Birth Day: 1921-07-10
Place of birth: Windham, Maine, USA
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.
Credits
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As Mrs. Williams
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As Edith Sterling -
As Aunt May Parker -
As Mrs. Cummings -
As Ruth -
As Mary Blunden -
As Rose -
As Cornelia -
As Nurse -
As Mrs. Jarkey -
As Mrs. Lawrence -
As Miriam Fisher -
As Dorothy Lawrence -
As Louise Reese -
As Mary Wheller -
As Ruth Buckley
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As Molly -
As Sally -
As Julie -
As Sylvia -
As Cora -
As Nancy -
As Henrietta Van Dyke -
As Sally Ellis -
As Lt. Ann Phillips -
As Sheherazade -
As Patty Ware -
As Giff -
As Donna Gilbert -
As Alice Raymend -
As Sally -
As Sylvia Nicolai -
As Vera Wright -
As Jane Bixby -
As Gwen -
As Julie Wescott -
As April Shaughnessy -
As Penny McCarr -
As Elaine Wyatt -
As Jessie Arnold -
As Vinnie White -
As Miss Miller -
As Peggy McDougal -
As Georgia Johnson
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As Cindy Brown -
As Susan Nelson -
As Martha Cochrane -
As Nina Arnold -
As Anne Parks Duncan -
As Judy Lane -
As Jean Warren -
As Harem Girl -
As Frances 'Francie' Lane -
As Jan Lupton -
As Penelope 'Penny' Stevens -
As Pamela 'Pepper' Parker -
As Charlotte Barton -
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As Hazel Whittaker -
As Julie Connors -
As Mary Fleming (uncredited) -
As "Butch" Hendricks -
As Mary Brooks -
As Molly Callahan -
As Jean Burton -
As Winnie Slade -
As Anne Carstairs -
As Helen Loomis