Jeff Donnell
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Writers: Ernest Lehman,
Cast: Barbara Nichols, Burt Lancaster, Edith Atwater, Emile Meyer, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Susan Harrison, Tony Curtis,
Director: Fritz Lang
Writers: Charles Hoffman,
Cast: Ann Sothern, Anne Baxter, George Reeves, Jeff Donnell, Nat King Cole, Ray Walker, Raymond Burr, Richard Conte, Richard Erdman, Ruth Storey,
Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Andrew Solt,
Cast: Art Smith, Carl Benton Reid, Frank Lovejoy, Gloria Grahame, Humphrey Bogart, Jeff Donnell, Martha Stewart, Morris Ankrum, Robert Warwick, William Ching,