---
name: "Dody Goodman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dody-goodman"
fi1m_id: "dody-goodman"
imdb_id: "nm0329060"
tmdb_id: 8903
wikidata_id: "Q767649"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 October 1914"
died: "22 June 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:37:56.744649+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dody Goodman

## Identity

Dody Goodman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dody-goodman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dody-goodman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0329060
- **TMDB ID:** 8903
- **Wikidata ID:** Q767649
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dody_Goodman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q767649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0329060/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8903

Actor. Born 28 October 1914 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Died 22 June 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 October 1914, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 22 June 2008
- **Active:** 1978–1984
- **Also known as:** Dodie Goodman
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 76 (1), 1980s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dody_Goodman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q767649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0329060/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8903

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Splash*](https://film.one/film/splash.md) (80)

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## Biography

Dody Goodman (also credited as Dodie Goodman) was an American character actress. Born Dolores Goodman in Columbus, Ohio, she began her career as a dancer on Broadway in the 1940s before moving into comedy and acting roles on stage, television and film.

She gained prominence as a frequent guest on *The Tonight Show* with Jack Paar in the 1950s and played the mother of the title character in the series *Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman* (1976–77). Her film roles include Blanche Hodel in *Grease* (1978) and *Grease 2* (1982), and Mrs. Stimler in *Splash* (1984). She also provided the voice of Miss Miller in the animated series *Alvin and the Chipmunks* and the film *The Chipmunk Adventure* (1987), and had a recurring role as Aunt Sophia in *Diff'rent Strokes*.

Goodman received a Drama Desk Award nomination for her stage work in a 1984 revival of *Ah, Wilderness!*. She died in Englewood, New Jersey, in 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Splash* (1984), Fi1m 80, as Mrs. Stimler — [page](https://film.one/film/splash.md)
- *Grease* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Blanche — [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Grease Story* (2017), as Blanche Hodel (archive footage)
- *Black Ribbon* (2007), as Aunt Gayle
- *Boston Common* (1996), series, as Mrs. Gunderson
- *Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare* (1995), as Grandma Dotty Dooley
- *Cops n Roberts* (1995), Actor
- *Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #9* (1994), as Miss Miller (voice)
- *Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol* (1993), as Miss Miller (voice)
- *Samantha* (1992), as Mrs. Higgins
- *Frozen Assets* (1992), as Mrs. Patterson
- *Here and Now* (1992), series, as William Grandmother
- *Cool as Ice* (1991), as Mae
- *Splash, Too* (1988), as Mrs. Stimler
- *The Chipmunk Adventure* (1987), as Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
- *I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later* (1985), as Scheherazade
- *Private Resort* (1985), as Mrs. Rawlings
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, Actor
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Beverly Hills
- *Punky Brewster* (1984), series, Actor
- *Splash* (1984), as Mrs. Stimler — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/splash.md)
- *Just Our Luck* (1983), series, Actor
- *Alvin and the Chipmunks* (1983), series, Actor
- *Max Dugan Returns* (1983), as Mrs. Litke
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Gretchen Parks — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Grease 2* (1982), as Secretary Blanche Hodel
- *Valentine Magic on Love Island* (1980), as Ida Kramer
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Hour* (1979), series, Actor
- *Diff'rent Strokes* (1978), series, as Sophia Drummond
- *Flying High* (1978), series, Actor
- *Grease* (1978), as Blanche — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)
- *Forever Fernwood* (1977), series, Actor
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Patricia Seldon, Miss Chadwick
- *Silent Movie* (1976), as Tourist Woman (uncredited)
- *Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman* (1976), series, as Martha Larkin Shumway
- *Bedtime Story* (1964), as Fanny Eubank
- *Stanley* (1956), series, as Betty

## Gallery

- ![Dody Goodman](https://film.one/media/person/459781/gallery-1c68764bbfda.jpg) Dody Goodman — Photographer-Maurice Seymour, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Dody_Goodman_1958.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dody Goodman](https://film.one/media/person/459781/gallery-b7432504748e.jpg) Dody Goodman — Image via TMDB
- ![Dody Goodman](https://film.one/media/person/459781/gallery-017b73692a3d.jpg) Dody Goodman — Image via TMDB

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