[1] She was an early member of the Screen Actors Guild and served on the board of the Motion Picture & Television Fund for 30 years.

[6] 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.

Thus, Doran appears in Columbia's serials (such as The Spider's Web and Flying G-Men), short subjects (including those of The Three Stooges, Charley Chase, Andy Clyde, Harry Langdon and Vera Vague), B features (including the Blondie, Five Little Peppers and Ellery Queen series), and major feature films.

Some of Doran's lead roles include Columbia's Charley Chase comedies from 1938 to 1940 and Rio Grande (1938) directed by Sam Nelson and featuring Charles Starrett.

[8]: 621–622 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.

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.

She also appeared in episodes of Ray Milland's sitcom Meet Mr. McNutley and Kenneth Tobey's aviation adventure series Whirlybirds.