About

Known credits:
66
Birthday:
1921-07-10
Place of birth:
Windham, Maine, USA
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Jeff Donnell

Overview

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 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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Known for

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1979 Portrait of a Stripper Actor Edith Sterling 58
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1979 Rendezvous Hotel Actor Mrs. Williams N/A
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1979 Murder by Natural Causes Actor Mrs. Mathews 59
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1977 Spider-Man Actor Aunt May Parker 59
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1973 A Gift of Terror Actor Mrs. Cummings N/A
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1972 Stand Up and Be Counted Actor Ruth N/A
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1971 Congratulations, It's a Boy! Actor Rose 59
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1971 Love Hate Love Actor Mary Blunden 59
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1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Actor Cornelia 65
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1969 The Comic Actor Nurse 59
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1964 Bristle Face Actor Mrs. Jarkey N/A
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1963 Gidget Goes to Rome Actor Mrs. Lawrence 58
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1963 The Iron Maiden Actor Miriam Fisher 59
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1961 Force of Impulse Actor Louise Reese 58
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1961 Gidget Goes Hawaiian Actor Dorothy Lawrence 58
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1957 My Man Godfrey Actor Molly 59
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1957 Sweet Smell of Success Actor Sally 67
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1957 Destination 60,000 Actor Ruth Buckley N/A
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1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat Actor Mary Wheller 59
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1956 Magnificent Roughnecks Actor Julie N/A
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1954 Massacre Canyon Actor Cora 59
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1953 Flight Nurse Actor Lt. Ann Phillips 59
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1953 So This Is Love Actor Henrietta Van Dyke 59
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1953 The Blue Gardenia Actor Sally Ellis 59
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1952 Because You're Mine Actor Patty Ware 59
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1952 Skirts Ahoy! Actor Giff 58
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1952 Thief of Damascus Actor Sheherazade 59
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1952 The First Time Actor Donna Gilbert 59
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1951 Three Guys Named Mike Actor Alice Raymend 58
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1950 Walk Softly, Stranger Actor Gwen 58
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1950 Redwood Forest Trail Actor Julie Wescott N/A
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1950 The Fuller Brush Girl Actor Jane Bixby 58
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1950 Big Timber Actor Sally N/A
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1950 Hoedown Actor Vera Wright N/A
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1950 In a Lonely Place Actor Sylvia Nicolai 67
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1949 Easy Living Actor Penny McCarr 59
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1949 Post Office Investigator Actor April Shaughnessy 59
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1949 Outcasts of the Trail Actor Vinnie White N/A
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1949 Stagecoach Kid Actor Jessie Arnold 59
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1949 Roughshod Actor Elaine Wyatt 58
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1947 Mr. District Attorney Actor Miss Miller 59
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1946 It's Great to Be Young Actor Georgia Johnson N/A
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1946 Singing on the Trail Actor Cindy Brown N/A
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1946 Cowboy Blues Actor Susan Nelson N/A
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1946 The Unknown Actor Nina Arnold 59
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1946 That Texas Jamboree Actor Jean Warren N/A
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1946 The Phantom Thief Actor Anne Parks Duncan 59
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1946 Night Editor Actor Martha Cochrane 58
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1946 Throw a Saddle on a Star Actor Judy Lane N/A
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1946 Tars and Spars Actor Peggy McDougal 59
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1945 Song of the Prairie Actor Penelope 'Penny' Stevens N/A
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1945 Over 21 Actor Jan Lupton 58
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1945 A Thousand and One Nights Actor Harem Girl 58
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1945 The Power of the Whistler Actor Frances 'Francie' Lane 59
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1945 Eadie Was a Lady Actor Pamela 'Pepper' Parker 58
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1944 Carolina Blues Actor Charlotte Barton 59
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1944 Dancing in Manhattan Actor Julie Connors 59
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1944 3 Is a Family Actor Hazel Whittaker N/A
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1944 She's a Soldier Too Actor Mary Fleming (uncredited) 58
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1944 Stars on Parade Actor Mary Brooks N/A
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1944 Nine Girls Actor "Butch" Hendricks 58
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1943 There's Something About a Soldier Actor Jean Burton 58
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1943 Doughboys in Ireland Actor Molly Callahan N/A
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1942 A Night to Remember Actor Anne Carstairs 59
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1942 The Boogie Man Will Get You Actor Winnie Slade 59
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1942 My Sister Eileen Actor Helen Loomis 59
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