From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
Movie | Portrait of a Stripper | Edith Sterling | 1979-10-02 |
Movie | Murder by Natural Causes | Mrs. Mathews | 1979-02-17 |
Movie | Spider-Man | Aunt May Parker | 1977-09-14 |
Series | Matt Helm | 1975-09-20 | |
Series | Paper Moon | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
Series | Here We Go Again | Unknown | 1973-01-20 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | The Girl with Something Extra | Unknown | 1973-09-14 |
Series | Me and the Chimp | Unknown | 1972-01-13 |
Movie | Stand Up and Be Counted | Ruth | 1972-05-01 |
Movie | Love Hate Love | Mary Blunden | 1971-02-09 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Movie | Congratulations, It's a Boy! | Rose | 1971-09-21 |
Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Cornelia | 1970-01-26 |
Movie | The Comic | Nurse | 1969-11-19 |
Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Series | Gidget | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Series | The Addams Family | Unknown | 1964-09-18 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Movie | The Iron Maiden | Miriam Fisher | 1963-06-07 |
Movie | Gidget Goes to Rome | Mrs. Lawrence | 1963-08-07 |
Series | Mister Ed | Unknown | 1961-01-05 |
Movie | Gidget Goes Hawaiian | Dorothy Lawrence | 1961-06-02 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | Force of Impulse | Louise Reese | 1961-11-01 |
Series | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
Movie | The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Mary Wheller | 1957-04-01 |
Movie | Destination 60,000 | Ruth Buckley | 1957-05-12 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | Sweet Smell of Success | Sally | 1957-07-04 |
Movie | My Man Godfrey | Molly | 1957-10-11 |
Movie | Magnificent Roughnecks | Julie | 1956-07-22 |
Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Movie | Massacre Canyon | Cora | 1954-05-01 |
Series | The George Gobel Show | Self | 1954-10-02 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | So This Is Love | Henrietta Van Dyke | 1953-07-15 |
Movie | The Blue Gardenia | Sally Ellis | 1953-03-20 |
Movie | Flight Nurse | Lt. Ann Phillips | 1953-11-15 |
Movie | The First Time | Donna Gilbert | 1952-01-31 |
Movie | Thief of Damascus | Sheherazade | 1952-04-01 |
Movie | Skirts Ahoy! | Giff | 1952-05-28 |
Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Because You're Mine | Patty Ware | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Three Guys Named Mike | Alice Raymend | 1951-03-01 |
Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | In a Lonely Place | Sylvia Nicolai | 1950-05-17 |
Movie | Hoedown | Vera Wright | 1950-06-01 |
Movie | The Fuller Brush Girl | Jane Bixby | 1950-09-15 |
Movie | Walk Softly, Stranger | Gwen | 1950-10-14 |
Movie | Redwood Forest Trail | Julie Wescott | 1950-09-18 |
Movie | Stagecoach Kid | Jessie Arnold | 1949-06-02 |
Movie | Outcasts of the Trail | Vinnie White | 1949-06-08 |
Movie | Roughshod | Elaine Wyatt | 1949-05-11 |
Movie | Easy Living | Penny McCarr | 1949-10-08 |
Movie | Post Office Investigator | April Shaughnessy | 1949-09-01 |
Movie | Mr. District Attorney | Miss Miller | 1947-02-20 |
Movie | Night Editor | Martha Cochrane | 1946-03-29 |
Movie | Throw a Saddle on a Star | Judy Lane | 1946-03-14 |
Movie | Tars and Spars | Peggy McDougal | 1946-01-10 |
Movie | The Phantom Thief | Anne Parks Duncan | 1946-05-02 |
Movie | That Texas Jamboree | Jean Warren | 1946-05-16 |
Movie | Singing on the Trail | Cindy Brown | 1946-09-01 |
Movie | Cowboy Blues | Susan Nelson | 1946-07-18 |
Movie | The Unknown | Nina Arnold | 1946-07-04 |
Movie | The Power of the Whistler | Frances 'Francie' Lane | 1945-04-19 |
Movie | A Thousand and One Nights | Harem Girl | 1945-07-20 |
Movie | Song of the Prairie | Penelope 'Penny' Stevens | 1945-09-27 |
Movie | Over 21 | Jan Lupton | 1945-08-08 |
Movie | She's a Soldier Too | Mary Fleming (uncredited) | 1944-06-29 |
Movie | Stars on Parade | Mary Brooks | 1944-05-25 |
Movie | Carolina Blues | Charlotte Barton | 1944-12-20 |
Movie | 3 Is a Family | Hazel Whittaker | 1944-11-23 |
Movie | There's Something About a Soldier | Jean Burton | 1943-11-30 |
Movie | My Sister Eileen | Helen Loomis | 1942-09-24 |
Movie | The Boogie Man Will Get You | Winnie Slade | 1942-10-22 |
Movie | A Night to Remember | Anne Stafford Carstairs | 1942-12-10 |