Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell

July 10, 1921 · 105 years old

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,…

Known For

10 titles
1
Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

1957 · 1h 36m · Movie

A powerful Broadway columnist coerces an unscrupulous press agent into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

8.0
2
In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place

1950 · 1h 34m · Movie

A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

7.9
3
The Boogie Man Will Get You

The Boogie Man Will Get You

1942 · 1h 6m · Movie

A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.

5.8
4
The Fuller Brush Girl

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950 · 1h 25m · Movie

Sally borrows her friend's cosmetics kit to sell door-to-door but fails miserably. She and her fiancé get caught up in a smuggling scheme, are suspected of murders, and must evade the police while hunting for the real culprits.

6.6
5
Gidget Goes Hawaiian

Gidget Goes Hawaiian

1961 · 1h 41m · Movie

Gidget, on vacation in Hawaii, finds a gang of lads vying for her attention, starting a chain of romantic complications when her boyfriend arrives.

5.7
6
My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1957 · 1h 32m · Movie

The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.

6.2
7
Gidget Goes to Rome

Gidget Goes to Rome

1963 · 1h 44m · Movie

Gidget, in Rome for a holiday, misinterprets attention she receives from a famous journalist. Discovering he is "chaperoning" her at Dad's request she resumes interest in her boyfriend. Based upon characters created by Frederick K...

5.1
8
The Power of the Whistler

The Power of the Whistler

1945 · 1h 6m · Movie

A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.

6.3
9
Over 21

Over 21

1945 · 1h 42m · Movie

A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.

6.3
10
So This Is Love

So This Is Love

1953 · 1h 41m · Movie

Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947.

5.9