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Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell

Actor · Born 1921-07-10 · Windham, Maine, USA

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Biography

Jean Marie "Jeff" Donnell (July 10, 1921 — April 11, 1988) was an American film and television actress. She grew up in South Windham, Maine. As a child, she adopted the nickname "Jeff" after the character in her favorite comic strip, Mutt and Jeff. Donnell graduated from Towson High School, Towson, Maryland, in 1938 and attended the Leland Powers School of Drama in Boston, Massachusetts. Later, she studied at the Yale School of Drama. She was signed to a contract by Columbia Pictures in 1942 and made her film debut in My Sister Eileen. She later had roles in some RKO films. She was not a major star, but she did have a lengthy film and television career in various supporting roles, including the role of Gidget's mother, "Dorothy Lawrence", opposite Carl Reiner in the 1961 movie Gidget Goes Hawaiian. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Donnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. In a Lonely Place (1950) — Sylvia Nicolai
  2. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — Cornelia
  3. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) — Sally
  4. The Addams Family (1964) — Eleanor Digby
  5. Spider-Man (1977) — Aunt May Parker
  6. Perry Mason (1957) — Sylvia Dykes
  7. The Blue Gardenia (1953) — Sally Ellis
  8. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  9. The Bob Newhart Show (1972) — Clara Hackler
  10. Mister Ed (1961) — Martha Harper
  11. Emergency! (1972) — Katie
  12. Adam-12 (1968) — Mrs. James Nelson
  13. Cannon (1971)
  14. The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) — Mary Wheller
  15. The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) — Mrs. Jarkey
  16. Daniel Boone (1964) — Varna Montgomery
  17. The Partridge Family (1970) — Mrs. Monahan
  18. The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) — Winnie Slade
  19. Barnaby Jones (1973) — Janet Gossett
  20. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) — Gwen
  21. My Man Godfrey (1957) — Molly
  22. The F.B.I. (1965) — Rooming House Manager
  23. My Sister Eileen (1942) — Helen Loomis
  24. Night Editor (1946) — Martha Cochrane
  25. Easy Living (1949) — Penny McCarr
  26. Love, American Style (1969) — Mrs. Hutton
  27. Three Guys Named Mike (1951) — Alice Raymend
  28. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) — Cleaning Woman
  29. The Power of the Whistler (1945) — Frances 'Francie' Lane
  30. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Evelyn Driscoll
  31. A Thousand and One Nights (1945) — Harem Girl
  32. Police Story (1973)
  33. A Night to Remember (1942) — Anne Carstairs
  34. Murder by Natural Causes (1979) — Mrs. Mathews
  35. Gidget (1965)
  36. Medical Center (1969) — Mrs. Hersey
  37. Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) — Dorothy Lawrence
  38. Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) — Mrs. Lawrence
  39. Roughshod (1949) — Elaine Wyatt
  40. The Comic (1969) — Nurse