Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell (July 10, 1921 — April 11, 1988) was an American film and television actress. Born Jean Marie Donnell, 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1979 · Portrait of a Stripper as Edith Sterling
- 1979 · Rendezvous Hotel as Mrs. Williams
- 1979 · Murder by Natural Causes as Mrs. Mathews
- 1977 · Spider-Man as Aunt May Parker
- 1975 · Matt Helm as Ethel
- 1974 · Paper Moon as
- 1973 · The Girl with Something Extra as
- 1973 · A Gift of Terror as Mrs. Cummings
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · Here We Go Again as Aunt Patti
- 1972 · Stand Up and Be Counted as Ruth
- 1972 · Emergency! as Katie
- 1972 · Me and the Chimp as
- 1971 · Congratulations, It's a Boy! as Rose
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · Love Hate Love as Mary Blunden
- 1970 · Tora! Tora! Tora! as Cornelia
- 1969 · The Comic as Nurse
- 1969 · Medical Center as Mrs. Hersey
- 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Cleaning Woman
- 1968 · Adam-12 as Mrs. James Nelson
- 1967 · The Mothers-in-Law as Elaine
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Rooming House Manager
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Mrs. Kraft
- 1965 · Gidget as
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Varna Montgomery
- 1964 · The Addams Family as Eleanor Digby
- 1964 · Bristle Face as Mrs. Jarkey
- 1963 · Gidget Goes to Rome as Mrs. Lawrence
- 1963 · The Iron Maiden as Miriam Fisher
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · Force of Impulse as Louise Reese
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Evelyn Driscoll
- 1961 · Gidget Goes Hawaiian as Dorothy Lawrence
- 1961 · Mister Ed as
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Millie Moon
- 1957 · My Man Godfrey as Molly
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Sylvia Dykes
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Rose Carol
- 1957 · Sweet Smell of Success as Sally
- 1957 · Destination 60,000 as Ruth Buckley
- 1957 · The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Mary Wheller
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · Magnificent Roughnecks as Julie
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1954 · Climax! as Kay Matheson
- 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1954 · Massacre Canyon as Cora
- 1953 · Flight Nurse as Lt. Ann Phillips
- 1953 · So This Is Love as Henrietta Van Dyke
- 1953 · The Blue Gardenia as Sally Ellis
- 1952 · Omnibus as
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as Ann Rutledge
- 1952 · Because You're Mine as Patty Ware
- 1952 · Skirts Ahoy! as Giff
- 1952 · Thief of Damascus as Sheherazade
- 1952 · The First Time as Donna Gilbert
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Pug
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Marlene
- 1951 · Racket Squad as
- 1951 · Three Guys Named Mike as Alice Raymend
- 1950 · Walk Softly, Stranger as Gwen
- 1950 · Redwood Forest Trail as Julie Wescott
- 1950 · The Fuller Brush Girl as Jane Bixby
- 1950 · Big Timber as Sally
- 1950 · Hoedown as Vera Wright
- 1950 · In a Lonely Place as Sylvia Nicolai
- 1949 · Easy Living as Penny McCarr
- 1949 · Post Office Investigator as April Shaughnessy
- 1949 · Outcasts of the Trail as Vinnie White
- 1949 · Stagecoach Kid as Jessie Arnold
- 1949 · Roughshod as Elaine Wyatt
- 1947 · Mr. District Attorney as Miss Miller
- 1946 · It's Great to Be Young as Georgia Johnson
- 1946 · Singing on the Trail as Cindy Brown
- 1946 · Cowboy Blues as Susan Nelson
- 1946 · The Unknown as Nina Arnold
- 1946 · That Texas Jamboree as Jean Warren
- 1946 · The Phantom Thief as Anne Parks Duncan
- 1946 · Night Editor as Martha Cochrane
- 1946 · Throw a Saddle on a Star as Judy Lane
- 1946 · Tars and Spars as Peggy McDougal
- 1945 · Song of the Prairie as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
- 1945 · Over 21 as Jan Lupton
- 1945 · A Thousand and One Nights as Harem Girl
- 1945 · The Power of the Whistler as Frances 'Francie' Lane
- 1945 · Eadie Was a Lady as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
- 1944 · Carolina Blues as Charlotte Barton
- 1944 · Dancing in Manhattan as Julie Connors
- 1944 · 3 Is a Family as Hazel Whittaker
- 1944 · She's a Soldier Too as Mary Fleming (uncredited)
- 1944 · Stars on Parade as Mary Brooks
- 1944 · Nine Girls as "Butch" Hendricks
- 1943 · There's Something About a Soldier as Jean Burton
- 1943 · Doughboys in Ireland as Molly Callahan
- 1942 · A Night to Remember as Anne Carstairs
- 1942 · The Boogie Man Will Get You as Winnie Slade
- 1942 · My Sister Eileen as Helen Loomis