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Jeff Donnell
Actor
Born July 10, 1921Died April 11, 1988 (66 years)
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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Known For
Filmography
| 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 |
| 1977 | The Amazing Spider-Man (TV Series) · as Aunt May Parker |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hoyt |
| 1976 | The Feather And Father Gang (TV Series) · as Annie |
| 1976 | Gibbsville (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Matt Helm (TV Series) · as Ethel |
| 1974 | Chico and the Man (TV Series) · as Peggy Randall |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Maura |
| 1974 | Paper Moon (TV Series) · as Mrs. Carson |
| 1973 | The Girl with Something Extra (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Janet Gossett |
| 1973 | Here We Go Again (TV Series) · as Aunt Patti |
| 1972 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cummings |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series) · as Clara Hackler |
| 1972 | Stand Up and Be Counted · as Ruth |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Katie |
| 1972 | Me and the Chimp (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Congratulations, It's a Boy! · as Rose |
| 1971 | The Jimmy Stewart Show (TV Series) · as Agatha Dwiggins |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Love Hate Love · as Mary Blunden |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Mrs. Monahan |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Cornelia |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) · as Mrs. Winslow (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Comic · as Nurse |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hutton |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Joan (film Editor) |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) · as Nurse Klein |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hersey |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Cleaning Woman |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Mrs. James Nelson |
| 1968 | Julia (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bennett |
| 1967 | The Mothers-In-Law (TV Series) · as Elaine |
| 1966 | The Felony Squad (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Rooming House Manager |
| 1965 | Gidget (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Varna Montgomery |
| 1964 | The Addams Family (TV Series) · as Eleanor Digby |
| 1963 | Gidget Goes to Rome · as Mrs. Lawrence |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Stella Fields |
| 1962 | The Swingin' Maiden · as Miriam Fisher |
| 1961 | Force of Impulse · as Louise Reese |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Evelyn Driscoll |
| 1961 | Gidget Goes Hawaiian · as Dorothy Lawrence |
| 1961 | Mister Ed (TV Series) · as Martha Harper |
| 1960 | Overland Trail (TV Series) · as Jennifer Dean |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Lucy |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Millie Moon |
| 1958 | The Ann Sothern Show (TV Series) · as Helen |
| 1957 | My Man Godfrey · as Molly |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Sylvia Dykes |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success · as Sally |
| 1957 | Destination 60, 000 · as Ruth Buckley |
| 1957 | The Guns of Fort Petticoat · as Mary Wheller |
| 1957 | Mr. Adams and Eve (TV Series) · as Adele |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Sylvia |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jarkey |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Kay Matheson |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Massacre Canyon · as Cora |
| 1954 | Waterfront (TV Series) · as Marilyn Carr |
| 1953 | Flight Nurse · as Lt. Ann Phillips |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Eva Dulaney |
| 1953 | So This Is Love · as Henrietta Van Dyke |
| 1953 | The Blue Gardenia · as Sally Ellis |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as Helen |
| 1952 | Because You're Mine · as Patty Ware |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Doris |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Ann Rutledge |
| 1952 | Skirts Ahoy! · as Giff |
| 1952 | Thief of Damascus · as Sheherazade |
| 1952 | Rebound (TV Series) · as Annie |
| 1952 | The First Time · as Donna Gilbert |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Pug |
| 1951 | Three Guys Named Mike · as Alice Raymend |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger · as Gwen |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl · as Jane Bixby |
| 1950 | Big Timber · as Sally |
| 1950 | In a Lonely Place · as Sylvia Nicolai |
| 1950 | Hoedown · as Vera Wright |
| 1949 | Easy Living · as Penny Mccarr |
| 1949 | Post Office Investigator · as April Shaughnessy |
| 1949 | Stagecoach Kid · as Jessie Arnold |
| 1949 | Roughshod · as Elaine Wyatt |
| 1947 | Mr. District Attorney · as Miss Miller |
| 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 | Tars and Spars · as Peggy Mcdougal |
| 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 |
| 1944 | Carolina Blues · as Charlotte Barton |
| 1944 | Dancing in Manhattan · as Julie Connors |
| 1944 | Three Is a Family · as Hazel Whittaker |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time · as Girl From Brooklyn |
| 1944 | Mr. Winkle Goes to War · as Uso Hostess |
| 1944 | Sensations of 1945 · as Young Girl |
| 1944 | She's a Soldier Too · as Mary Fleming (uncredited) |
| 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 |