As Actor
Murder by Natural Causes
1979
6.9
Jeff Donnell
Acting
Birth Date
July 10, 1921
Place of Birth
Windham, Maine, USA
Date of Death
April 11, 1988
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Spider-Man
1977
6.3
As Actor
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
1971
6.0
As Actor
Love Hate Love
1971
5.8
As Actor
The Iron Maiden
1963
6.4
As Actor
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
1961
4.6
As Actor
My Man Godfrey
1957
6.4
As Actor
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
7.6
As Actor
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957
6.3
As Actor
Massacre Canyon
1954
5.0
As Actor
Flight Nurse
1953
5.5
As Actor
So This Is Love
1953
4.5
As Actor
The Blue Gardenia
1953
6.6
As Actor
Because You're Mine
1952
6.7
As Actor
The First Time
1952
6.8
As Actor
Three Guys Named Mike
1951
5.7
As Actor
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
5.0
As Actor
Hoedown
1950
5.0
As Actor
In a Lonely Place
1950
7.6
As Actor
Easy Living
1949
5.9