Jeff Donnell
Acting
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.
Born: July 10, 1921
Place of Birth: Windham, Maine, USA
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
The Addams Family
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
Emergency!
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
In a Lonely Place
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
Sweet Smell of Success
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
The Girl with Something Extra
A woman's ability to read minds disrupts her marriage.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Filmography
as Edith Sterling
as Mrs. Mathews
as Aunt May Parker
as Ethel
as Mrs. Carson
as Mrs. Cummings
as Janet Gossett
as Aunt Patti
as Mrs. Cummings
as Clara Hackler
as Ruth
as Katie
as Rose
as Mary Blunden
as Mrs. Monahan
as Cornelia
as Nurse
as Mrs. Hutton
as Mrs. Gellar
as Mrs. Hersey
as Cleaning Woman
as Nurse Klein
as Mrs. James Nelson
as Elaine
as Rooming House Manager
as Mrs. Kraft
as Varna Montgomery
as Eleanor Digby
as Mrs. Jarkey
as Mrs. Lawrence
as Miriam Fisher
as Louise Reese
as Evelyn Driscoll
as Dorothy Lawrence
as Martha Harper
as Millie Moon
as Molly
as Sylvia Dykes
as Rose Carol
as Sally
as Mary Wheller
as Sylvia
as Self
as Julie
as Mrs. Jarkey
as Kay Matheson
as Cora
as Lt. Ann Phillips
as Henrietta Van Dyke
as Sally Ellis
as Helen
as Doris
as Patty Ware
as Ann Rutledge
as Giff
as Sheherazade
as Donna Gilbert
as Marlene
as Alice Raymend
as Gwen
as Julie Wescott
as Jane Bixby
as Sally
as Vera Wright
as Sylvia Nicolai
as Penny McCarr
as April Shaughnessy
as Vinnie White
as Jessie Arnold
as Elaine Wyatt
as Miss Miller
as Cindy Brown
as Susan Nelson
as Nina Arnold
as Jean Warren
as Anne Parks Duncan
as Martha Cochrane
as Judy Lane
as Peggy McDougal
as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
as Jan Lupton
as Harem Girl
as Frances 'Francie' Lane
as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
as Charlotte Barton
as Julie Connors
as Hazel Whittaker
as Mary Fleming (uncredited)
as Mary Brooks
as "Butch" Hendricks
as Jean Burton
as Molly Callahan
as Anne Carstairs
as Winnie Slade
as Helen Loomis