---
name: "Doris Ake"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/doris-ake"
fi1m_id: "doris-ake"
tmdb_id: 1584475
roles: []
born: "31 August 1916"
died: "5 October 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:32:02.141830+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Doris Ake

## Identity

Doris Ake

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/doris-ake
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** doris-ake
- **TMDB ID:** 1584475
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1584475

Actor. Born 31 August 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 5 October 1985.

## Details

- **Born:** 31 August 1916, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 5 October 1985
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1584475

## Biography

Doris Ake was an American actress and dancer. She began her screen career with uncredited ensemble roles in the late 1930s and appeared in numerous Hollywood films through the early 1950s, often in dance sequences or background parts.

Her credits include *The Duke Is Tops* (1938), *Mr. Washington Goes to Town* (1941), *Up Jumped the Devil* (1941), *Road to Morocco* (1942), *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), *Cabin in the Sky* (1943), *Stormy Weather* (1943), *I Walked with a Zombie* (1943) as Black Friend of Melise (uncredited), *Thank Your Lucky Stars* (1943), *I Dood It* (1943), *Jam Session* (1944) and *Bright Road* (1953). She also worked as an uncredited double for Ruby Dee on *The Jackie Robinson Story* (1950).

*Sources: imdb.com, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *I Walked with a Zombie* (1943), Fi1m 84, as Friend of Melise (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/i-walked-with-a-zombie.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bright Road* (1953), Actor
- *The Pearl Harbor Hula* (1951), as Dancer
- *Thank Your Lucky Stars* (1943), as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
- *Stormy Weather* (1943), as Dancer (uncredited)
- *I Walked with a Zombie* (1943), as Friend of Melise (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/i-walked-with-a-zombie.md)
- *Cabin in the Sky* (1943), as Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

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