Mel, you're and Ace. Ann Doran it is.melwalton wrote:Could I be Ann Doran?..........mel
She was one of those Everymoms on TV when I was young. I love the sound of her dry but pleasant, no-nonsense voice. Her mother was a silent/character actress named Rose Allen.
Doran was the mother in the "My Dog Rusty" series of which I've written, and she was also the mother in the TV version of "National Velvet." And she was the mother in dozens of other TV shows as well.
The movie I alluded to was "Rebel Without a Cause," where she played James Dean's mother. She didn't care much for his Method acting and his prima donna behavior on the set, but when the movie was released, she professed to be satisfied with the results.