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Jeff Donnell

1921-07-10

The Biography

Jeff Donnell (July 10, 1921 — April 11, 1988) 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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Tora! Tora! Tora!

7.1 average rating
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In a Lonely Place

7.594 average rating
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Sweet Smell of Success

7.6 average rating
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Spider-Man

6.2 average rating
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The Blue Gardenia

6.6 average rating
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The Guns of Fort Petticoat

6.3 average rating
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The Boogie Man Will Get You

6.3 average rating
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Walk Softly, Stranger

5 average rating
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My Man Godfrey

6.3 average rating
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Night Editor

5.6 average rating
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My Sister Eileen

6.7 average rating
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Easy Living

5.9 average rating
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The Power of the Whistler

5.8 average rating
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Three Guys Named Mike

5.8 average rating
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Murder by Natural Causes

6.9 average rating
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A Thousand and One Nights

5.7 average rating
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A Night to Remember

6.5 average rating
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Gidget Goes to Rome

4.8 average rating
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Roughshod

5.3 average rating
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Gidget Goes Hawaiian

4.5 average rating