretta | Felice Badt | TV Series | 1953 |
| Letter to Loretta | Leona Garner | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Island in the Sky | Moon's Wife (uncredited) | Movie | 1953 |
 | So This Is Love | Mrs. Moore | Movie | 1953 |
 | I Love Lucy: The Movie | Audience Member | Movie | 1953 |
 | Omnibus | Angela's Mother | TV Series | 1952 |
 | The Ford Television Theatre | Sister Mary Greene | TV Series | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Sue | TV Series | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Marion | TV Series | 1952 |
 | Cavalcade of America | Mrs. Honeyman | TV Series | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Caroline | TV Series | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1952 |
 | Four Star Playhouse | Welfare Woman | TV Series | 1952 |
 | Adventures of Superman | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1952 |
 | The Rose Bowl Story | Mrs. Addie Burke | Movie | 1952 |
 | Paula | Mrs. Smith | Movie | 1952 |
 | Love Is Better Than Ever | Mrs. Levoy | Movie | 1952 |
 | Here Come the Nelsons | Clara Randolph | Movie | 1952 |
| Chevron Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1952 | |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Amy | TV Series | 1951 |
 | The People Against O'Hara | Betty Clark, Policewoman | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Painted Hills | Martha Blake | Movie | 1951 |
 | Her First Romance | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Tomahawk | Mrs. Carrington | Movie | 1951 |
 | Gambling House | Della | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Jack Benny Program | Mother | TV Series | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Rose | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Harriett | TV Series | 1950 | |
 | Lonely Heart Bandits | Nancy Crane | Movie | 1950 |
 | Never a Dull Moment | Jean | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Gene Autry Show | Aunt Lynn | TV Series | 1950 |
| The Gene Autry Show | Emma Connelly | TV Series | 1950 |
 | No Sad Songs for Me | Louise Spears | Movie | 1950 |
 | Riding High | Nurse (uncredited) | Movie | 1950 |
| Rusty's Birthday | Ethel Mitchell | Movie | 1949 | |
 | Beyond the Forest | Edith Williams | Movie | 1949 |
 | Holiday in Havana | Marge Henley | Movie | 1949 |
 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | Mrs. Egan | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Lone Ranger | Sarah Yancy | TV Series | 1949 |
 | The Kid from Cleveland | Emily Novak | Movie | 1949 |
 | Air Hostess | Virginia Barton | Movie | 1949 |
 | One Last Fling | Vera Thompson | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Fountainhead | Wynand's Secretary (uncredited) | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Clay Pigeon | Nurse (uncredited) | Movie | 1949 |
 | He Walked by Night | Dispatcher (uncredited) | Movie | 1949 |
 | Rusty Saves a Life | Ethel Mitchell | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Accused | Miss Rice | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Walls of Jericho | Gossip (uncredited) | Movie | 1948 |
 | No Minor Vices | Mrs. Faraday (uncredited) | Movie | 1948 |
 | Sealed Verdict | Ellie Blaine | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Snake Pit | Valerie (uncredited) | Movie | 1948 |
 | Rusty Leads the Way | Ethel Mitchell | Movie | 1948 |
 | Pitfall | Maggie | Movie | 1948 |
 | Hazard | Hospital Nurse (uncredited) | Movie | 1948 |
 | My Dog Rusty | Mrs. Ethel Mitchell | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Return of the Whistler | Sybil | Movie | 1948 |
 | Reaching from Heaven | Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran) | Movie | 1948 |
 | Road to the Big House | Agnes Clark | Movie | 1947 |
 | Magic Town | Mrs. Weaver | Movie | 1947 |
 | Variety Girl | Hairdresser (uncredited) | Movie | 1947 |
| The Son of Rusty | Mrs. Ethel Mitchell | Movie | 1947 | |
 | Second Chance | Doris Greene | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Crimson Key | Paris Wood | Movie | 1947 |
 | For the Love of Rusty | Ethel Mitchell | Movie | 1947 |
 | Fear in the Night | Lil Herlihy | Movie | 1947 |
 | Seven Were Saved | Mrs Rollin Hartley | Movie | 1947 |
 | My Favorite Brunette | Miss Rogers | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Bobbi St. John | Movie | 1946 |
 | Pride of the Marines | Ella Mae Merchant | Movie | 1945 |
 | Roughly Speaking | Alice Abbott | Movie | 1945 |
 | Here Come the Waves | Ruth | Movie | 1944 |
 | I Love a Soldier | Jenny Butler | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Praying Woman (uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Helen Martin | Movie | 1944 |
 | Mr. Skeffington | Maria (uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | True to Life | Radio Kitty (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Old Acquaintance | Music Store Saleslady (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Gildersleeve on Broadway | Matilda Brown | Movie | 1943 |
 | So Proudly We Hail | Lt. Betty Peterson | Movie | 1943 |
