Portrait of Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell

Acting

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.

Born: July 10, 1921

Place of Birth: Windham, Maine, USA

Filmography

1979
Portrait of a Stripper

as Edith Sterling

1979
1977
Spider-Man

as Aunt May Parker

1976
McNaughton's Daughter

as Mrs. Wilson

1975
Matt Helm

as Ethel

1974
Paper Moon

as Mrs. Carson

1973
A Gift of Terror

as Mrs. Cummings

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Janet Gossett

1973
Here We Go Again

as Aunt Patti

1972
The Bob Newhart Show

as Clara Hackler

1972
Emergency!

as Katie

1971
1971
Love Hate Love

as Mary Blunden

1970
The Partridge Family

as Mrs. Monahan

1970
1969
The Comic

as Nurse

1969
Love, American Style

as Mrs. Hutton

1969
Love, American Style

as Mrs. Gellar

1969
Medical Center

as Mrs. Hersey

1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Cleaning Woman

1968
Adam-12

as Mrs. James Nelson

1967
1965
The F.B.I.

as Rooming House Manager

1965
The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Kraft

1965
1964
Daniel Boone

as Varna Montgomery

1964
The Addams Family

as Eleanor Digby

1964
Bristle Face

as Mrs. Jarkey

1963
Gidget Goes to Rome

as Mrs. Lawrence

1963
The Iron Maiden

as Miriam Fisher

1961
Force of Impulse

as Louise Reese

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Evelyn Driscoll

1961
Gidget Goes Hawaiian

as Dorothy Lawrence

1961
Mister Ed

as Martha Harper

1957
1957
Perry Mason

as Sylvia Dykes

1957
Perry Mason

as Rose Carol

1957
1954
Climax!

as Kay Matheson

1954
1953
Flight Nurse

as Lt. Ann Phillips

1953
So This Is Love

as Henrietta Van Dyke

1953
The Blue Gardenia

as Sally Ellis

1952
Omnibus

as Helen

1952
Because You're Mine

as Patty Ware

1952
Cavalcade of America

as Ann Rutledge

1952
1952
Thief of Damascus

as Sheherazade

1952
The First Time

as Donna Gilbert

1951
Three Guys Named Mike

as Alice Raymend

1950
Redwood Forest Trail

as Julie Wescott

1950
1950
Big Timber

as Sally

1950
Hoedown

as Vera Wright

1950
In a Lonely Place

as Sylvia Nicolai

1949
Easy Living

as Penny McCarr

1949
Post Office Investigator

as April Shaughnessy

1949
Outcasts of the Trail

as Vinnie White

1949
Stagecoach Kid

as Jessie Arnold

1949
Roughshod

as Elaine Wyatt

1947
Mr. District Attorney

as Miss Miller

1946
Singing on the Trail

as Cindy Brown

1946
Cowboy Blues

as Susan Nelson

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
1946
Tars and Spars

as Peggy McDougal

1945
Song of the Prairie

as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens

1945
Over 21

as Jan Lupton

1945
1945
The Power of the Whistler

as Frances 'Francie' Lane

1945
Eadie Was a Lady

as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker

1944
Carolina Blues

as Charlotte Barton

1944
Dancing in Manhattan

as Julie Connors

1944
3 Is a Family

as Hazel Whittaker

1944
She's a Soldier Too

as Mary Fleming (uncredited)

1944
Stars on Parade

as Mary Brooks

1944
Nine Girls

as "Butch" Hendricks

1943
Doughboys in Ireland

as Molly Callahan

1942
A Night to Remember

as Anne Carstairs

1942
1942
My Sister Eileen

as Helen Loomis