Jeff Donnell

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 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 Gidgets mother Dorothy Lawrence opposite Carl Reiner in the 1961 movie Gidget Goes Hawaiian Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Donnell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia