Actress. She was best known for playing the roles of maids, married women, theater patrons, angry women, short women, townspersons, and cooks, although they were uncredited. She will be best remembered for playing 'Madelon's Maid' in the classic musical mystery film, "Smashing The Spy Ring" (1938). The film which was directed by Christy Cabanne, which was written for the screen by Arthur T. Horman, Dorrell McGowan, and Stuart E. McGowan, and which also starred Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey, Walter Kingsford, Warren Hull, Forbes Murray, and John Tyrrell, tells the story of a top U.S. government spy-smasher named John Baxter who does just that as he is aided by Eleanor Dunlap and companion federal agent Ted Hall while being highly abetted by top enemy agent Dr. L. B. Carter and his minions of gang members and henchmen. She was born one of nine children as Carrie Alma Barnett to Allen Riley Barnett (1849-1934), and his wife Rose Anna "Rosey" Cox Barnett (1859-1937), in Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri, on March 31, 1885. She was educated locally as a student in public schools and high school, and then worked as a bookkeeper in the sewing machine industry in Amarillo, Texas, and then as a saleslady in the retail ready-to-wear industry in San Bernardino, California, before turning to acting. She made her actual film debut playing 'Mrs. Murphy' in the comedy crime film drama, "The Dark Hour" (1936). The film which was directed by Charles Lamont, which was written for the screen by Ewart Adamson and Sincliar Gluck, and which also starred Ray Walker, Berton Churchill, Hobart Bosworth, Berton Churchill, E.E. Clive, and Irene Ware, tells the story of a pair of detectives investigating the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and finds that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family. Besides, playing 'Mrs. Murphy' in the comedy crime film drama, "The Dark Hour" (1936), and playing the role of 'Madelon's Maid' in the classic musical mystery film, "Smashing The Spy Ring" (1938), her many other film credits include, "Birth Of The Blues" (1941), "My Favourite Blonde" (1942), "Ladies' Man" (1947), and "East Of Eden" (1955). Her only television appearance was playing the credited role of a 'cook' in the pilot episode entitled, "The Boilat-Fiaschetti Case," of the classic crime drama, "Gang Busters," which originally aired in 1952, and starred Robert Bice, Mike Ragan, and Myron Healey. Her last film role was playing an 'Elderly Woman' in the fantasy romance film drama, "Miracle In The Rain" (1956). The film which was directed by Rudolph Maté, which was written for the screen by Ben Hecht, and which also starred Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Peggie Castle, and Fred Clark, tells the story of wartime romance between a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York. She retired from acting shortly thereafter. She passed away in Los Angeles, California, on May 3, 1977, at the age of 92. Following her death, she was cremated at Westwood Memorial Park Chapel through the Westwood Village Mortuary Funeral Directors in Westwood, California, and her ashes were scattered at sea. She was married to Captain John Richard Doran (1887-1932), from 1910 until his death on December 6, 1932. Her husband John passed away in San Diego, California, on December 6, 1932, at the age of 45, and he was buried beside his parents in Marlow Cemetery in Marlow, Oklahoma. The couple had one child together, a daughter named Anna Lee Doran in Amarillo, Texas, on July 11, 1911, better known as the actress Ann Doran (1911-2000), who appeared in over 500 motion pictures and 1000 television shows during a lengthy acting career, most notably starring alongside actor James Dean (1931-1955), and Natalie Wood (1938-1981), as 'Carol Stark' in the classic film drama, "Rebel Without A Cause" (1955). Their famous daughter Ann passed away following a series of strokes in Carmichael, California, on September 19, 2000, at the age of 89, and she was cremated and her ashes were scattered at sea.