Showing posts with label Ann Doran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ann Doran. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Born on this day – Ann Doran:

 

Ann Doran


Actress

July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000

Credits:

A Cowboy Christmas with Bob Terry (2016); A Doggone Mixup (1938); A Fair Chance (1954); A Message of Importance (1944); A Summer Place (1959); A Woman Is the Judge (1939); Adam-12 (1970–1972); Adventures of Superman (1952); Advice to the Lovelorn (1981); Air Force (1943); Air Hostess (1949); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); All Night Long (1981); All the Way Home (1981); American Masters (2005); Ankles Away (1938); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Bad Boy (1935); Band of Angels (1957); Barnaby Jones (1973); Bewitched (1970–1971); Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942); Beyond the Forest (1949); Big Jack (1949); Big Town (1952–1955); Biography (1995–2002); Blind Alley (1939); Blondes and Blunders (1940); Blondie (1938); Blue, White and Perfect (1942); Bombers B-52 (1957); Bonanza (1966–1968); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Brave Eagle (1955); Broken Arrow (1957); Buy Me That Town (1941); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949); Cameo Theatre (1955); Cannon (1974); Cannonball (1958); Captain Newman, M.D. (1963); Case of the Missing Man (1935); Cast a Long Shadow (1959); Cavalcade of America (1952–1954); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Charlie Chan in London (1934); Chevron Theatre (1952); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); City Story (1954); City Streets (1938); Coast Guard (1939); Code 3 (1957); Code Two (1953); Cold Turkey (1940); Colt .45 (1959–1960); Crazy Times (1981); Criminals Within (1941); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1955); Dangerous Intrigue (1936); Day of the Badman (1958); Dead of Night (1977); December Bride (1957); Devil's Playground (1937); Dive Bomber (1941); Doctor, Feel My Pulse (1944); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1956); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); Eight Is Enough (1979); Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941); Emergency! (1973); Extortion (1938); Fantasy Island (1978); Father Knows Best (1956); Father Murphy (1982); Fear in the Night (1946); Fiddling Around (1938); Fireside Theatre (1952–1955); First Monday in October (1981); Five Little Peppers at Home (1940); Flood (1976); Flying G-Men (1939); Footlights Theater (1953); For the Defense (1954); For the Love of Rusty (1947); Forgotten Girls (1940); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Frontier Doctor (1959); Gambling House (1950); General Electric Theater (1956–1960); Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943); Girls Can Play (1937); Girls of the Road (1940); Glamour for Sale (1940); Going My Way (1963); Good Girls Go to Paris (1939); Gracie at the Bat (1937); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Half Shot at Sunrise (1941); Halfway to Hollywood (1938); Handy Andy (1934); Hazard (1948); Hazel (1963); He Walked by Night (1948); Heavy Petting (1989); Hell Town (1985); Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944); Her First Romance (1940 / 1951); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Here Come the Waves (1944); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hey, Landlord (1966–1967); Highway Patrol (1938); Highway to Heaven (1985); His Girl Friday (1940); His Tale Is Told (1944); Histoire bruyante de la jeunesse (2020); Holiday (1938); Holiday in Havana (1949); Hollywood Dearest (1992); Homicide Bureau (1939); How the West Was Won (1976); Hunter (1988); I Love a Soldier (1944); I Love Lucy (1953); I'll Take Romance (1937); Ironside (1970–1974); Island in the Sky (1953); It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958); It's All Yours (1937); Joy Ride (1958); Karen (1965); Kitten with a Whip (1964); Knots Landing (1983); Lady in the Wings (1954); Lady of Secrets (1936); Lassie (1966–1970); Leave It to Beaver (1958–1959); Let Us Live (1939); Let's Sing Again (1936); Life Begins at 17 (1958); Little House on the Prairie (1975); Little Miss Roughneck (1938); Little Mo (1978); Live a Little, Love a Little (1968); Lonely Heart Bandits (1950); Longstreet (1971–1972); Lovable Trouble (1941); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lucas Tanner (1975); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); M Squad (1958); M*A*S*H (1975); Magic Town (1947); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Manhattan Heartbeat (1940); Mannix (1974); Many Sappy Returns (1938); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Marry the Girl (1937); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Matinee Theatre (1955–1957); Mayor of the Town (1954); McHale's Navy (1965); Meet John Doe (1941); Men Into Space (1959); Mirage (1965); Missing Girls (1936); Mod Squad (1972); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Mr. Wise Guy (1942); Murder Among Friends (1941); My Dog Rusty (1948); My Favorite Brunette (1947); My Friend Flicka (1956); My Sister Eileen (1942); My Son Is a Criminal (1939); My Three Sons (1971); National Velvet (1960–1962); Never a Dull Moment (1950); New York Town (1941); Night Life of the Gods (1935); No Minor Vices (1948); No Sad Songs for Me (1950); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Nothing Sacred (1937); Official Detective (1958); Old Acquaintance (1943); Omnibus (1953); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); One Exciting Adventure (1934); One Last Fling (1949); Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946); Paid to Dance (1937); Palm Springs (1936); Passport to Danger (1955); Paula (1952); Penitentiary (1938); Penny