 | The More the Merrier | Miss Bilby (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Slightly Dangerous | Salesgirl (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Air Force | Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Hard Way | Dorshka (Uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Smith of Minnesota | (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | Street of Chance | Miss Peabody | Movie | 1942 |
 | My Sister Eileen | Receptionist (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | Beyond the Blue Horizon | Margaret Chase (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | They All Kissed the Bride | Helena, the Maid | Movie | 1942 |
 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Receptionist (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | Mr. Wise Guy | Dorothy Melton | Movie | 1942 |
 | Blue, White and Perfect | Miss Hoffman | Movie | 1942 |
 | New York Town | Demonstrator in Store (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Kid from Kansas | Julie 'Smitty' Smith | Movie | 1941 |
 | Dive Bomber | Joe's Blind Date (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Sun Valley Serenade | Waitress (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Criminals Within | Linda | Movie | 1941 |
 | Penny Serenade | Dotty | Movie | 1941 |
 | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Sheila Cobb | Movie | 1941 |
 | Meet John Doe | Mrs. Hansen (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Her First Romance | Student (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | Blondes and Blunders | Lillie Catlett | Movie | 1940 |
| Cold Turkey | Mrs. Langdon | Movie | 1940 | |
 | Glamour for Sale | Myrtle (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | Girls of the Road | Jerry | Movie | 1940 |
 | Untamed | 1st Nurse (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | Manhattan Heartbeat | Shop Girl's Friend | Movie | 1940 |
 | South of the Boudoir | Mrs. Charley Chase | Movie | 1940 |
 | Five Little Peppers at Home | Nurse | Movie | 1940 |
 | His Girl Friday | Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Green Hornet | Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | Three Sappy People | The Countess (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Paine's Secretary (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | A Woman is the Judge | Luella (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Skinny the Moocher | Ann | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Man They Could Not Hang | Betty Crawford | Movie | 1939 |
 | Coast Guard | Nurse (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Rattling Romeo | Judy | Movie | 1939 |
 | Good Girls Go to Paris | Bridesmaid (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Blind Alley | Agnes | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Chump Takes a Bump | Minnie Chase | Movie | 1939 |
 | Let Us Live | Secretary Juror (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Flying G-Men | Hamilton's Secretary | Movie | 1939 |
 | Homicide Bureau | Nurse | Movie | 1939 |
 | Smashing the Spy Ring | Madelon Martin | Movie | 1938 |
 | Pie a la Maid | Mary | Movie | 1938 |
 | Rio Grande | Jean Andrews | Movie | 1938 |
 | A Doggone Mixup | Mrs. Langdon | Movie | 1938 |
 | Blondie | Elsie Hazlip | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Spider's Web | Mason's Secretary | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Lady Objects | Miss Hollins | Movie | 1938 |
 | Sue My Lawyer | Anita Burton | Movie | 1938 |
 | You Can't Take It with You | Maggie O'Neill | Movie | 1938 |
 | Many Sappy Returns | Mary | Movie | 1938 |
 | City Streets | Nurse (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
| Halfway to Hollywood | Mrs. Kennedy | Movie | 1938 | |
| Highway Patrol | Estelle | Movie | 1938 | |
 | Holiday | Kitchen Maid (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | Extortion | Margie Blake | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Mind Needer | Mrs. Chase | Movie | 1938 |
 | Time Out for Trouble | Maisie | Movie | 1938 |
 | Start Cheering | Green's Secretary | Movie | 1938 |
 | Women in Prison | Maggie | Movie | 1938 |
 | Nothing Sacred | Telephone Girl (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | I'll Take Romance | Minor Role | Movie | 1937 |
 | It's All Yours | Stewardess (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | Stella Dallas | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | Girls Can Play | Alice, Brophy's secretary | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Go-Getter | Maizie, the Maid (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | Devil's Playground | Bit Part | Movie | 1937 |
 | Red Lights Ahead | Mary Wallace | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Man Who Lived Twice | Nurse Cameron (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Missing Girls | Ann Jason | Movie | 1936 |
 | Palm Springs | School Girl | Movie | 1936 |
 | Let's Sing Again | Alice Alba | Movie | 1936 |
 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Girl on Bus (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Little Red Schoolhouse | Mary Burke | Movie | 1936 |
 | Ring Around the Moon | Kay Duncan | Movie | 1936 |
 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Reporter | Movie | 1935 |
 | Way Down East | Rosie | Movie | 1935 |
 | Bad Boy | Telegraph Clerk | Movie | 1935 |
 | One Exciting Adventure | Girl | Movie | 1934 |