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Jeff Donnell

Jul 10, 1921 - Apr 11, 1988 (66 years old) in Windham, Maine, USA

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.

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Perry Mason
Sylvia Dykes
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Climax!
Kay Matheson
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Emergency!
Katie
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Adam-12
Mrs. James Nelson
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The Bob Newhart Show
Clara Hackler
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The Addams Family
Eleanor Digby
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Medical Center
Mrs. Hersey
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Love, American Style
Mrs. Hutton
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Matinee Theater
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Cannon

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