![]() ![]() ![]() McNutley and Kenneth Tobey's aviation adventure series Whirlybirds. She also appeared in episodes of Ray Milland's sitcom Meet Mr. In 1952, she appeared in an episode of The Lone Ranger titled "Hidden Fortune".ĭoran was cast in the children's Western series My Friend Flicka, the story of a boy and his horse on a ranch in Wyoming. She appeared in the anthology series Crossroads in the 1956 episode "The White Carnation", along with Elinor Donahue, James Best and J. : 621–622ĭoran guest-starred on many television programs, including three appearances in the role of Bonnie Landis in Public Defender, starring with fellow Texan Reed Hadley. Kingston, the housekeeper, on Longstreet. Virginia Brissac, Jim Backus, Doran, Edward Platt and James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Television ĭoran played Charlotte McHenry, the housekeeper on Shirley, : 962 Agnes Haskell, Eddie Haskell's mother and in a separate appearance Mrs. Her steady, sensible maternal roles led to her being cast as James Dean's mother in Rebel Without a Cause. When the Donaldson films became a full-fledged series (featuring the dog Rusty) in 1947, Doran was cast as Donaldson's mother in the next six films. Ĭolumbia filmed two boy-and-his-dog stories with juvenile star Ted Donaldson in 1945–46. She did play leads in Columbia's Charley Chase comedies from 1938 to 1940 and in one Charles Starrett western feature, the Sam Nelson-directed Rio Grande (1938). Though her character speaks some of the film's most pivotal lines of dialog, including an impassioned suicide-preventing plea in the final scene, her appearance in the film is uncredited. In Meet John Doe(1941), she plays the wife of sodajerk-turned-John Doe Club activist Bert Hansen. Most of these appearances were supporting roles. She became a favorite of Columbia director Frank Capra and appears in many of his productions. Thus, Doran appears in Columbia's serials (such as The Spider's Web and Flying G-Men), short subjects (including those of The Three Stooges, Charley Chase, Andy Clyde, Harry Langdon and Vera Vague), B features (including the Blondie, Five Little Peppers and Ellery Queen series), and major feature films. By 1938, she was under contract to Columbia Pictures, where the company policy was to use the members of its stock company as often as possible. (A 1979 newspaper article said that Doran's debut came when she was 11 years old.) Rarely in a featured role, Doran appeared in more than 500 motion pictures and 1,000 episodes of television series, such as the American Civil War drama Gray Ghost.ĭoran worked as a stand-in, then bit player, then incidental supporting player. Film career ĭoran began acting at the age of four. Ann Doran was born in Amarillo, Texas, and attended high school in San Bernardino, California. Doran, her mother was a silent-film actress whose professional name was Rose Allen. She was an early member of the Screen Actors Guild and served on the board of the Motion Picture & Television Fund for 30 years. Ann Lee Doran (J– 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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