Jeff Donnell
Actor1921–1988· Windham, Maine, USA

Jeff Donnell

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.

112 acting credits

Acting · 112

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.5
TV

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Perry Mason
7.7
TV

Perry Mason

1957

Love, American Style
6.1
TV

Love, American Style

1969

Adam-12
7.1
TV

Adam-12

1968

Dr. Kildare
5.7
TV

Dr. Kildare

1961

Emergency!
7.9
TV

Emergency!

1972

Climax!
3.8
TV

Climax!

1954

The F.B.I.
5.6
TV

The F.B.I.

1965

Daniel Boone
7.0
TV

Daniel Boone

1964

Medical Center
6.4
TV

Medical Center

1969

Barnaby Jones
7.0
TV

Barnaby Jones

1973

Cannon
6.7
TV

Cannon

1971

Matinee Theater
5.3
TV

Matinee Theater

1955

Marcus Welby, M.D.
6.6
TV

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969

Omnibus
6.3
TV

Omnibus

1952

The Bob Newhart Show
7.5
TV

The Bob Newhart Show

1972

Mister Ed
6.8
TV

Mister Ed

1961

The Addams Family
8.0
TV

The Addams Family

1964

The Ford Television Theatre
7.8
TV

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

Studio 57
8.0
TV

Studio 57

1954

Felony Squad
6.5
TV

Felony Squad

1966

Police Story
7.0
TV

Police Story

1973

The Partridge Family
6.9
TV

The Partridge Family

1970

Cavalcade of America
4.6
TV

Cavalcade of America

1952

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
6.4
TV

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.8
TV

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

The Mothers-in-Law
6.0
TV

The Mothers-in-Law

1967

Racket Squad
6.5
TV

Racket Squad

1951

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
4.8
TV

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969

Gidget
6.8
TV

Gidget

1965

Matt Helm
7.8
TV

Matt Helm

1975

The Wonderful World of Disney
7.9
TV

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

The George Gobel Show
7.8
TV

The George Gobel Show

1954

Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.2
Film

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8
TV

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

The Girl with Something Extra
8.3
TV

The Girl with Something Extra

1973

Gibbsville
10.0
TV

Gibbsville

1976

Paper Moon
6.6
TV

Paper Moon

1974

Here We Go Again
6.0
TV

Here We Go Again

1973

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
TV

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

Me and the Chimp
6.7
TV

Me and the Chimp

1972

Spider-Man
6.3
Film

Spider-Man

1977

In a Lonely Place
7.6
Film

In a Lonely Place

1950

Skirts Ahoy!
5.8
Film

Skirts Ahoy!

1952

Sweet Smell of Success
7.6
Film

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

Special for Women
6.3
TV

Special for Women

1960

McNaughton's Daughter
4.5
TV

McNaughton's Daughter

1976

My Man Godfrey
6.5
Film

My Man Godfrey

1957

The Blue Gardenia
6.5
Film

The Blue Gardenia

1953

The Guns of Fort Petticoat
6.3
Film

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957

Portrait of a Stripper
3.5
Film

Portrait of a Stripper

1979

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
7.0
TV

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

1972

A Thousand and One Nights
6.1
Film

A Thousand and One Nights

1945

The Comic
6.1
Film

The Comic

1969

The Fuller Brush Girl
6.1
Film

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950

Night Editor
5.5
Film

Night Editor

1946

The Iron Maiden
6.6
Film

The Iron Maiden

1963

Gidget Goes to Rome
5.0
Film

Gidget Goes to Rome

1963

There's Something About a Soldier
5.4
Film

There's Something About a Soldier

1943

Easy Living
5.7
Film

Easy Living

1949

Walk Softly, Stranger
5.1
Film

Walk Softly, Stranger

1950

Over 21
6.7
Film

Over 21

1945

Nine Girls
5.8
Film

Nine Girls

1944

Stand Up and Be Counted
7.0
Film

Stand Up and Be Counted

1972

Mr. District Attorney
6.5
Film

Mr. District Attorney

1947

The Boogie Man Will Get You
6.1
Film

The Boogie Man Will Get You

1942

My Sister Eileen
6.9
Film

My Sister Eileen

1942

Gidget Goes Hawaiian
5.0
Film

Gidget Goes Hawaiian

1961

Massacre Canyon
6.5
Film

Massacre Canyon

1954

Post Office Investigator
7.0
Film

Post Office Investigator

1949

Congratulations, It's a Boy!
6.5
Film

Congratulations, It's a Boy!

1971

A Night to Remember
6.7
Film

A Night to Remember

1942

Love Hate Love
5.9
Film

Love Hate Love

1971

Murder by Natural Causes
6.9
Film

Murder by Natural Causes

1979

Three Guys Named Mike
5.8
Film

Three Guys Named Mike

1951

Hoedown
6.0
Film

Hoedown

1950

Roughshod
5.7
Film

Roughshod

1949

The Power of the Whistler
5.9
Film

The Power of the Whistler

1945

Thief of Damascus
6.7
Film

Thief of Damascus

1952

So This Is Love
4.3
Film

So This Is Love

1953

Bristle Face
8.0
Film

Bristle Face

1964

Singing on the Trail
7.0
Film

Singing on the Trail

1946

Mr. Winkle Goes to War
6.8
Film

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

1944

She's a Soldier Too
5.5
Film

She's a Soldier Too

1944

Because You're Mine
6.8
Film

Because You're Mine

1952

The Unknown
6.3
Film

The Unknown

1946

3 Is a Family
9.0
Film

3 Is a Family

1944

Big Timber
10.0
Film

Big Timber

1950

A Gift of Terror
7.0
Film

A Gift of Terror

1973

Flight Nurse
6.3
Film

Flight Nurse

1953

Carolina Blues
5.8
Film

Carolina Blues

1944

The Phantom Thief
6.5
Film

The Phantom Thief

1946

Force of Impulse
4.3
Film

Force of Impulse

1961

Song of the Prairie
7.0
Film

Song of the Prairie

1945

Eadie Was a Lady
4.4
Film

Eadie Was a Lady

1945

The First Time
7.5
Film

The First Time

1952

Stars on Parade
8.0
Film

Stars on Parade

1944

Redwood Forest Trail
7.0
Film

Redwood Forest Trail

1950

Throw a Saddle on a Star
7.0
Film

Throw a Saddle on a Star

1946

Tars and Spars
5.8
Film

Tars and Spars

1946

Magnificent Roughnecks
10.0
Film

Magnificent Roughnecks

1956

That Texas Jamboree
8.0
Film

That Texas Jamboree

1946

Outcasts of the Trail
9.0
Film

Outcasts of the Trail

1949

Rendezvous Hotel
7.0
Film

Rendezvous Hotel

1979

Cowboy Blues
10.0
Film

Cowboy Blues

1946

Doughboys in Ireland
10.0
Film

Doughboys in Ireland

1943

Dancing in Manhattan
7.0
Film

Dancing in Manhattan

1944

Destination 60,000
10.0
Film

Destination 60,000

1957

Stagecoach Kid
7.3
Film

Stagecoach Kid

1949

Meet the O'Briens
Film

Meet the O'Briens

1954

It's Great to Be Young
9.0
Film

It's Great to Be Young

1946

Sincerely, Willis Wade
8.0
Film

Sincerely, Willis Wade

1956

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