Jeff Donnell
female
Born on July 10, 1921 (103 years old)
Passed Away on April 11, 1988
From Windham, Maine, USA
Known for Acting
Biography
Jeff Donnell was an American film and television actress. Born Jean Marie Donnell, 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.
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Night Editor
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Martha Cochrane
1946
The Unknown
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Nina Arnold
1946
The Phantom Thief
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Anne Parks Duncan
1946
That Texas Jamboree
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Jean Warren
1946
Singing on the Trail
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Cindy Brown
1946
Throw a Saddle on a Star
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Judy Lane
1946
Cowboy Blues
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Susan Nelson
1946
Tars and Spars
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Peggy McDougal
1946
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It's Great to Be Young
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Georgia Johnson
1946
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