Serenade (1941); Perry Mason (1958–1963); Personal Report, Inc. (1958); Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977); Petticoat Junction (1967); Pie a la Maid (1938); Pitfall (1948); Port of New York (1949); Pride of the Marines (1945); Private Secretary (1953); Project U.F.O. (1978); Public Defender (1954–1955); Pursued (1934); Pursuit (1958); Ramar of the Jungle (1954); Rattling Romeo (1939); Rawhide (1960); Reaching from Heaven (1948); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Red Lights Ahead (1936); Riding High (1950); Ring Around the Moon (1936); Rio Grande (1938); Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959); Road to the Big House (1947); Robin Hood (1922); Rodeo (1952); Romance of the Redwoods (1939); Rosie! (1967); Roughly Speaking (1945); Rusty Leads the Way (1948); Rusty Saves a Life (1949); Rusty's Birthday (1949); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 21, No. 6 (1942); Sealed Verdict (1948); Second Chance (1947); Servants' Entrance (1934); Seven Were Saved (1947); She Married an Artist (1937); Shirley (1979–1980); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); Sierra (1974); Simon & Simon (1986); Sing Another Chorus (1941); Skinny the Moocher (1939); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Smashing the Spy Ring (1938); Smith of Minnesota (1942); So Proudly We Hail! (1943); So This Is Love (1953); South of the Boudoir (1940); Stage 7 (1955); Starlift (1951); Start Cheering (1938); State Trooper (1957); Static in the Attic (1939); Stella Dallas (1937); Step Down to Terror (1958); Street of Chance (1942); Sue My Lawyer (1938); Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Tales of the Unexpected (1983); TCM Remembers 2000 (2000); Teenage Challenge (1958); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Accused (1949); The Adventures of Champion (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1960–1964); The Adventures of the Big Man (1956); The Arrangement (1969); The A-Team (1986); The Babe Ruth Story (1948); The Badlanders (1958); The Best of the Post (1960); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Bob Mathias Story (1954); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971–1972); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970); The Brass Bottle (1964); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Chump Takes a Bump (1939); The Clay Pigeon (1949); The Crimson Key (1947); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); The Deep Six (1958); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Disaster Artist (2017); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1959); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The Failing of Raymond (1971); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); The FBI Story (1959); The Female Animal (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Fountainhead (1949); The Gene Autry Show (1954); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953–1955); The Go Getter (1937); The Good Samaritan (1954); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Green Hornet (1940); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1968); The Hard Way (1943); The High and the Mighty (1954); The Hired Hand (1971); The Hostage (1967); The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis (1955); The Jack Benny Program (1958–1962); The Jackpot (1950); The Kid from Cleveland (1949); The Kid from Kansas (1941); The Lady Objects (1938); The Last Angry Man (1974); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936); The Lone Ranger (1952–1953); The Loretta Young Show (1954–1959); The Magical World of Disney (1959); The Magnavox Theater (1950); The Main Event (1938); The Man They Could Not Hang (1939); The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957); The Manhunter (1974); The Millionaire (1956–1960); The Mind Needer (1938); The More the Merrier (1943); The Odd Couple (1972); The Old Raid Mule (1938); The Painted Hills (1951); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Perfect Marriage (1946); The Rawhide Trail (1958); The Ray Milland Show (1955); The Return of the Whistler (1948); The Rookies (1974); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); The Roy Rogers Show (1952); The Runaways (1979); The Scarecrow (1972); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Shadow (1937); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Silent Service (1957); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Snake Pit (1948); The Son of Rusty (1947); The Spider's Web (1938); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1975); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Junction (1987); The Virginian (1963–1970); The Vise (1958); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The Whistler (1954); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); Them! (1954); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They All Kissed the Bride (1942); This Is the Life (1952–1973); Three Blonde Mice (1942); Three Sappy People (1939); Time Out for Trouble (1938); Tomahawk (1951); Topaz (1969); Topper (1953); Trapper John, M.D. (1986); Trouble Finds Andy Clyde (1939); True to Life (1943); TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956); U.S. Marshal (1958); Untamed (1940); Variety Girl (1947); Violent Road (1958); Voice in the Mirror (1958); Wagon Train (1960); Walking Tall (1981); Warlock (1959); Waterfront (1954–1956); Way Down East (1935); Weekend of Terror (1970); We've Got Each Other (1977); When You're in Love (1937); Where Love Has Gone (1964); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Wildcats (1986); Wire Service (1956); Women in Prison (1938); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); You Can't Take It with You (1938); You Hit the Spot (1945); Young and Dangerous (1957).

