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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Portrait of a Stripper
Character:Edith Sterling
Release Date:02/10/1979
Rendezvous Hotel
Character:Mrs. Williams
Release Date:11/07/1979
Murder by Natural Causes
Character:Mrs. Mathews
Release Date:17/02/1979
Spider-Man
Character:Aunt May Parker
Release Date:14/09/1977
A Gift of Terror
Character:Mrs. Cummings
Release Date:05/04/1973
Stand Up and Be Counted
Character:Ruth
Release Date:01/05/1972
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
Character:Rose
Release Date:21/09/1971
Love Hate Love
Character:Mary Blunden
Release Date:09/02/1971
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Character:Cornelia
Release Date:26/01/1970
The Comic
Character:Nurse
Release Date:19/11/1969
Bristle Face
Character:Mrs. Jarkey
Release Date:26/01/1964
Gidget Goes to Rome
Character:Mrs. Lawrence
Release Date:07/08/1963
The Iron Maiden
Character:Miriam Fisher
Release Date:07/06/1963
Force of Impulse
Character:Louise Reese
Release Date:01/11/1961
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Character:Dorothy Lawrence
Release Date:02/06/1961
My Man Godfrey
Character:Molly
Release Date:11/10/1957
Sweet Smell of Success
Character:Sally
Release Date:04/07/1957
Destination 60,000
Character:Ruth Buckley
Release Date:12/05/1957
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Character:Mary Wheller
Release Date:01/04/1957
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Character:Sylvia
Release Date:13/12/1956
Magnificent Roughnecks
Character:Julie
Release Date:22/07/1956
Meet the O'Briens
Character:
Release Date:01/07/1954
Massacre Canyon
Character:Cora
Release Date:01/05/1954
Flight Nurse
Character:Lt. Ann Phillips
Release Date:15/11/1953
So This Is Love
Character:Henrietta Van Dyke
Release Date:15/07/1953
The Blue Gardenia
Character:Sally Ellis
Release Date:20/03/1953
Because You're Mine
Character:Patty Ware
Release Date:01/10/1952
Skirts Ahoy!
Character:Giff
Release Date:28/05/1952
Thief of Damascus
Character:Sheherazade
Release Date:01/04/1952
The First Time
Character:Donna Gilbert
Release Date:31/01/1952
Three Guys Named Mike
Character:Alice Raymend
Release Date:01/03/1951
Walk Softly, Stranger
Character:Gwen
Release Date:14/10/1950
Redwood Forest Trail
Character:Julie Wescott
Release Date:18/09/1950
The Fuller Brush Girl
Character:Jane Bixby
Release Date:15/09/1950
Big Timber
Character:Sally
Release Date:10/09/1950
Hoedown
Character:Vera Wright
Release Date:01/06/1950
In a Lonely Place
Character:Sylvia Nicolai
Release Date:17/05/1950
Easy Living
Character:Penny McCarr
Release Date:08/10/1949
Post Office Investigator
Character:April Shaughnessy
Release Date:01/09/1949
Outcasts of the Trail
Character:Vinnie White
Release Date:08/06/1949
Stagecoach Kid
Character:Jessie Arnold
Release Date:02/06/1949
Roughshod
Character:Elaine Wyatt
Release Date:11/05/1949
Mr. District Attorney
Character:Miss Miller
Release Date:20/02/1947
It's Great to Be Young
Character:Georgia Johnson
Release Date:12/09/1946
Singing on the Trail
Character:Cindy Brown
Release Date:01/09/1946
Cowboy Blues
Character:Susan Nelson
Release Date:18/07/1946
The Unknown
Character:Nina Arnold
Release Date:04/07/1946
That Texas Jamboree
Character:Jean Warren
Release Date:16/05/1946
The Phantom Thief
Character:Anne Parks Duncan
Release Date:02/05/1946
Night Editor
Character:Martha Cochrane
Release Date:29/03/1946
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Character:Judy Lane
Release Date:14/03/1946
Tars and Spars
Character:Peggy McDougal
Release Date:10/01/1946
Song of the Prairie
Character:Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
Release Date:27/09/1945
Over 21
Character:Jan Lupton
Release Date:08/08/1945
A Thousand and One Nights
Character:Harem Girl
Release Date:20/07/1945
The Power of the Whistler
Character:Frances 'Francie' Lane
Release Date:19/04/1945
Eadie Was a Lady
Character:Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
Release Date:24/01/1945
Carolina Blues
Character:Charlotte Barton
Release Date:20/12/1944
Dancing in Manhattan
Character:Julie Connors
Release Date:14/12/1944
3 Is a Family
Character:Hazel Whittaker
Release Date:23/11/1944
She's a Soldier Too
Character:Mary Fleming (uncredited)
Release Date:29/06/1944
Stars on Parade
Character:Mary Brooks
Release Date:25/05/1944
Nine Girls
Character:"Butch" Hendricks
Release Date:17/02/1944
There's Something About a Soldier
Character:Jean Burton
Release Date:30/11/1943
Doughboys in Ireland
Character:Molly Callahan
Release Date:07/10/1943
A Night to Remember
Character:Anne Carstairs
Release Date:10/12/1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Character:Winnie Slade
Release Date:22/10/1942
My Sister Eileen
Character:Helen Loomis
Release Date:24/09/1942
Television Appearances
Gibbsville
Character:
McNaughton's Daughter
Character:Mrs. Wilson
Matt Helm
Character:Ethel
Paper Moon
Character:Mrs. Carson
The Girl with Something Extra
Character:
Police Story
Character:
Barnaby Jones
Character:Janet Gossett
Here We Go Again
Character:Aunt Patti
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
Character:Mrs. Cummings
The Bob Newhart Show
Character:Clara Hackler
Emergency!
Character:Katie
Me and the Chimp
Character:
Cannon
Character:
The Partridge Family
Character:Mrs. Monahan
Love, American Style
Character:Mrs. Hutton
Love, American Style
Character:Mrs. Gellar
Medical Center
Character:Mrs. Hersey
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Cleaning Woman
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Character:Nurse Klein
Adam-12
Character:Mrs. James Nelson
The Mothers-in-Law
Character:Elaine
Felony Squad
Character:
The F.B.I.
Character:Rooming House Manager
The F.B.I.
Character:Mrs. Kraft
Gidget
Character:
Daniel Boone
Character:Varna Montgomery
The Addams Family
Character:Eleanor Digby
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Dr. Kildare
Character:Evelyn Driscoll
Mister Ed
Character:Martha Harper
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character:Millie Moon
Perry Mason
Character:Sylvia Dykes
Perry Mason
Character:Rose Carol
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
Matinee Theater
Character:
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Mrs. Jarkey
Climax!
Character:Kay Matheson
The George Gobel Show
Character:Self
Studio 57
Character:
Omnibus
Character:Helen
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Doris
Cavalcade of America
Character:Ann Rutledge
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Pug
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Marlene
Racket Squad
Character:
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