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Jeff Donnell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1921-07-10

Day of Death

1988-04-11

Place of Birth

Windham, Maine, USA

Jeff Donnell

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.

Filmography (69)

⭐ 3.5 Role: Edith Sterling

Portrait of a Stripper

1979
No Image
⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Williams

Rendezvous Hotel

1979
⭐ 6.9 Role: Mrs. Mathews

Murder by Natural Causes

1979
⭐ 6.3 Role: Aunt May Parker

Spider-Man

1977
⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Cummings

A Gift of Terror

1973
⭐ 7.0 Role: Ruth

Stand Up and Be Counted

1972
⭐ 6.5 Role: Rose

Congratulations, It's a Boy!

1971
⭐ 5.9 Role: Mary Blunden

Love Hate Love

1971
⭐ 7.2 Role: Cornelia

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970
⭐ 6.1 Role: Nurse

The Comic

1969
⭐ 8.0 Role: Mrs. Jarkey

Bristle Face

1964
⭐ 5.0 Role: Mrs. Lawrence

Gidget Goes to Rome

1963
⭐ 6.6 Role: Miriam Fisher

The Iron Maiden

1963
⭐ 4.2 Role: Louise Reese

Force of Impulse

1961
⭐ 5.0 Role: Dorothy Lawrence

Gidget Goes Hawaiian

1961