7.6
7.6
In a Lonely Place
1950
as Sylvia Nicolai
Jeff Donnell
Acting
Born:July 10, 1921
Died:April 11, 1988(aged 66)
Birthplace:Windham, Maine, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Yale School of Drama, Leland Powers School
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CommunityBiography
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 (66 movies)
7.6
7.6
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
as Sally
7.0
7.0
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972
as Ruth
6.9
6.9
Murder by Natural Causes
1979
as Mrs. Mathews
6.8
6.8
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Helen Loomis
6.8
6.8
The First Time
1952
as Donna Gilbert
6.7
6.7
Because You're Mine
1952
as Patty Ware
6.6
6.6
A Night to Remember
1942
as Anne Carstairs
6.5
6.5
Mr. District Attorney
1947
as Miss Miller
6.5
6.5
The Blue Gardenia
1953
as Sally Ellis
6.4
6.4
The Iron Maiden
1963
as Miriam Fisher
6.4
6.4
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Molly
6.3
6.3
Spider-Man
1977
as Aunt May Parker
6.3
6.3
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957
as Mary Wheller
6.1
6.1
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
as Winnie Slade
6.0
6.0
The Unknown
1946
as Nina Arnold
6.0
6.0
Dancing in Manhattan
1944
as Julie Connors
6.0
6.0
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
1971
as Rose
6.0
6.0
Stagecoach Kid
1949
as Jessie Arnold
6.0
6.0
Post Office Investigator
1949
as April Shaughnessy
6.0
6.0
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
as Jane Bixby
5.9
5.9
The Comic
1969
as Nurse
5.8
5.8
The Power of the Whistler
1945
as Frances 'Francie' Lane
5.8
5.8
Thief of Damascus
1952
as Sheherazade
5.6
5.6
Easy Living
1949
as Penny McCarr
5.6
5.6
Three Guys Named Mike
1951
as Alice Raymend
5.5
5.5
Flight Nurse
1953
as Lt. Ann Phillips
5.4
5.4
Night Editor
1946
as Martha Cochrane
5.3
5.3
The Phantom Thief
1946
as Anne Parks Duncan
5.3
5.3
Carolina Blues
1944
as Charlotte Barton
5.3
5.3
Roughshod
1949
as Elaine Wyatt
5.3
5.3
Nine Girls
1944
as "Butch" Hendricks
5.2
5.2
Over 21
1945
as Jan Lupton
5.2
5.2
Love Hate Love
1971
as Mary Blunden
5.0
5.0
Skirts Ahoy!
1952
as Giff
5.0
5.0
Massacre Canyon
1954
as Cora
5.0
5.0
Hoedown
1950
as Vera Wright
5.0
5.0
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
as Gwen
4.8
4.8
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963
as Mrs. Lawrence
4.8
4.8
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
as Jean Burton
4.7
4.7
Tars and Spars
1946
as Peggy McDougal
4.6
4.6
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
1961
as Dorothy Lawrence
3.8
3.8
So This Is Love
1953
as Henrietta Van Dyke
3.3
3.3
Eadie Was a Lady
1945
as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
3.0
3.0
She's a Soldier Too
1944
as Mary Fleming (uncredited)
2.5
2.5
Force of Impulse
1961
as Louise Reese
2.0
2.0
Portrait of a Stripper
1979
as Edith Sterling
It's Great to Be Young
1946
as Georgia Johnson
Redwood Forest Trail
1950
as Julie Wescott
Song of the Prairie
1945
as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
3 Is a Family
1944
as Hazel Whittaker
Throw a Saddle on a Star
1946
as Judy Lane
That Texas Jamboree
1946
as Jean Warren
Destination 60,000
1957
as Ruth Buckley
Doughboys in Ireland
1943
as Molly Callahan
Stars on Parade
1944
as Mary Brooks
Singing on the Trail
1946
as Cindy Brown
Magnificent Roughnecks
1956
as Julie
Cowboy Blues
1946
as Susan Nelson
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
as Vinnie White
Big Timber
1950
as Sally
A Gift of Terror
1973
as Mrs. Cummings
Bristle Face
1964
as Mrs. Jarkey
Rendezvous Hotel
1979
as Mrs. Williams
Meet the O'Briens
1954
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956
as Sylvia
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