Ann Lee Doran
| Sign | Leo |
| Born | Jul 28, 1911 Amarillo, TX |
| Died | Sep 19, 2000 Carmichael, CA |
| Age | Died at 89 |
Ann Doran | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1922-88 |
| Top Roles | Receptionist, Valerie, Paine's Secretary, Maggie O'Neill, Girl on Bus |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Musical, Action |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic), Romance (Drama), Aviation |
| Top Collaborators | Frank Capra (Director), Jack L. Warner (Producer), Pierre Watkin, Hal B. Wallis (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Joe E. Brown, Rudy Vall?e, Laird Cregar see more.. |
Ann Doran Overview:
Character actress, Ann Doran, was born Ann Lee Doran on Jul 28, 1911 in Amarillo, TX. Doran died at the age of 89 on Sep 19, 2000 in Carmichael, CA .
MINI BIO:
Light-haired American actress with slightly haunted look. Texas-born Doran never built up the cult following of some character players and remained, for almost 50 years, one of the most anonymous supporting people on the Hollywood scene. Often seen as a secretary, friend of the heroine, worried wife, or simply frightened female, her leading roles were largely confined to a fistful of two-reel comedies at Columbia. As the epitome of the working woman or average American wife, it wasn't surprising that she appeared in several Frank Capra films of the 1930s and 1940s. He remained her favorite director. Acting since childhood, she clocked up scores of films plus hundreds of appearances on TV. Perhaps best recalled as James Dean's mother in Rebel Without a Cause.
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Ann Doran Quotes:
Mrs. Carol Stark: There's meatloaf and, peanut butter.
[Jim laughs]
Mrs. Stark, Jim's grandmother: What did I tell you?
[condescendingly]
Mrs. Stark, Jim's grandmother: Peanut butter.
Mrs. Carol Stark: Well there's a thermos of orange juice and apple sauce cake to go with it.
Mrs. Stark, Jim's grandmother: [to Jim] And *I* made that.
Mary Royce: Every bone in his body must be broken, but I'm not sure that's what killed him. That shriveled up effect, it... I'll have to do an autopsy.
Frank Stark: We give you love and affection, don't we? Well, then, what is it? Was it because we went to that party? Well, you know what kind of drunken brawls those kind of parties turn into. It's not a place for kids.
Mrs. Carol Stark: A minute ago, you said you didn't care if he drinks.
Mrs. Stark, Jim's grandmother: He said a little drink.
Jim Stark: You're tearing me apart!
Mrs. Carol Stark: [shocked] What?
Jim Stark: You, you say one thing, he says another, and everybody changes back again!
Mrs. Carol Stark: That's a fine way to behave!
Mrs. Stark, Jim's grandmother: Well, you know who he takes after.
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