Friday, April 10, 2026

On this day in movie and book history - Fear in the Night (movie) and Nightmare (book):

Fear in the Night

directed and written by Maxwell Shane,

based on the story Nightmare by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1947.

Music by Rudy Schrager.

Cast:
Paul Kelly, Kay Scott, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Charles Victor, Robert Emmett Keane, Jeff York, Joey Ray, Loyette Thomson, Gladys Blake, Jack Collins, Leander De Cordova, Christian Drake, Stanley Farrar, Julia Faye, John Harmon, Michael Harvey, Stuart Holmes, Richard Keene, Janet Warren.

Recommended reading:

 

Nightmare

by Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as Fear in the Night (1946), directed and written by Maxwell Shane.

Paperback.
Published by Dell.
Published 1964.

ASIN: B0027Q9XOO
 
Description:
Anthology of six short stories. Story titles: I'll Take You Home, Kathleen / a.k.a. One Last Night; Screen Test / a.k.a. Preview to Death; I O U / a.k.a. I.O.U.–One Life; Three O'Clock; Nightmare / a.k.a. And So To Death; Bequest / a.k.a. Implacable Bequest.

Monday, October 27, 2025

On this day in movie history - Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Rebel Without a Cause

directed by Nicholas Ray,

written by Stewart Stern and Irving Shulman,

based on a story by Nicholas Ray,

was released in the United States on October 27, 1955.

Music by Leonard Rosenman.

Cast:
James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Edward Platt, Steffi Sidney, Marietta Canty, Virginia Brissac, Beverly Long, Ian Wolfe, Frank Mazzola, Robert Foulk, Jack Simmons, Tom Bernard, Nick Adams, Jack Grinnage, Clifford Morris, Dorothy Abbott, David Alpert, Jimmy Baird, Paul Birch, Harold Bostwick, Paul Bryar, John Close, Chuck Hamilton, Chuck Hicks, Skipper Huerta, Louise Lane, Nelson Leigh, David McMahon, Edward McNally, Peter Miller, Ralph Moratz, Bruce Noonan, House Peters Jr., Stephanie Pond-Smith, Charles Postal, Nicholas Ray, Gus Schilling, Almira Sessions, Joel Smith, Bert Stevens, Dick Wessel, Robert B. Williams.