Jeff Donnell
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Rendezvous Hotel
1979
as Mrs. Williams
Portrait of a Stripper
1979
as Edith Sterling
Murder by Natural Causes
1979
as Mrs. Mathews
Spider-Man
1977
as Aunt May Parker
Gibbsville
1976
McNaughton's Daughter
1976
as Mrs. Wilson
Matt Helm
1975
as Ethel
Paper Moon
1974
as Mrs. Carson
A Gift of Terror
1973
as Mrs. Cummings
The Girl with Something Extra
1973
Police Story
1973
Here We Go Again
1973
as Aunt Patti
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Janet Gossett
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972
as Ruth
Me and the Chimp
1972
Emergency!
1972
as Katie
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Clara Hackler
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1972
as Mrs. Cummings
Love Hate Love
1971
as Mary Blunden
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
1971
as Rose
Cannon
1971
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Cornelia
The Partridge Family
1970
as Mrs. Monahan
The Comic
1969
as Nurse
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Cleaning Woman
Medical Center
1969
as Mrs. Hersey
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Nurse Klein
Love, American Style
1969
as Mrs. Hutton
Love, American Style
1969
as Mrs. Gellar
Adam-12
1968
as Mrs. James Nelson
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
as Elaine
Felony Squad
1966
Gidget
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
as Rooming House Manager
The F.B.I.
1965
as Mrs. Kraft
Bristle Face
1964
as Mrs. Jarkey
Daniel Boone
1964
as Varna Montgomery
The Addams Family
1964
as Eleanor Digby
The Iron Maiden
1963
as Miriam Fisher
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963
as Mrs. Lawrence
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
1961
as Dorothy Lawrence
Force of Impulse
1961
as Louise Reese
Mister Ed
1961
as Martha Harper
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Evelyn Driscoll
Special for Women
1960
as The Career Woman
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Millie Moon
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
as Sally
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Molly
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957
as Mary Wheller
Destination 60,000
1957
as Ruth Buckley
Perry Mason
1957
as Sylvia Dykes
Perry Mason
1957
as Rose Carol
Magnificent Roughnecks
1956
as Julie
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956
as Sylvia
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Matinee Theater
1955
Massacre Canyon
1954
as Cora
Meet the O'Briens
1954
as Nancy
Climax!
1954
as Kay Matheson
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mrs. Jarkey
Studio 57
1954
The Blue Gardenia
1953
as Sally Ellis
So This Is Love
1953
as Henrietta Van Dyke
Flight Nurse
1953
as Lt. Ann Phillips
Thief of Damascus
1952
as Sheherazade
The First Time
1952
as Donna Gilbert
Skirts Ahoy!
1952
as Giff
Because You're Mine
1952
as Patty Ware
Omnibus
1952
as Helen
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Ann Rutledge
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Doris
Three Guys Named Mike
1951
as Alice Raymend
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Pug
Racket Squad
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Marlene
In a Lonely Place
1950
as Sylvia Nicolai
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
as Jane Bixby
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
as Gwen
Redwood Forest Trail
1950
as Julie Wescott
Hoedown
1950
as Vera Wright
Big Timber
1950
as Sally
Easy Living
1949
as Penny McCarr
Roughshod
1949
as Elaine Wyatt
Post Office Investigator
1949
as April Shaughnessy
Stagecoach Kid
1949
as Jessie Arnold
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
as Vinnie White
Mr. District Attorney
1947
as Miss Miller
Night Editor
1946
as Martha Cochrane
The Unknown
1946
as Nina Arnold
The Phantom Thief
1946
as Anne Parks Duncan
That Texas Jamboree
1946
as Jean Warren
Singing on the Trail
1946
as Cindy Brown
Throw a Saddle on a Star
1946
as Judy Lane
Cowboy Blues
1946
as Susan Nelson
Tars and Spars
1946
as Peggy McDougal
It's Great to Be Young
1946
as Georgia Johnson
The Power of the Whistler
1945
as Frances 'Francie' Lane
Over 21
1945
as Jan Lupton
Song of the Prairie
1945
as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
Eadie Was a Lady
1945
as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Harem Girl
Carolina Blues
1944
as Charlotte Barton
3 Is a Family
1944
as Hazel Whittaker
Dancing in Manhattan
1944
as Julie Connors
She's a Soldier Too
1944
as Mary Fleming (uncredited)
Stars on Parade
1944
as Mary Brooks
Nine Girls
1944
as "Butch" Hendricks
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
as Jean Burton
Doughboys in Ireland
1943
as Molly Callahan
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
as Winnie Slade
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Helen Loomis
A Night to Remember
1942
as Anne Carstairs