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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Sweet Smell of Success
as Sally
1957
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Winnie Slade
1942
The Blue Gardenia
as Sally Ellis
1953
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
as Dorothy Lawrence
1961
My Sister Eileen
as Helen Loomis
1942
Night Editor
as Martha Cochrane
1946
The Power of the Whistler
as Frances 'Francie' Lane
1945
In a Lonely Place
as Sylvia Nicolai
1950
The Unknown
as Nina Arnold
1946
A Night to Remember
as Anne Carstairs
1942
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Jane Bixby
1950
The Phantom Thief
as Anne Parks Duncan
1946
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Gwen
1950
Over 21
as Jan Lupton
1945
Easy Living
as Penny McCarr
1949
The Iron Maiden
as Miriam Fisher
1963
Roughshod
as Elaine Wyatt
1949
Rendezvous Hotel
as Mrs. Williams
1979
Three Guys Named Mike
as Alice Raymend
1951
Mr. District Attorney
as Miss Miller
1947
