Personal Info
Jean Marie Donnell
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Murder by Natural Causes
as Mrs. Mathews
Portrait of a Stripper
as Edith Sterling
Rendezvous Hotel
as Mrs. Williams
Spider-Man
as Aunt May Parker
A Gift of Terror
as Mrs. Cummings
Stand Up and Be Counted
as Ruth
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
as Rose
Love Hate Love
as Mary Blunden
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cornelia
The Comic
as Nurse
TV Shows
Gibbsville
1 ep.
McNaughton's Daughter
as Mrs. Wilson · 3 ep.
Matt Helm
as Ethel · 7 ep.
Paper Moon
as Mrs. Carson · 1 ep.
Barnaby Jones
as Janet Gossett · 1 ep.
Police Story
2 ep.
Here We Go Again
as Aunt Patti · 1 ep.
The Girl with Something Extra
1 ep.
Emergency!
as Katie · 1 ep.
The Bob Newhart Show
as Clara Hackler · 1 ep.