Jeff Donnell
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Donnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
ActingBirthday
July 10, 1921Deathday
April 11, 1988Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
66Place of birth
Windham, Maine, USAAlso known as
Jean Marie Donnell
Cast credits
Sweet Smell of Success
Sally
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Winnie Slade
The Blue Gardenia
Sally Ellis
My Sister Eileen
Helen Loomis
Night Editor
Martha Cochrane
Dancing in Manhattan
Julie Connors
The Power of the Whistler
Frances 'Francie' Lane
In a Lonely Place
Sylvia Nicolai
The Unknown
Nina Arnold
A Night to Remember
Anne Stafford Carstairs
The Fuller Brush Girl
Jane Bixby
The Phantom Thief
Anne Parks Duncan
Walk Softly, Stranger
Gwen
Over 21
Jan Lupton
Easy Living
Penny McCarr
The Iron Maiden
Miriam Fisher
Roughshod
Elaine Wyatt
Three Guys Named Mike
Alice Raymend
Mr. District Attorney
Miss Miller
Post Office Investigator
April Shaughnessy
Song of the Prairie
Penelope 'Penny' StevensImages
