Jeff Donnell
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Perry Mason
Sylvia Dykes
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Rose Carol
1957
Series
Love, American Style
Mrs. Hutton
1969
Series
Love, American Style
Mrs. Gellar
1969
Series
Adam-12
Mrs. James Nelson
1968
Series
Climax!
Kay Matheson
1954
Series
Dr. Kildare
Evelyn Driscoll
1961
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Series
Emergency!
Katie
1972
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
The F.B.I.
Rooming House Manager
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Kraft
1965
Series
Daniel Boone
Varna Montgomery
1964
Series
Medical Center
Mrs. Hersey
1969
Series
The Partridge Family
Mrs. Monahan
1970
Series
Barnaby Jones
Janet Gossett
1973
Series
The Bob Newhart Show
Clara Hackler
1972
Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Cleaning Woman
1969
Series
Omnibus
Helen
1952
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Doris
1952
Series
The Addams Family
Eleanor Digby
1964
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
Police Story
1973
Series
Felony Squad
1966
Series
Studio 57
1954
Series
Mister Ed
Martha Harper
1961
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Millie Moon
1959
Series
The Mothers-in-Law
Elaine
1967
Series
Cavalcade of America
Ann Rutledge
1952
Series
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Nurse Klein
1969
Series
Racket Squad
1951
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Jarkey
1954
Series
Gidget
1965
Series
Matt Helm
Ethel
1975
Film
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Cornelia
1970
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Series
Paper Moon
Mrs. Carson
1974
Series
The Girl with Something Extra
1973
Series
Gibbsville
1976
Series
Me and the Chimp
1972
Series
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
Mrs. Cummings
1972
Film
In a Lonely Place
Sylvia Nicolai
1950
Series
Here We Go Again
Aunt Patti
1973
Film
Sweet Smell of Success
Sally
1957
Film
Spider-Man
Aunt May Parker
1977
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Pug
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Marlene
1951
Series
Special for Women
The Career Woman
1960
Series
McNaughton's Daughter
Mrs. Wilson
1976
Film
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Mary Wheller
1957
Film
A Thousand and One Nights
Harem Girl
1945
Film
So This Is Love
Henrietta Van Dyke
1953
Film
The Blue Gardenia
Sally Ellis
1953
Film
A Night to Remember
Anne Carstairs
1942
Film
The Fuller Brush Girl
Jane Bixby
1950
Film
Gidget Goes to Rome
Mrs. Lawrence
1963
Film
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Film
Stand Up and Be Counted
Ruth
1972
Film
Three Guys Named Mike
Alice Raymend
1951
Film
My Man Godfrey
Molly
1957
Film
Murder by Natural Causes
Mrs. Mathews
1979
Film
Portrait of a Stripper
Edith Sterling
1979
Film
Because You're Mine
Patty Ware
1952
Film
3 Is a Family
Hazel Whittaker
1944
Film
A Gift of Terror
Mrs. Cummings
1973
Film
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
Rose
1971
Film
The Comic
Nurse
1969
Film
The Unknown
Nina Arnold
1946
Film
There's Something About a Soldier
Jean Burton
1943
Film
Easy Living
Penny McCarr
1949
Film
Singing on the Trail
Cindy Brown
1946
Film
Outcasts of the Trail
Vinnie White
1949
Film
The Power of the Whistler
Frances 'Francie' Lane
1945
Film
Walk Softly, Stranger
Gwen
1950
Film
Eadie Was a Lady
Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
1945
Film
Nine Girls
"Butch" Hendricks
1944
Film
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Winnie Slade
1942
Film
Song of the Prairie
Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
1945
Film
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Dorothy Lawrence
1961
Film
Meet the O'Briens
Nancy
1954
Film
Over 21
Jan Lupton
1945
Film
Roughshod
Elaine Wyatt
1949
Film
Night Editor
Martha Cochrane
1946
It's Great to Be Young
Georgia Johnson
1946
Film
Skirts Ahoy!
Giff
1952
Film
She's a Soldier Too
Mary Fleming (uncredited)
1944
Film
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Judy Lane
1946
Film
Bristle Face
Mrs. Jarkey
1964
Film
Love Hate Love
Mary Blunden
1971
Film
My Sister Eileen
Helen Loomis
1942
Film
Big Timber
Sally
1950
Film
Magnificent Roughnecks
Julie
1956
Film
The Iron Maiden
Miriam Fisher
1963
Film
Massacre Canyon
Cora
1954
Film
Flight Nurse
Lt. Ann Phillips
1953
Film
Post Office Investigator
April Shaughnessy
1949
Film
Thief of Damascus
Sheherazade
1952
Film
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Sylvia
1956
Film
The First Time
Donna Gilbert
1952
Film
Redwood Forest Trail
Julie Wescott
1950
Film
Mr. District Attorney
Miss Miller
1947
Film
The Phantom Thief
Anne Parks Duncan
1946
Film
Stagecoach Kid
Jessie Arnold
1949
Film
Stars on Parade
Mary Brooks
1944
Film
Dancing in Manhattan
Julie Connors
1944
Film
Tars and Spars
Peggy McDougal
1946
Film
That Texas Jamboree
Jean Warren
1946
Destination 60,000
Ruth Buckley
1957
Rendezvous Hotel
Mrs. Williams
1979
Film
Doughboys in Ireland
Molly Callahan
1943
Film
Hoedown
Vera Wright
1950
Film
Carolina Blues
Charlotte Barton
1944
Film
Force of Impulse
Louise Reese
1961
Film
Cowboy Blues
Susan Nelson
1946