--- name: "Jeff Donnell" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-donnell" fi1m_id: "jeff-donnell" imdb_id: "nm0232655" tmdb_id: 14576 wikidata_id: "Q275769" roles: ["Actor"] born: "10 July 1921" died: "11 April 1988" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T08:16:32.999483+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." --- # Jeff Donnell ## Identity Jeff Donnell - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-donnell - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jeff-donnell - **IMDb ID:** nm0232655 - **TMDB ID:** 14576 - **Wikidata ID:** Q275769 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Donnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14576 Actor. Born 10 July 1921 in Windham, Maine, USA. Died 11 April 1988. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 10 July 1921, Windham, Maine, USA - **Died:** 11 April 1988 - **Active:** 1950–1957 - **Also known as:** Jean Marie Donnell - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Donnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14576 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Sweet Smell of Success*](https://film.one/film/sweet-smell-of-success.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jeff Donnell, born Jean Marie Donnell, was an American actress. She was born on 10 July 1921 in Windham, Maine, and died on 11 April 1988 in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Towson High School in Maryland in 1938, attended the Leland Powers School of Drama in Boston, and studied at the Yale School of Drama. Donnell made her film debut in *My Sister Eileen* (1942) after being signed by Columbia Pictures. She appeared in supporting roles in numerous films and television productions, including *In a Lonely Place* (1950) as Sylvia Nicolai and *Sweet Smell of Success* (1957) as Sally. Other credits include *The Blue Gardenia* (1953), *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970) and guest appearances in series such as *Perry Mason*, *Mister Ed* and *The Bob Newhart Show*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Sweet Smell of Success* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Sally — [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-smell-of-success.md) ## Complete filmography (108) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Portrait of a Stripper* (1979), as Edith Sterling - *Rendezvous Hotel* (1979), as Mrs. Williams - *Murder by Natural Causes* (1979), as Mrs. Mathews - *Spider-Man* (1977), as Aunt May Parker - *Gibbsville* (1976), series, Actor - *McNaughton's Daughter* (1976), series, as Mrs. Wilson - *Matt Helm* (1975), series, as Ethel - *Paper Moon* (1974), series, as Mrs. Carson - *The Girl with Something Extra* (1973), series, Actor - *A Gift of Terror* (1973), as Mrs. Cummings - *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor - *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Janet Gossett - *Here We Go Again* (1973), series, as Aunt Patti - *The ABC Afternoon Playbreak* (1972), series, as Mrs. Cummings - *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, as Clara Hackler - *Stand Up and Be Counted* (1972), as Ruth - *Emergency!* (1972), series, as Katie - *Me and the Chimp* (1972), series, Actor - *Congratulations, It's a Boy!* (1971), as Rose - *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor - *Love Hate Love* (1971), as Mary Blunden - *The Partridge Family* (1970), series, as Mrs. Monahan - *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970), as Cornelia - *The Comic* (1969), as Nurse - *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Mrs. Hutton, Mrs. Gellar - *Medical Center* (1969), series, as Mrs. Hersey - *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Cleaning Woman - *The Bold Ones: The New Doctors* (1969), series, as Nurse Klein - *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Mrs. James Nelson - *The Mothers-in-Law* (1967), series, as Elaine - *Felony Squad* (1966), series, Actor - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Rooming House Manager, Mrs. Kraft - *Gidget* (1965), series, Actor - *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Varna Montgomery - *The Addams Family* (1964), series, as Eleanor Digby - *Bristle Face* (1964), as Mrs. Jarkey - *Gidget