Jeff Donnell
Acting
1921-07-10 · Windham, Maine, USA
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.
Filmography
Portrait of a Stripper
1979 · Movie
Rendezvous Hotel
1979 · Movie
Murder by Natural Causes
1979 · Movie
Spider-Man
1977 · Movie
Gibbsville
1976 · Series
McNaughton's Daughter
1976 · Series
Matt Helm
1975 · Series
Paper Moon
1974 · Series
The Girl with Something Extra
1973 · Series
A Gift of Terror
1973 · Movie
Police Story
1973 · Series
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
Here We Go Again
1973 · Series
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1972 · Series
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Series
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972 · Movie
Emergency!
1972 · Series
Me and the Chimp
1972 · Series
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
1971 · Movie
Cannon
1971 · Series
Love Hate Love
1971 · Movie
The Partridge Family
1970 · Series
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Movie
The Comic
1969 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
Medical Center
1969 · Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Series
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969 · Series
Adam-12
1968 · Series
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Series
Felony Squad
1966 · Series
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
Gidget
1965 · Series
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Addams Family
1964 · Series
Bristle Face
1964 · Movie
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963 · Movie
The Iron Maiden
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Force of Impulse
1961 · Movie
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
1961 · Movie
Mister Ed
1961 · Series
Special for Women
1960 · Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Series
My Man Godfrey
1957 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Sweet Smell of Success
1957 · Movie
Destination 60,000
1957 · Movie
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · Movie
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956 · Movie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
Magnificent Roughnecks
1956 · Movie
Matinee Theater
1955 · Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Climax!
1954 · Series
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Series
Studio 57
1954 · Series
Meet the O'Briens
1954 · Movie
Massacre Canyon
1954 · Movie
Flight Nurse
1953 · Movie
So This Is Love
1953 · Movie
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · Movie
Omnibus
1952 · Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Series
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Because You're Mine
1952 · Movie
Skirts Ahoy!
1952 · Movie
Thief of Damascus
1952 · Movie
The First Time
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Racket Squad
1951 · Series
Three Guys Named Mike
1951 · Movie
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 · Movie
Redwood Forest Trail
1950 · Movie
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950 · Movie
Big Timber
1950 · Movie
Hoedown
1950 · Movie
In a Lonely Place
1950 · Movie
Easy Living
1949 · Movie
Post Office Investigator
1949 · Movie
Outcasts of the Trail
1949 · Movie
Stagecoach Kid
1949 · Movie
Roughshod
1949 · Movie
Mr. District Attorney
1947 · Movie
It's Great to Be Young
1946 · Movie
Singing on the Trail
1946 · Movie
Cowboy Blues
1946 · Movie
The Unknown
1946 · Movie
That Texas Jamboree
1946 · Movie
The Phantom Thief
1946 · Movie
Night Editor
1946 · Movie
Throw a Saddle on a Star
1946 · Movie
Tars and Spars
1946 · Movie
Song of the Prairie
1945 · Movie
Over 21
1945 · Movie
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Movie
The Power of the Whistler
1945 · Movie
Eadie Was a Lady
1945 · Movie
Carolina Blues
1944 · Movie
Dancing in Manhattan
1944 · Movie
3 Is a Family
1944 · Movie
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944 · Movie
She's a Soldier Too
1944 · Movie
Stars on Parade
1944 · Movie
Nine Girls
1944 · Movie
There's Something About a Soldier
1943 · Movie
Doughboys in Ireland
1943 · Movie
A Night to Remember
1942 · Movie
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942 · Movie
My Sister Eileen
1942 · Movie