Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell

Deceased · Born: Jul 10, 1921 · Died: Apr 11, 1988

Known For

Sweet Smell of SuccessSweet Smell of Success
In a Lonely PlaceIn a Lonely Place
The Amazing Spider-ManThe Amazing Spider-Man
The Blue GardeniaThe Blue Gardenia

Personal Details

BornJul 10, 1921 South Windham, Maine, USA
Spouse

  • Radcliffe Bealey

    ( Feb 28, 1974 to Dec 31, 1969 )

  • John Bricker

    ( Sep 1, 1958 to Mar 10, 1964 )

  • Aldo Ray

    ( Sep 30, 1954 to Oct 16, 1956 )

  • Bill Anderson

    ( Dec 25, 1940 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Parents
  • Mildred Louise Ayer Donnell
  • Harold Eugene Donnell
Relatives
  • Doris Ayer Donnell Vickery (Sibling)

Biography

Jean Marie Donnell, professionally known as Jeff Donnell, was a talented actress born in 1921 in a boys' reformatory in South Windham, Maine. She was the younger of two daughters born to schoolteacher Mildred and penologist Howard.

Career

1979
Murder by Natural Causes
Murder by Natural Causes as Mrs. Mathews
Rendezvous Hotel
Rendezvous Hotel as Mrs. Williams
Portrait of a Stripper
Portrait of a Stripper as Edith Sterling
1978
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man as Aunt May Parker
1973
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak as Mrs. Cummings
1972
Stand Up and Be Counted
Stand Up and Be Counted as Ruth
1971
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
Congratulations, It's a Boy! as Rose
Love Hate Love
Love Hate Love as Mary Blunden
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! as Cornelia
1969
The Comic
The Comic as Nurse
1964
Disneyland
Disneyland as Mrs. Jarkey
1963
The Iron Maiden
The Iron Maiden as Miriam Fisher
Gidget Goes to Rome
Gidget Goes to Rome as Mrs. Lawrence
1961
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Gidget Goes Hawaiian as Dorothy Lawrence
Force of Impulse
Force of Impulse as Louise Reese
1957
My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey as Molly
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Mary Wheller
Sweet Smell of Success
Sweet Smell of Success as Sally
1956
Magnificent Roughnecks
Magnificent Roughnecks as Julie
1954
Massacre Canyon
Massacre Canyon as Cora
1953
The Blue Gardenia
The Blue Gardenia as Sally Ellis
Flight Nurse
Flight Nurse as Lt. Ann Phillips
So This Is Love
So This Is Love as Henrietta Van Dyke
1952
Because You're Mine
Because You're Mine as Patty Ware
Thief of Damascus
Thief of Damascus as Sheherazade
The First Time
The First Time as Donna Gilbert
Skirts Ahoy!
Skirts Ahoy! as Giff
1951
Three Guys Named Mike
Three Guys Named Mike as Alice Raymend
1950
The Fuller Brush Girl
The Fuller Brush Girl as Jane Bixby
Walk Softly, Stranger
Walk Softly, Stranger as Gwen
In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place as Sylvia Nicolai
Redwood Forest Trail
Redwood Forest Trail as Julie Wescott
Big Timber
Big Timber as Sally
Hoedown
Hoedown as Vera Wright
1949
Roughshod
Roughshod as Elaine Wyatt
Outcasts of the Trail
Outcasts of the Trail as Vinnie White
Post Office Investigator
Post Office Investigator as April Shaughnessy
Easy Living
Easy Living as Penny McCarr
Stagecoach Kid
Stagecoach Kid as Jessie Arnold
1947
Mr. District Attorney
Mr. District Attorney as Miss Miller
1946
The Phantom Thief
The Phantom Thief as Anne Parks Duncan
That Texas Jamboree
That Texas Jamboree as Jean Warren
Night Editor
Night Editor as Martha Cochrane
Cowboy Blues
Cowboy Blues as Susan Nelson
The Unknown
The Unknown as Nina Arnold
Tars and Spars
Tars and Spars as Peggy McDougal
Singing on the Trail
Singing on the Trail as Cindy Brown
It's Great to Be Young
It's Great to Be Young as Georgia Johnson
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Throw a Saddle on a Star as Judy Lane
1945
Song of the Prairie
Song of the Prairie as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
Over 21
Over 21 as Jan Lupton
The Power of the Whistler
The Power of the Whistler as Frances 'Francie' Lane
Eadie Was a Lady
Eadie Was a Lady as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
A Thousand and One Nights
A Thousand and One Nights as Harem Girl
1944
Nine Girls
Nine Girls as "Butch" Hendricks
Carolina Blues
Carolina Blues as Charlotte Barton
Dancing in Manhattan
Dancing in Manhattan as Julie Connors
Stars on Parade
Stars on Parade as Mary Brooks
She's a Soldier Too
She's a Soldier Too as Mary Fleming (uncredited)
Three Is a Family
Three Is a Family as Hazel Whittaker
1943
Doughboys in Ireland
Doughboys in Ireland as Molly Callahan
There's Something About a Soldier
There's Something About a Soldier as Jean Burton
What's Buzzin', Cousin?
What's Buzzin', Cousin? as Billie
1942
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember as Anne Carstairs
The Boogie Man Will Get You
The Boogie Man Will Get You as Winnie Slade
My Sister Eileen
My Sister Eileen as Helen Loomis