1. Ann Lee Doran was an American character actress, possibly best known as Carol Stark, the mother of James "Jim" Stark in Rebel Without a Cause.
13 Facts About Ann Doran
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Ann Doran was born in Amarillo, Texas, and attended high school in San Bernardino, California.
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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.
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Ann Doran worked as a stand-in, then bit player, then incidental supporting player.
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Ann Doran became a favorite of Columbia director Frank Capra and appeared in many of his productions.
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Ann Doran played Charlotte McHenry, the housekeeper on Shirley, Agnes Haskell, Eddie Haskell's mother and in a separate appearance Mrs Bellamy, in Leave It to Beaver and Mrs Kingston, the housekeeper, on Longstreet.
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Ann Doran guest-starred on many television programs, including three appearances in the role of Bonnie Landis in Public Defender, starring with fellow Texan Reed Hadley.
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Ann Doran appeared in the anthology series Crossroads in the 1956 episode "The White Carnation", along with Elinor Donahue, James Best and J Carrol Naish.
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Ann Doran was cast in the children's Western series My Friend Flicka, the story of a boy and his horse on a ranch in Wyoming.
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Ann Doran appeared in episodes of Ray Milland's sitcom Meet Mr McNutley and Kenneth Tobey's aviation adventure series Whirlybirds.
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Ann Doran made one appearance on McHale's Navy as Mrs Martha "Pumpkin" Binghamton, wife of Captain Binghamton.
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Ann Doran died at age 89 on September 19,2000, in Carmichael, California.
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Ann Doran bequeathed $400,000 to the Motion Picture Country House, the retirement home for the movie industry.