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Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Birthday: 1911-07-28 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1981
All Night Long

as    Grandmother Gibbons

1978
Little Mo

as    Aunt Gert

1977
Dead of Night

as    Mrs. McCauley

1975
The Werewolf of Woodstock

as    Dora

1971
The Hired Hand

as    Mrs. Sorenson

1970
Weekend of Terror

as    Sister Nadine

1967
The Hostage

as    Miss Mabry

1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't

as    Doris Parker

1964
The Brass Bottle

as    Martha Kenton

1964
Kitten with a Whip

as    Mavis Varden

1960
National Velvet

as    Martha Brown

1959
Cast a Long Shadow

as    Ma Calvert

1958
Violent Road

as    Edith Miller

1958
Joy Ride

as    Grace Renny

1958
It! The Terror from Beyond Space

as    Mary Royce

1957
The Man Who Turned to Stone

as    Mrs. Ford

1952
Love Is Better Than Ever

as    Mrs. Levoy

1951
The Painted Hills

as    Martha Blake

1950
Never a Dull Moment

as    Jean

1950
Lonely Heart Bandits

as    Nancy Crane

1949
Beyond the Forest

as    Edith Williams

1949
Holiday in Havana

as    Marge Henley

1949
One Last Fling

as    Vera Thompson

1948
Rusty Leads the Way

as    Ethel Mitchell

1948
Pitfall

as    Maggie

1948
The Return of the Whistler

as    Sybil