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Ann Doran

Acting

Born July 28, 1911 · Amarillo, Texas, USA

Died September 19, 2000

Also known as Ann Lee Doran

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Reaching from Heaven

1948as Martha Kestner (as Ann Lee Doran)

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Helen Tyler

Emergency!

1972

M*A*S*H

1972as Meg Cratty

Bewitched

1964as Mrs. Raphael

The Odd Couple

1970as Loretta Spoon

The Jack Benny Program

1950as Mother

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

Perry Mason

1957as Nell Wyatt

The A-Team

1983as Nora

Bonanza

1959as Mrs. Walker

Rebel Without a Cause

1955as Carol Stark

You Can't Take It with You

1938as Maggie O'Neill

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936as Girl on Bus (uncredited)

Highway to Heaven

1984as Mrs. Bradley

His Girl Friday

1940as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Sam Hunter's Mother

Meet John Doe

1941as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

Holiday

1938as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)

Rawhide

1959as Millie Darius

Blondie

1938as Elsie Hazlip

Hunter

1984as Mrs. Rawling

Adam-12

1968as Mrs. Kerry

Mirage

1965as Tenant in Apartment 3R (uncredited)

The Snake Pit

1948as Valerie (uncredited)

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946as Bobbi St. John

Old Acquaintance

1943as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942as Receptionist (uncredited)

Sun Valley Serenade

1941as Waitress (uncredited)

Cagney & Lacey

1982

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

Leave It to Beaver

1957as Agnes Haskell

The Desperate Hours

1955as Mrs. Walling

The More the Merrier

1943as Miss Bilby (uncredited)

Knots Landing

1979as Mercy

The Rookies

1972

Ironside

1967as Marlene Whittaker

Pitfall

1948as Maggie

Stella Dallas

1937as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Mary Deacon

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970as Mrs. Lomax

Mannix

1967as Mrs. Moody

Warlock

1959as Mrs. Richardson (uncredited)

Day of the Badman

1958as Martha Mordigan

Them!

1954as Child Psychiatrist

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Welfare Woman

The Fountainhead

1949as Wynand's Secretary (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger

1949as Sarah Yancy

Mr. Skeffington

1944as Maria (uncredited)

Simon & Simon

1981