Name
Jeff Donnell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1921-07-10
Deathday
1988-04-11 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Windham, Maine, USA
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.
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Known For
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In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant...
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New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion ...
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Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has...
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Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds hims...
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The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedragg...
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Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe ...
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A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation....
- 1957 Sweet Smell of Success as Sally
- 1942 The Boogie Man Will Get You as Winnie Slade
- 1953 The Blue Gardenia as Sally Ellis
- 1961 Gidget Goes Hawaiian as Dorothy Lawrence
- 1942 My Sister Eileen as Helen Loomis
- 1946 Night Editor as Martha Cochrane
- 1945 The Power of the Whistler as Frances 'Francie' Lane
- 1950 In a Lonely Place as Sylvia Nicolai
- 1946 The Unknown as Nina Arnold
- 1942 A Night to Remember as Anne Carstairs
- 1950 The Fuller Brush Girl as Jane Bixby
- 1946 The Phantom Thief as Anne Parks Duncan
- 1950 Walk Softly, Stranger as Gwen
- 1945 Over 21 as Jan Lupton
- 1949 Easy Living as Penny McCarr
- 1963 The Iron Maiden as Miriam Fisher
- 1949 Roughshod as Elaine Wyatt
- 1979 Rendezvous Hotel as Mrs. Williams
- 1951 Three Guys Named Mike as Alice Raymend
- 1947 Mr. District Attorney as Miss Miller
- 1949 Post Office Investigator as April Shaughnessy
- 1945 Song of the Prairie as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
- 1952 Thief of Damascus as Sheherazade
- 1944 Carolina Blues as Charlotte Barton
- 1952 The First Time as Donna Gilbert
- 1953 So This Is Love as Henrietta Van Dyke
- 1943 There's Something About a Soldier as Jean Burton
- 1953 Flight Nurse as Lt. Ann Phillips
- 1957 My Man Godfrey as Molly
- 1954 Massacre Canyon as Cora
- 1950 Redwood Forest Trail as Julie Wescott
- 1946 That Texas Jamboree as Jean Warren
- 1950 Hoedown as Vera Wright
- 1979 Portrait of a Stripper as Edith Sterling
- 1946 Singing on the Trail as Cindy Brown
- 1946 Throw a Saddle on a Star as Judy Lane
- 1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Mary Wheller
- 1957 Destination 60,000 as Ruth Buckley
- 1944 3 Is a Family as Hazel Whittaker
- 1944 Dancing in Manhattan as Julie Connors
- 1944 She's a Soldier Too as Mary Fleming (uncredited)
- 1943 Doughboys in Ireland as Molly Callahan
- 1949 Stagecoach Kid as Jessie Arnold
- 1952 Skirts Ahoy! as Giff
- 1944 Stars on Parade as Mary Brooks
- 1946 Cowboy Blues as Susan Nelson
- 1949 Outcasts of the Trail as Vinnie White
- 1945 Eadie Was a Lady as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
- 1961 Force of Impulse as Louise Reese
- 1944 Nine Girls as "Butch" Hendricks
- 1972 Stand Up and Be Counted as Ruth
- 1946 Tars and Spars as Peggy McDougal
- 1963 Gidget Goes to Rome as Mrs. Lawrence
- 1950 Big Timber as Sally
- 1964 Bristle Face as Mrs. Jarkey
- 1979 Murder by Natural Causes as Mrs. Mathews
- 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! as Cornelia
- 1977 Spider-Man as Aunt May Parker
- 1945 A Thousand and One Nights as Harem Girl
- 1946 It's Great to Be Young as Georgia Johnson
- 1969 The Comic as Nurse
- 1956 Magnificent Roughnecks as Julie
- 1971 Love Hate Love as Mary Blunden
- 1952 Because You're Mine as Patty Ware
- 1971 Congratulations, It's a Boy! as Rose
- 1973 A Gift of Terror as Mrs. Cummings
- 1954 Meet the O'Briens as Nancy
- 1956 Sincerely, Willis Wade as Sylvia
- 1944 Mr. Winkle Goes to War
- 1961 Mister Ed ( 1 episode ) as Martha Harper
- 1965 Gidget ( 1 episode )
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Rooming House Manager
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Helen
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Sylvia Dykes
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode )
- 1966 Felony Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Me and the Chimp ( 1 episode )
- 1973 The Girl with Something Extra ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Police Story ( 2 episodes )
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Varna Montgomery
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Pug
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Kay Matheson
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1964 The Addams Family ( 1 episode ) as Eleanor Digby
- 1951 Racket Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode ) as Ann Rutledge
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 5 episodes ) as Evelyn Driscoll
- 1954 The George Gobel Show ( 66 episodes ) as Self
- 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ( 1 episode ) as Millie Moon
- 1974 Paper Moon ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Carson
- 1975 Matt Helm ( 7 episodes ) as Ethel
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Cleaning Woman
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Kraft
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. James Nelson
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Marlene
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Rose Carol
- 1973 Here We Go Again ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Patti
- 1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode ) as Katie
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Hersey
- 1967 The Mothers-in-Law ( 1 episode ) as Elaine
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1976 Gibbsville ( 1 episode )
- 1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Nurse Klein
- 1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Janet Gossett
- 1972 The Bob Newhart Show ( 1 episode ) as Clara Hackler
- 1970 The Partridge Family ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Monahan
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Hutton
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Gellar
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Jarkey
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode )
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Doris
- 1976 McNaughton's Daughter ( 3 episodes ) as Mrs. Wilson
- 1972 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Cummings
- 1960 Special for Women ( 1 episode ) as The Career Woman
