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 97
Movies 66
TV Shows 31
self 3
Portrait of a Stripper (1979)
Rendezvous Hotel (1979)
Murder by Natural Causes (1979)
Spider-Man (1977)
Matt Helm (1975)
Paper Moon (1974)
The Girl with Something Extra (1973)
A Gift of Terror (1973)
Police Story (1973)
Here We Go Again (1973)
Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
Emergency! (1972)
Me and the Chimp (1972)
Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971)
Cannon (1971)
Love Hate Love (1971)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The Comic (1969)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
Adam-12 (1968)
The Mothers-in-Law (1967)
Felony Squad (1966)
The F.B.I. (1965)
Gidget (1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Addams Family (1964)
Bristle Face (1964)
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
The Iron Maiden (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Force of Impulse (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Mister Ed (1961)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Destination 60,000 (1957)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Magnificent Roughnecks (1956)
Matinee Theater (1955)
Climax! (1954)
The George Gobel Show (1954)
Massacre Canyon (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)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Racket Squad (1951)
Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Redwood Forest Trail (1950)
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
Big Timber (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)
The Power of the Whistler (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)
There's Something About a Soldier (1943)
Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
A Night to Remember (1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
My Sister Eileen (1942)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1921-07-10
Deathday1988-04-11 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceWindham, United States of America
RelationshipsAldo Ray (1954-01-01 - 1956-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJean Marie Donnell
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