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Jeff Donnell

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1921-07-10

Deathday: 1988-04-11 (66 years old)

Biography

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 ing 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

all 110

Movies 67

TV Shows 43

self 3

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Jeff Donnell

Biography

Filmography

all 110

Movies 67

TV Shows 43

self 3

Portrait of a Stripper (1979)

Rendezvous Hotel (1979)

Murder by Natural Causes (1979)

Spider-Man (1977)

Gibbsville (1976)

Matt Helm (1975)

Paper Moon (1974)

The Girl with Something Extra (1973)

A Gift of Terror (1973)

Police Story (1973)

Barnaby Jones (1973)

Here We Go Again (1973)

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)

Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)

Emergency! (1972)

Me and the Chimp (1972)

Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971)

The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971)

Cannon (1971)

Love Hate Love (1971)

The Partridge Family (1970)

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Nanny and the Professor (1970)

The Comic (1969)

Love, American Style (1969)

Medical Center (1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)

Adam-12 (1968)

The Mothers-in-Law (1967)

Felony Squad (1966)

The F.B.I. (1965)

Gidget (1965)

Daniel Boone (1964)

The Addams Family (1964)

Bristle Face (1964)

Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)

The Iron Maiden (1963)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

Force of Impulse (1961)

Dr. Kildare (1961)

Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)

Mister Ed (1961)

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)

My Man Godfrey (1957)

Perry Mason (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Destination 60,000 (1957)

The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)

Magnificent Roughnecks (1956)

Matinee Theater (1955)

The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)

Climax! (1954)

The George Gobel Show (1954)

Studio 57 (1954)

Massacre Canyon (1954)

Flight Nurse (1953)

The United States Steel Hour (1953)

So This Is Love (1953)

The Blue Gardenia (1953)

Omnibus (1952)

The Ford Television Theatre (1952)

Because You're Mine (1952)

Cavalcade of America (1952)

Skirts Ahoy! (1952)

Thief of Damascus (1952)

The First Time (1952)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

Racket Squad (1951)

Three Guys Named Mike (1951)

Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1921-07-10

Deathday

1988-04-11 (66 years old)

Birth Place

Windham, United States

Relationships

Aldo Ray (1954 - 1956)

Citizenships

United States

Also Known As

Jean Marie Donnell