Goes to Rome* (1963), as Mrs. Lawrence - *The Iron Maiden* (1963), as Miriam Fisher - *Force of Impulse* (1961), as Louise Reese - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Evelyn Driscoll - *Gidget Goes Hawaiian* (1961), as Dorothy Lawrence - *Mister Ed* (1961), series, as Martha Harper - *Special for Women* (1960), series, as The Career Woman - *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Millie Moon - *My Man Godfrey* (1957), as Molly - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Sylvia Dykes, Rose Carol - *Sweet Smell of Success* (1957), as Sally — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-smell-of-success.md) - *Destination 60,000* (1957), as Ruth Buckley - *The Guns of Fort Petticoat* (1957), as Mary Wheller - *Sincerely, Willis Wade* (1956), as Sylvia - *Magnificent Roughnecks* (1956), as Julie - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1954), series, as Mrs. Jarkey - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Kay Matheson - *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor - *Meet the O'Briens* (1954), as Nancy - *Massacre Canyon* (1954), as Cora - *Flight Nurse* (1953), as Lt. Ann Phillips - *So This Is Love* (1953), as Henrietta Van Dyke - *The Blue Gardenia* (1953), as Sally Ellis - *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Doris - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Ann Rutledge - *Because You're Mine* (1952), as Patty Ware - *Skirts Ahoy!* (1952), as Giff - *Thief of Damascus* (1952), as Sheherazade - *The First Time* (1952), as Donna Gilbert - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Actor - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Pug, Marlene - *Racket Squad* (1951), series, Actor - *Three Guys Named Mike* (1951), as Alice Raymend - *Walk Softly, Stranger* (1950), as Gwen - *Redwood Forest Trail* (1950), as Julie Wescott - *The Fuller Brush Girl* (1950), as Jane Bixby - *Big Timber* (1950), as Sally - *Hoedown* (1950), as Vera Wright - *In a Lonely Place* (1950), as Sylvia Nicolai - *Easy Living* (1949), as Penny McCarr - *Post Office Investigator* (1949), as April Shaughnessy - *Outcasts of the Trail* (1949), as Vinnie White - *Stagecoach Kid* (1949), as Jessie Arnold - *Roughshod* (1949), as Elaine Wyatt - *Mr. District Attorney* (1947), as Miss Miller - *It's Great to Be Young* (1946), as Georgia Johnson - *Singing on the Trail* (1946), as Cindy Brown - *Cowboy Blues* (1946), as Susan Nelson - *The Unknown* (1946), as Nina Arnold - *That Texas Jamboree* (1946), as Jean Warren - *The Phantom Thief* (1946), as Anne Parks Duncan - *Night Editor* (1946), as Martha Cochrane - *Throw a Saddle on a Star* (1946), as Judy Lane - *Tars and Spars* (1946), as Peggy McDougal - *Song of the Prairie* (1945), as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens - *Over 21* (1945), as Jan Lupton - *A Thousand and One Nights* (1945), as Harem Girl - *The Power of the Whistler* (1945), as Frances 'Francie' Lane - *Eadie Was a Lady* (1945), as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker - *Carolina Blues* (1944), as Charlotte Barton - *Dancing in Manhattan* (1944), as Julie Connors - *3 Is a Family* (1944), as Hazel Whittaker - *Mr. Winkle Goes to War* (1944), Actor - *She's a Soldier Too* (1944), as Mary Fleming (uncredited) - *Stars on Parade* (1944), as Mary Brooks - *Nine Girls* (1944), as "Butch" Hendricks - *There's Something About a Soldier* (1943), as Jean Burton - *Doughboys in Ireland* (1943), as Molly Callahan - *A Night to Remember* (1942), as Anne Carstairs - *The Boogie Man Will Get You* (1942), as Winnie Slade - *My Sister Eileen* (1942), as Helen Loomis ## Gallery - ![Depicted person: Jeff Donnell – American actress (1921–1988)](https://film.one/media/person/155999/gallery-ac48c6ebd7a9.jpg) Depicted person: Jeff Donnell – American actress (1921–1988) — Studio Publicity, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/JeffDonnell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jeff Donnell](https://film.one/media/person/155999/gallery-a13bb31faca0.jpg) Jeff Donnell — Image via TMDB - ![Jeff Donnell](https://film.one/media/person/155999/gallery-06615c18a688.jpg) Jeff Donnell — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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