Jeff Donnell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

Gender

Female

Birthday

1921-07-10

Day of death

1988-04-11 (66 years old)

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • The Addams Family

    The Addams Family

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • Medical Center

    Medical Center

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • Marcus Welby, M.D.

    Marcus Welby, M.D.

  • The Bob Newhart Show

    The Bob Newhart Show

  • Mister Ed

    Mister Ed

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • Studio 57

    Studio 57

  • The Partridge Family

    The Partridge Family

  • Police Story

    Police Story

  • Racket Squad

    Racket Squad

  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

  • Gidget

    Gidget

  • The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

  • A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

  • Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

  • The Mothers-in-Law

    The Mothers-in-Law

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

  • Murder by Natural Causes

    Murder by Natural Causes

  • Matt Helm

    Matt Helm

  • Sweet Smell of Success

    Sweet Smell of Success

  • Eadie Was a Lady

    Eadie Was a Lady

  • In a Lonely Place

    In a Lonely Place

  • Tars and Spars

    Tars and Spars

  • The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia

  • Song of the Prairie

    Song of the Prairie

  • Hoedown

    Hoedown

  • Roughshod

    Roughshod

  • Carolina Blues

    Carolina Blues

  • The Iron Maiden

    The Iron Maiden

  • Singing on the Trail

    Singing on the Trail

  • Flight Nurse

    Flight Nurse

  • Congratulations, It's a Boy!

    Congratulations, It's a Boy!

  • 3 Is a Family

    3 Is a Family

  • A Gift of Terror

    A Gift of Terror

  • Over 21

    Over 21

  • The Power of the Whistler

    The Power of the Whistler

  • Walk Softly, Stranger

    Walk Softly, Stranger

  • Gidget Goes Hawaiian

    Gidget Goes Hawaiian

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Throw a Saddle on a Star

    Throw a Saddle on a Star

  • Three Guys Named Mike

    Three Guys Named Mike

  • Because You're Mine

    Because You're Mine

  • Magnificent Roughnecks

    Magnificent Roughnecks

  • Stagecoach Kid

    Stagecoach Kid

  • Night Editor

    Night Editor

  • Gibbsville

    Gibbsville

  • Bristle Face

    Bristle Face

  • Paper Moon

    Paper Moon

  • Easy Living

    Easy Living

  • The Girl with Something Extra

    The Girl with Something Extra

  • The Guns of Fort Petticoat

    The Guns of Fort Petticoat

  • McNaughton's Daughter

    McNaughton's Daughter

  • The First Time

    The First Time

  • A Thousand and One Nights

    A Thousand and One Nights

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • The Comic

    The Comic

  • Here We Go Again

    Here We Go Again

  • Skirts Ahoy!

    Skirts Ahoy!

  • Cowboy Blues

    Cowboy Blues

  • Post Office Investigator

    Post Office Investigator

  • Me and the Chimp

    Me and the Chimp

  • Gidget Goes to Rome

    Gidget Goes to Rome

  • Portrait of a Stripper

    Portrait of a Stripper

  • Doughboys in Ireland

    Doughboys in Ireland

  • Love Hate Love

    Love Hate Love

  • That Texas Jamboree

    That Texas Jamboree

  • My Man Godfrey

    My Man Godfrey

  • My Sister Eileen

    My Sister Eileen

  • Nine Girls

    Nine Girls

  • Redwood Forest Trail

    Redwood Forest Trail

  • The Fuller Brush Girl

    The Fuller Brush Girl

  • Dancing in Manhattan

    Dancing in Manhattan

  • Mr. District Attorney

    Mr. District Attorney

  • Sincerely, Willis Wade

    Sincerely, Willis Wade

  • So This Is Love

    So This Is Love

  • There's Something About a Soldier

    There's Something About a Soldier

  • She's a Soldier Too

    She's a Soldier Too

  • Force of Impulse

    Force of Impulse

  • Stand Up and Be Counted

    Stand Up and Be Counted

  • Outcasts of the Trail

    Outcasts of the Trail

  • The Boogie Man Will Get You

    The Boogie Man Will Get You

  • Destination 60,000

    Destination 60,000

  • Thief of Damascus

    Thief of Damascus

  • Massacre Canyon

    Massacre Canyon

  • Rendezvous Hotel

    Rendezvous Hotel

  • Big Timber

    Big Timber

  • It's Great to Be Young

    It's Great to Be Young

  • The Phantom Thief

    The Phantom Thief

  • The Unknown

    The Unknown

  • Stars on Parade

    Stars on Parade

  • Meet the O'Briens

    Meet the O'Briens