Jeff Donnell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 10, 1921
- Died
- April 11, 1988
- Birthplace
- 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
as Edith Sterling
- Rendezvous Hotel
Rendezvous Hotel 1979
as Mrs. Williams
Murder by Natural Causes 1979
as Mrs. Mathews
Spider-Man 1977
as Aunt May Parker
A Gift of Terror 1973
as Mrs. Cummings
Stand Up and Be Counted 1972
as Ruth
Congratulations, It's a Boy! 1971
as Rose
Love Hate Love 1971
as Mary Blunden
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
as Cornelia
The Comic 1969
as Nurse
Bristle Face 1964
as Mrs. Jarkey
Gidget Goes to Rome 1963
as Mrs. Lawrence
The Iron Maiden 1963
as Miriam Fisher
Force of Impulse 1961
as Louise Reese
Gidget Goes Hawaiian 1961
as Dorothy Lawrence
My Man Godfrey 1957
as Molly
Sweet Smell of Success 1957
as Sally
- Destination 60,000
Destination 60,000 1957
as Ruth Buckley
The Guns of Fort Petticoat 1957
as Mary Wheller
Sincerely, Willis Wade 1956
as Sylvia
Magnificent Roughnecks 1956
as Julie
Meet the O'Briens 1954
as Nancy
Massacre Canyon 1954
as Cora
Flight Nurse 1953
as Lt. Ann Phillips
So This Is Love 1953
as Henrietta Van Dyke
The Blue Gardenia 1953
as Sally Ellis
Because You're Mine 1952
as Patty Ware
Skirts Ahoy! 1952
as Giff
Thief of Damascus 1952
as Sheherazade
The First Time 1952
as Donna Gilbert
Three Guys Named Mike 1951
as Alice Raymend
Walk Softly, Stranger 1950
as Gwen
Redwood Forest Trail 1950
as Julie Wescott
The Fuller Brush Girl 1950
as Jane Bixby
Big Timber 1950
as Sally
Hoedown 1950
as Vera Wright
In a Lonely Place 1950
as Sylvia Nicolai
Easy Living 1949
as Penny McCarr
Post Office Investigator 1949
as April Shaughnessy
Outcasts of the Trail 1949
as Vinnie White
Stagecoach Kid 1949
as Jessie Arnold
Roughshod 1949
as Elaine Wyatt
Mr. District Attorney 1947
as Miss Miller
- It's Great to Be Young
It's Great to Be Young 1946
as Georgia Johnson
Singing on the Trail 1946
as Cindy Brown
Cowboy Blues 1946
as Susan Nelson
The Unknown 1946
as Nina Arnold
That Texas Jamboree 1946
as Jean Warren
The Phantom Thief 1946
as Anne Parks Duncan
Night Editor 1946
as Martha Cochrane
Throw a Saddle on a Star 1946
as Judy Lane
Tars and Spars 1946
as Peggy McDougal
Song of the Prairie 1945
as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
Over 21 1945
as Jan Lupton
A Thousand and One Nights 1945
as Harem Girl
The Power of the Whistler 1945
as Frances 'Francie' Lane
Eadie Was a Lady 1945
as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
Carolina Blues 1944
as Charlotte Barton
Dancing in Manhattan 1944
as Julie Connors
3 Is a Family 1944
as Hazel Whittaker
Mr. Winkle Goes to War 1944
Actor
She's a Soldier Too 1944
as Mary Fleming (uncredited)
Stars on Parade 1944
as Mary Brooks
Nine Girls 1944
as "Butch" Hendricks
There's Something About a Soldier 1943
as Jean Burton
Doughboys in Ireland 1943
as Molly Callahan
A Night to Remember 1942
as Anne Carstairs
The Boogie Man Will Get You 1942
as Winnie Slade
My Sister Eileen 1942
as Helen Loomis
Credits from TMDB.