Ann Doran

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Ann Doran

Acting 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).…

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Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

7.5 1955 Movie
The A-Team

The A-Team

7.5 1983 TV Show
Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

8.0 1974 TV Show
M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

7.9 1972 TV Show
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

7.8 1939 Movie
Bewitched

Bewitched

7.8 1964 TV Show
Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

7.3 1980 TV Show
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

7.4 1940 Movie
Knots Landing

Knots Landing

6.9 1979 TV Show
Ironside

Ironside

6.8 1967 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1986
    Wildcats

    Movie Mrs. Chatham

  2. 1985
    The Twilight Zone

    TV show Mrs. Clark (segment "The Junction")

  3. 1985
    Hell Town

    TV show Maude

  4. 1984
    Highway to Heaven

    TV show Mrs. Bradley

  5. 1984
    Hunter

    TV show Mrs. Rawling

  6. 1983
    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    TV show

  7. 1983
    The A-Team

    TV show Nora

  8. 1982
    Cagney & Lacey

    TV show

  9. 1981
    All the Way Home

    Movie Great-Aunt Sadie

  10. 1981
    Advice to the Lovelorn

    Movie Ada Wells

  11. 1981
    Simon & Simon

    TV show

  12. 1981
    First Monday in October

    Movie Storekeeper

  13. 1981
    Crazy Times

    Movie Mrs. Keagan

  14. 1981
    All Night Long

    Movie Grandmother Gibbons

  15. 1980
    Magnum, P.I.

    TV show Sam Hunter's Mother

  16. 1979
    Knots Landing

    TV show Mercy

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  1. 1979
    Shirley

    TV show

  2. 1979
    Tales of the Unexpected

    TV show Mary Deacon

  3. 1978
    Little Mo

    Movie Aunt Gert

  4. 1978
    The Runaways

    TV show

  5. 1978
    Fantasy Island

    TV show Emma Howard

  6. 1977
    Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

    Movie Grandma Lundy

  7. 1977
    We've Got Each Other

    TV show

  8. 1977
    Flood!

    Movie Emma Fisher

  9. 1977
    Dead of Night

    Movie Mrs. McCauley

  10. 1977
    Eight Is Enough

    TV show

  11. 1976
    The Gumball Rally

    Movie Mrs. Ontley

  12. 1976
    The Macahans

    Movie Grandma

  13. 1975
    The Family Nobody Wanted

    Movie Mrs. Kimberly

  14. 1975
    The Werewolf of Woodstock

    Movie Dora

  15. 1974
    Little House on the Prairie

    TV show Helen Tyler

  16. 1974
    Lucas Tanner

    TV show

  17. 1974
    The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

    Movie Secretary

  18. 1974
    The Last Angry Man

    Movie Nurse Whitbread

  19. 1972
    The Streets of San Francisco

    TV show

  20. 1972
    M*A*S*H

    TV show Meg Cratty

  21. 1972
    The Rookies

    TV show

  22. 1972
    Emergency!

    TV show Mrs. Perigrew

  23. 1972
    Scarecrow

    Movie Mistress Dodge

  24. 1971
    The Failing of Raymond

    Movie Bus Ticket Clerk (uncredited)