{{short description|American actress (1910–1995)}} {{use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = Mary Doran Silverscreen532.jpg | caption = Doran in 1932 | name = Mary Doran | birth_date = {{birth date|1910|9|8}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1995|9|6|1910|9|8}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1927–1944 | spouse = Joseph Sherman (1931–1937) (divorced) }}
'''Mary Doran''' (September 8, 1910 – September 6, 1995) was an American actress.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/19711/Mary-Doran/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216142504/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/19711/Mary-Doran/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2014 |title=Nora Lane |access-date=December 5, 2014 }}</ref> She appeared in more than 80 films from 1927 to 1944.
==Biography==
Doran was born in New York and attended public schools there before graduating and going to Columbia University. She left Columbia after three years<ref>{{cite news |title=Mary Doran Has High Regard For Her Alma Mater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61825626/mary-doran/ |access-date=October 25, 2020 |work=The Jackson Sun |date=November 22, 1936 |location=Tennessee, Jackson |page=27|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> to pursue a career on stage. She sang and danced in Belle Baker's ''Betsy'' when it was in New York. Later, she performed in Flo Ziegfeld's ''Rio Rita''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Dan |title=New Stars for the Talkies You'll See Next Year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61817682/jefferson-city-post-tribune/ |access-date=October 25, 2020 |work=Jefferson City Post-Tribune |agency=Every Week Magazine |date=December 22, 1929 |location=Missouri, Jefferson City |pages=38–39|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Doran's films included ''Broadway Melody'', ''Half a Bride'', and ''The Trial of Mary Dugan''.<ref name=":0" /> In 1929, Doran was under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Dan |title=Versatility Is Much More Necessary To Actress In Moving Pictures Than On Stage |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61817185/mary-doran/ |access-date=October 25, 2020 |work=Arizona Republic |date=September 17, 1929 |location=Arizona, Phoenix |page=21|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Personal life==
On August 15, 1931, Doran married Joseph Sherman in San Diego, California. Sherman was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's chief publicity director.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Mary Doran Weds on Coast |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/99314004 |access-date=October 25, 2020 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=August 16, 1931 |page=31|id={{ProQuest|99314004}}}}</ref>
==Partial filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Half a Bride'' (1928) * ''The River Woman'' (1928) * ''The Broadway Melody'' (1929) * ''Lucky Boy'' (1929) * ''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' (1929) * ''The Girl in the Show'' (1929) * ''Tonight at Twelve'' (1929) * ''Their Own Desire'' (1929) * ''They Learned About Women'' (1930) * ''The Divorcee'' (1930) * ''The Sins of the Children'' (1930) * ''Remote Control'' (1930) * ''The Third Alarm'' (1930) * ''The Criminal Code'' (1931) * ''Party Husband'' (1931) * ''Their Mad Moment'' (1931) * ''Ex-Bad Boy'' (1931) * ''Fifty Fathoms Deep'' (1931) * ''Ridin' for Justice'' (1932) * ''The Final Edition'' (1932) * ''Beauty and the Boss'' (1932) * ''The Silver Lining'' (1932) * ''Miss Pinkerton'' (1932) * ''The Strange Love of Molly Louvain'' (1932) * ''Movie Crazy'' (1932) * ''Exposure'' (1932) * ''Breach of Promise'' (1932) * ''Sing Sing Nights'' (1934) * ''Sunset Range'' (1935) * ''Murder in the Fleet'' (1935) (uncredited) * ''Naughty Marietta'' (1935) (uncredited) * ''The Border Patrolman'' (1936) * ''The Bridge of Sighs'' (1936) {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Mary Doran}} * {{IMDb name|0233390|Mary Doran}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Doran, Mary}} Category:1910 births Category:1995 deaths Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Actresses from New York City Category:American film actresses Category:American musical theatre actresses Category:American stage actresses Category:Columbia University alumni Category:Ziegfeld girls