Person Details

Birthday: 1911-07-28 09:37:21

Death: 2000-09-19 09:37:21

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Amarillo, Texas, USA

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Movie Involvements: 125

TV Involvements: 29


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Nell Wyatt
Tales of the Unexpected
Average
7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Mary Deacon
The A-Team
Average
7

The A-Team

(1983) Nora
The Twilight Zone
Average
8

The Twilight Zone

(1985) Mrs. Clark
Adam-12
Average
7

Adam-12

(1968) Mrs. Kerry
The Virginian
Average
6

The Virginian

(1962) Mrs. Graves
The Legend of Jesse James
Average
5

The Legend of Jesse James

(1965) Mrs. James
The Millionaire
Average
5

The Millionaire

(1955) Mrs. Johnson

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1986 Mrs. Chatham
1985 Mrs. Clark
Maude
1984 N/A
Mrs. Rawling
1983 N/A
Nora
1982 N/A
1981 Great-Aunt Sadie
Ada Wells
N/A
Storekeeper
Mrs. Keagan
Grandmother Gibbons
1980 N/A
1979 N/A
N/A
Mary Deacon
1978 Aunt Gert
N/A
1977 Grandma Lundy
N/A
Emma Fisher
Mrs. McCauley
N/A
1976 Mrs. Ontley
1975 Mrs. Kimberly
Dora
1974 N/A
N/A
Secretary
Nurse Whitbread
1972 N/A
Meg Cratty
N/A
N/A
1971 Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
Mrs. Sorenson
N/A
1970 Sister Nadine
Loretta Spoon
Mrs. Lomax
1969 Mrs. Forsyth (uncredited)
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Lee's Mother
1968 Landlady (uncredited)
N/A
Mrs. Kerry
Martha
1967 Lady on Witness Stand
Miss Mabry
N/A
N/A
N/A
1966 Doris Parker
1965 Mrs. James
1964 Mavis Varden
Mrs. Geraghty
N/A
Martha Kenton
Reporter
1963 Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
Mrs. Elliott
1962 Reba
Minerva Lewis
Mrs. Graves
Maggie Hyeth
1960 N/A
Martha Brown
1959 Mrs. Talbert
N/A
Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Ma Calvert
Bess Monahan
Millie Darius
1958 Grace Renny
N/A
Mrs. Duprez
Mrs. Devlin
Mary Royce
Virginia Peck
Edith Miller
Martha Mordigan
Mrs. Cartwright
Nurse
1957 Sylvia Slater (uncredited)
Mrs. Clara Clinton
Agnes Haskell
Claire Durell
Cornelia Slater
Nell Wyatt
Sarah Devlin
Mrs. Ford
N/A
1955 N/A
Carol Stark
N/A
Mrs. Walling
Mrs. Johnson
Jane Costello
1954 Mrs. Chadwick
Lillian Mathias
N/A
N/A
N/A
Clara Joseph
Child Psychiatrist
N/A
N/A
1953 Lillian Edwards
Anne Thomas
Mrs. Harrison
Ginny Tucker
Felice Badt
Nurse
Leona Garner
Moon's Wife (uncredited)
Mrs. Moore
1952 Caroline
N/A
Mrs. Honeyman
Welfare Woman
N/A
Mrs. Addie Burke
Mrs. Smith
Clara Randolph
Mrs. Levoy
1951 Marian Griswold Nevins MacDowell
Amy
Betty Clark, Policewoman
Martha Blake
N/A
Mrs. Carrington
1950 Della
Rose
Nancy Crane
Jean
Louise Spears
Nurse (uncredited)
1949 Ethel Mitchell
Edith Williams
Marge Henley
Mrs. Egan
Emily Novak
Virginia Barton
Vera Thompson
Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Dispatcher (uncredited)
Ethel Mitchell
Miss Rice
1948 Gossip (uncredited)
Mrs. Faraday (uncredited)
Ellie Blaine
Valerie
Ethel Mitchell
Maggie
Hospital Nurse
Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Sybil
Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)
1947 Agnes Clark
Mrs. Weaver
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Mrs. Ethel Mitchell
Doris Greene
Paris Wood
Ethel Mitchell
Lil Herlihy
Mrs Rollin Hartley
Miss Rogers
1946 Bobbi St. John
1945 Ella Mae Merchant
Alice Abbott
1944 Ruth
Jenny Butler
Praying Woman (uncredited)
Helen Martin
Maria (uncredited)
1943 Radio Kitty (uncredited)
Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Matilda Brown
Betty
Miss Bilby (uncredited)
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Mrs. Mary Quincannon (uncredited)
Dorshka (Uncredited)
1942 (uncredited)
Miss Peabody
Receptionist (uncredited)
Margaret Chase (uncredited)
Helena, the Maid
Receptionist (uncredited)
Dorothy Melton
Miss Hoffman
1941 Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)
Julie 'Smitty' Smith
Joe's Blind Date (uncredited)
Waitress (uncredited)
Linda
Dotty 'Dot'
Sheila Cobb
Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
1940 Student (uncredited)
Lillie Catlett
Mrs. Langdon
Myrtle (uncredited)
1st Nurse
Jerry
Shop Girl's Friend
Mrs. Charley Chase
Nurse
Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
Josephine Weaver Allen (uncredited)
1939 The Countess (uncredited)
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
Luella (uncredited)
Ann
Betty Crawford
Nurse (uncredited)
Judy
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Agnes
Minnie Chase
Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Hamilton's Secretary
Nurse
1938 Madelon Martin
Mary
Jean Andrews
Mrs. Langdon
Elsie Hazlip
Mason's Secretary
Miss Hollins
Anita Burton
Maggie O'Neill
Mary
Nurse (uncredited)
Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Margie Blake
Mrs. Chase
Maisie
Green's Secretary
Maggie
1937 Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Minor Role
Stewardess (uncredited)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Alice, Brophy's secretary
Maizie-the maid (uncredited)
Bit Part
1936 Mary Wallace
Nurse Cameron
Ann Jason
School Girl
Alice Alba
Girl on Bus (uncredited)
Mary Burke
Kay Duncan
1935 Reporter
Rosie
1934 Girl
Year Character Movie/Tv

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