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Jeff Donnell (July 10, 1921 – April 11, 1988) 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''.〔(Wade Ballard, "The Jeff Donnell Story" )〕 To avoid gender confusion, she was sometimes billed as "(Miss) Jeff Donnell." ==Career== 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''. In 1966 she made five appearances on ''Dr. Kildare'' as Evelyn Driscoll. Her other notable appearances in movies and television include: * "Winnie Slade" in ''The Boogie Man Will Get You'' (1942) * ''Doughboys in Ireland'' (1943) * "Butch" in ''Nine Girls'' (1944) * "Nina" in "The Unknown" (1946) One of the "I Love A Mystery" movies. * "Jessie Arnold" in ''Stagecoach Kid'' (1949) * "Penny Mc Carr" in ''Easy Living'' (1949) * "Sylvia Nicolai" in ''In a Lonely Place'' (1950) * ''Thief of Damascus'' (Leading Lady) Movie (1952) * "Sally Ellis" in ''The Blue Gardenia'' (1953) * "Alice Gobel" in the ''George Gobel'' TV show (1954–1958) * ''Magnificent Roughnecks'' (1956) as ''Julie'' * "Sally" in ''Sweet Smell Of Success'' (1957) * "Miriam Fisher" in ''The Iron Maiden'' (1962; released in the U.S. as ''Swinging Maiden'') * "Eleanor Digby" in ''The Addams Family'' (1966; episode #57) * "Cornelia," (Cornelia Fort), a flying instructor in ''Tora, Tora, Tora'' (1970) * "Ruth" in ''Stand Up and Be Counted'' (1972) * "Mrs James Nelson" in ''Adam-12'' (1973) * "Aunt May Parker" in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (1977) * "Stella Fields" in the TV soap opera ''General Hospital'' (1980–1988) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeff Donnell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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