
Ann Doran
Born July 28, 1911 · Amarillo, Texas, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Rebel Without a Cause

Them!

His Girl Friday

Topaz

The High and the Mighty

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

You Can't Take It with You

Mr. Skeffington

There Was a Crooked Man...

Missing Girls

A Summer Place

Captain Newman, M.D.

Warlock

Yankee Doodle Dandy

South of the Boudoir

He Walked by Night

Start Cheering

Meet John Doe

Rattling Romeo

So Proudly We Hail

Flood!

Blondie

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Magic Town

The Desperate Hours

The Gumball Rally

The More the Merrier

Holiday

Island in the Sky

The Fountainhead

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Live a Little, Love a Little

Wildcats

Mirage

Here Come the Nelsons

Pitfall

Day of the Badman

Let Us Live

Bombers B-52

Step Down to Terror

The FBI Story

They All Kissed the Bride

Kitten with a Whip

All Night Long

Where Love Has Gone

Little Mo

Variety Girl

Slightly Dangerous

Pride of the Marines

Fear in the Night

I'll Take Romance

The Carpetbaggers

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

The Badlanders

Air Force

Time Out for Trouble

My Favorite Brunette

The Eddie Cantor Story

The Crimson Key

Penny Serenade
TV Shows

Ironside

Knots Landing

Little House on the Prairie

Bewitched

Magnum, P.I.

Matinee Theater

Mannix

Adam-12

The A-Team

The Virginian

My Three Sons

Emergency!

Leave It to Beaver

Petticoat Junction

Simon & Simon

Cannon

The Donna Reed Show

Highway to Heaven

Four Star Playhouse

Rawhide

Hunter

The Twilight Zone

Fantasy Island

Cagney & Lacey

Tales of the Unexpected

The Lone Ranger

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

The Odd Couple

The Rookies

The Jack Benny Program

Father Knows Best

Eight Is Enough

Omnibus

The Ford Television Theatre

December Bride

The Streets of San Francisco

Alias Smith and Jones

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Adventures of Superman

The Mod Squad

The Millionaire

The Gene Autry Show

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Wonderful World of Disney

Lux Video Theatre

Public Defender

Cavalcade of America

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Bourbon Street Beat

Official Detective

The Whistler

The Legend of Jesse James

Letter to Loretta

National Velvet

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Longstreet

Lucas Tanner

Hell Town

The Bold Ones: The Senator

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

We've Got Each Other

The Runaways
More Movies

The Snake Pit

Pie a la Maid

Nothing Sacred

The Man They Could Not Hang

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend

Untamed

Cast a Long Shadow

Tomahawk

Paula

The Female Animal

Stella Dallas

Love Is Better Than Ever

City Streets

Mr. Wise Guy

The Hard Way

Glamour for Sale

Reaching from Heaven

The Hired Hand

Never a Dull Moment

The Clay Pigeon

Beyond the Forest

The Priest Killer

The Green Hornet

Sun Valley Serenade

First Monday in October

The Arrangement

I Love a Soldier

A Doggone Mixup

Old Acquaintance

No Sad Songs for Me

Ring Around the Moon

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

Bad Boy

The Man Who Lived Twice

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

Dive Bomber

The Go-Getter

The People Against O'Hara

Blue, White and Perfect

Way Down East

Rusty Saves a Life

The Accused

The Bob Mathias Story

Women in Prison

Dead of Night

The Walls of Jericho

Crazy Times

The Rose Bowl Story

Riding High

The Spider's Web

Good Girls Go to Paris

The Werewolf of Woodstock

Girls of the Road

Here Come the Waves

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Skinny the Moocher

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

Sue My Lawyer

So This Is Love

Hazard

Voice in the Mirror

The Failing of Raymond

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

The Return of the Whistler

Her First Romance

The Painted Hills

Blind Alley

The Lady Objects

The Last Angry Man

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Advice to the Lovelorn

Let's Sing Again

Roughly Speaking

Road to the Big House

The Brass Bottle

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

Life Begins At 17

Violent Road

Smashing the Spy Ring

True to Life

Coast Guard

Sealed Verdict

All the Way Home

Her First Romance

The Man Who Turned to Stone

The Rawhide Trail

Rosie!

Three Sappy People

My Sister Eileen

New York Town

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

Five Little Peppers at Home

Riot in Juvenile Prison

One Last Fling

The Family Nobody Wanted

Homicide Bureau

Flying G-Men

Devil's Playground

A Woman is the Judge

Gambling House

The Macahans

No Minor Vices

Manhattan Heartbeat

The Kid from Kansas

Rusty Leads the Way

It's All Yours

Joy Ride

The Chump Takes a Bump

I Love Lucy: The Movie

Second Chance

Girls Can Play

Scarecrow

Seven Were Saved

Street of Chance

The Kid from Cleveland

For the Love of Rusty

Gildersleeve on Broadway

The Little Red Schoolhouse

Rio Grande

My Dog Rusty

Lonely Heart Bandits

Palm Springs

Blondes and Blunders

Criminals Within

Red Lights Ahead

The Hostage

Many Sappy Returns

Weekend of Terror

Holiday in Havana

One Exciting Adventure

Extortion

The Mind Needer

Young and Dangerous

Air Hostess




