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Jeff Donnell
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.
Known For

Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cornelia

Sweet Smell of Success
as Sally

In a Lonely Place
as Sylvia Nicolai

Spider-Man
as Aunt May Parker

The Blue Gardenia
as Sally Ellis

Gidget Goes Hawaiian
as Dorothy Lawrence

A Thousand and One Nights
as Harem Girl

The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Mary Wheller

Walk Softly, Stranger
as Gwen

My Man Godfrey
as Molly