Acting credits
104
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jeff Donnell
Acting
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Movies: 64Series: 40
TMDB ID: 14576
IMDb ID: nm0232655
Known for: Acting
Born: July 10, 1921
Died: April 11, 1988
Age: 66
Place of birth: Windham, Maine, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1942 - 1979
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.78
Wikidata: Q275769
Also known as
Jean Marie 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jeff Donnell.
2.0
Portrait of a Stripper
as Edith Sterling
1979 Movie
6.9
Murder by Natural Causes
as Mrs. Mathews
1979 Movie
6.3
Spider-Man
as Aunt May Parker
1977 Movie
A Gift of Terror
as Mrs. Cummings
1973 Movie
7.0
Stand Up and Be Counted
as Ruth
1972 Movie
6.0
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
as Rose
1971 Movie
5.2
Love Hate Love
as Mary Blunden
1971 Movie
7.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cornelia
1970 Movie
5.9
The Comic
as Nurse
1969 Movie
Bristle Face
as Mrs. Jarkey
1964 Movie
4.8
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Mrs. Lawrence
1963 Movie
6.4
The Iron Maiden
as Miriam Fisher
1963 Movie
2.5
Force of Impulse
as Louise Reese
1961 Movie
4.6
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
as Dorothy Lawrence
1961 Movie
6.4
My Man Godfrey
as Molly
1957 Movie
7.6
Sweet Smell of Success
as Sally
1957 Movie
6.3
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Mary Wheller
1957 Movie
Sincerely, Willis Wade
as Sylvia
1956 Movie
Magnificent Roughnecks
as Julie
1956 Movie
5.0
Massacre Canyon
as Cora
1954 Movie
5.5
Flight Nurse
as Lt. Ann Phillips
1953 Movie
3.8
So This Is Love
as Henrietta Van Dyke
1953 Movie
6.5
The Blue Gardenia
as Sally Ellis
1953 Movie
6.7
Because You're Mine
as Patty Ware
1952 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jeff Donnell.
Gibbsville
1 eps
1976 Series
7.4
Matt Helm
as Ethel • 7 eps
1975 Series
6.6
Paper Moon
as Mrs. Carson • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.5
The Girl with Something Extra
1 eps
1973 Series
6.9
Police Story
2 eps
1973 Series
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Janet Gossett • 1 eps
1973 Series
5.0
Here We Go Again
as Aunt Patti • 1 eps
1973 Series
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
as Mrs. Cummings • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.5
The Bob Newhart Show
as Clara Hackler • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.9
Emergency!
as Katie • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.0
Me and the Chimp
1 eps
1972 Series
6.6
Cannon
1 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Partridge Family
as Mrs. Monahan • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.1
Love, American Style
as Mrs. Hutton • 1 eps
1969 Series
6.1
Medical Center
as Mrs. Hersey • 1 eps
1969 Series
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Cleaning Woman • 1 eps
1969 Series
4.0
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Nurse Klein • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.0
Adam-12
as Mrs. James Nelson • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.8
The Mothers-in-Law
as Elaine • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.4
Felony Squad
1 eps
1966 Series
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Rooming House Manager • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.6
Gidget
1 eps
1965 Series
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Varna Montgomery • 1 eps
1964 Series
8.0
The Addams Family
as Eleanor Digby • 1 eps
1964 Series