Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 110
Movies 67
TV Shows 43
self 3
Portrait of a Stripper (1979)
Rendezvous Hotel (1979)
Murder by Natural Causes (1979)
Spider-Man (1977)
Matt Helm (1975)
Paper Moon (1974)
A Gift of Terror (1973)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
Here We Go Again (1973)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
Me and the Chimp (1972)
The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971)
Love Hate Love (1971)
The Partridge Family (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Nanny and the Professor (1970)
Love, American Style (1969)
Medical Center (1969)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
Adam-12 (1968)
The F.B.I. (1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Addams Family (1964)
Bristle Face (1964)
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
The Iron Maiden (1963)
Force of Impulse (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Mister Ed (1961)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
Perry Mason (1957)
Destination 60,000 (1957)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Climax! (1954)
Flight Nurse (1953)
The United States Steel Hour (1953)
So This Is Love (1953)
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
Omnibus (1952)
Because You're Mine (1952)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
Thief of Damascus (1952)
The First Time (1952)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
Redwood Forest Trail (1950)
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
Hoedown (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Easy Living (1949)
Post Office Investigator (1949)
Outcasts of the Trail (1949)
Stagecoach Kid (1949)
Roughshod (1949)
Mr. District Attorney (1947)
It's Great to Be Young (1946)
Singing on the Trail (1946)
Cowboy Blues (1946)
The Unknown (1946)
That Texas Jamboree (1946)
The Phantom Thief (1946)
Night Editor (1946)
Throw a Saddle on a Star (1946)
Tars and Spars (1946)
Song of the Prairie (1945)
Over 21 (1945)
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
Eadie Was a Lady (1945)
Carolina Blues (1944)
Dancing in Manhattan (1944)
3 Is a Family (1944)
She's a Soldier Too (1944)
Stars on Parade (1944)
Nine Girls (1944)
Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
A Night to Remember (1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
My Sister Eileen (1942)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1921-07-10
Deathday1988-04-11 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceWindham, United States
RelationshipsAldo Ray (1954 - 1956)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJean Marie Donnell
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