Jeff Donnell
Acting
Born: July 10, 1921 · Windham, Maine, USA
Died: April 11, 1988 (aged 66)
Highest Rated
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Donnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
In a Lonely Place
1950
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
The Addams Family
1964
Spider-Man
1977
Perry Mason
1957
The Blue Gardenia
1953
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Mister Ed
1961
Emergency!
1972
Adam-12
1968
Cannon
1971
Photos (4)
Movies (66)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Cornelia
Spider-Man
Aunt May Parker
Sweet Smell of Success
Sally
So This Is Love
Henrietta Van Dyke
My Sister Eileen
Helen Loomis
In a Lonely Place
Sylvia Nicolai
The Blue Gardenia
Sally Ellis
Nine Girls
"Butch" Hendricks
My Man Godfrey
Molly
The Unknown
Nina Arnold
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Dorothy Lawrence
A Thousand and One Nights
Harem Girl
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Mary Wheller
The Comic
Nurse
The Fuller Brush Girl
Jane Bixby
A Night to Remember
Anne Carstairs
Walk Softly, Stranger
Gwen
Love Hate Love
Mary Blunden
Night Editor
Martha Cochrane
Redwood Forest Trail
Julie Wescott
Murder by Natural Causes
Mrs. Mathews
Easy Living
Penny McCarr
Gidget Goes to Rome
Mrs. Lawrence
Post Office Investigator
April Shaughnessy
Bristle Face
Mrs. Jarkey
The Iron Maiden
Miriam Fisher
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Three Guys Named Mike
Alice Raymend
The Power of the Whistler
Frances 'Francie' Lane
Because You're Mine
Patty Ware
The Phantom Thief
Anne Parks Duncan
Mr. District Attorney
Miss Miller
Thief of Damascus
Sheherazade
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Sylvia
Carolina Blues
Charlotte Barton
Portrait of a Stripper
Edith Sterling
Skirts Ahoy!
Giff
The First Time
Donna Gilbert
Massacre Canyon
Cora
Stars on Parade
Mary Brooks
There's Something About a Soldier
Jean Burton
Song of the Prairie
Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
Rose
A Gift of Terror
Mrs. Cummings
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Winnie Slade
Meet the O'Briens
Nancy
Over 21
Jan Lupton
She's a Soldier Too
Mary Fleming (uncredited)
Roughshod
Elaine Wyatt
Outcasts of the Trail
Vinnie White
Big Timber
Sally
Cowboy Blues
Susan Nelson
Flight Nurse
Lt. Ann Phillips
Stagecoach Kid
Jessie Arnold
Magnificent Roughnecks
Julie
Stand Up and Be Counted
Ruth
3 Is a Family
Hazel Whittaker
Force of Impulse
Louise Reese
Dancing in Manhattan
Julie Connors
That Texas Jamboree
Jean Warren
Doughboys in Ireland
Molly Callahan
Hoedown
Vera Wright
Tars and Spars
Peggy McDougal
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Judy Lane
Eadie Was a Lady
Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
Singing on the Trail
Cindy Brown
TV Shows (43)
Perry Mason
Sylvia Dykes · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Rose Carol · 1 eps
Adam-12
Mrs. James Nelson · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Mrs. Hutton · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Mrs. Gellar · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Evelyn Driscoll · 5 eps
The Bob Newhart Show
Clara Hackler · 1 eps
The Partridge Family
Mrs. Monahan · 1 eps
Climax!
Kay Matheson · 1 eps
Emergency!
Katie · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Varna Montgomery · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Matinee Theater
1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Janet Gossett · 1 eps
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Cleaning Woman · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Rooming House Manager · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Kraft · 1 eps
The Addams Family
Eleanor Digby · 1 eps
Medical Center
Mrs. Hersey · 1 eps
Omnibus
Helen · 1 eps
Police Story
2 eps
Mister Ed
Martha Harper · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Doris · 1 eps
Studio 57
1 eps
Felony Squad
1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Millie Moon · 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
Ann Rutledge · 1 eps
Gidget
1 eps
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Nurse Klein · 1 eps
Racket Squad
1 eps
The Mothers-in-Law
Elaine · 1 eps
Paper Moon
Mrs. Carson · 1 eps
Matt Helm
Ethel · 7 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Jarkey · 2 eps
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
Mrs. Cummings · 1 eps
The Girl with Something Extra
1 eps
Me and the Chimp
1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Pug · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Marlene · 1 eps
Here We Go Again
Aunt Patti · 1 eps
Special for Women
The Career Woman · 1 eps
Gibbsville
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1 eps
