Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
7/10/1921
Place of Birth
Windham, Maine, USA
Also Known As
Jean Marie Donnell
Jeff Donnell
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
Hoedown
as Vera Wright
Cowboy Blues
as Susan Nelson
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cornelia
The Unknown
as Nina Arnold
Flight Nurse
as Lt. Ann Phillips
Roughshod
as Elaine Wyatt
Nine Girls
as "Butch" Hendricks
Three Guys Named Mike
as Alice Raymend
Over 21
as Jan Lupton
Magnificent Roughnecks
as Julie
Easy Living
as Penny McCarr
Carolina Blues
as Charlotte Barton
Stagecoach Kid
as Jessie Arnold
Bristle Face
as Mrs. Jarkey
Skirts Ahoy!
as Giff
The Comic
as Nurse
The Iron Maiden
as Miriam Fisher
Sweet Smell of Success
as Sally
In a Lonely Place
as Sylvia Nicolai
Spider-Man
as Aunt May Parker
Career Timeline
1979
1973
1972
1969
1964
1961
1957
1956
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1946
It's Great to Be Young
as Georgia Johnson
Singing on the Trail
as Cindy Brown
Cowboy Blues
as Susan Nelson
The Unknown
as Nina Arnold
That Texas Jamboree
as Jean Warren
The Phantom Thief
as Anne Parks Duncan
Night Editor
as Martha Cochrane
Throw a Saddle on a Star
as Judy Lane
Tars and Spars
as Peggy McDougal