Jeff Donnell
Acting
Born: 1921-07-10 in Windham, Maine, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
In a Lonely Place
Sylvia Nicolai
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Cornelia
Sweet Smell of Success
Sally
The Addams Family
Eleanor Digby
Spider-Man
Aunt May Parker
Perry Mason
Sylvia Dykes
Perry Mason
Rose Carol
The Blue Gardenia
Sally Ellis
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Bob Newhart Show
Clara Hackler
Mister Ed
Martha Harper
Emergency!
Katie
Adam-12
Mrs. James Nelson
Cannon
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Mary Wheller
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Jarkey
The Partridge Family
Mrs. Monahan
Daniel Boone
Varna Montgomery
Barnaby Jones
Janet Gossett
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Winnie Slade
Walk Softly, Stranger
Gwen
My Man Godfrey
Molly
The F.B.I.
Rooming House Manager
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Kraft
My Sister Eileen
Helen Loomis
Night Editor
Martha Cochrane
Easy Living
Penny McCarr
Three Guys Named Mike
Alice Raymend
Police Story
Love, American Style
Mrs. Hutton
Love, American Style
Mrs. Gellar
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Cleaning Woman
The Power of the Whistler
Frances 'Francie' Lane
Dr. Kildare
Evelyn Driscoll
A Night to Remember
Anne Carstairs
Murder by Natural Causes
Mrs. Mathews
A Thousand and One Nights
Harem Girl
Gidget
Medical Center
Mrs. Hersey
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Dorothy Lawrence