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Actor Born: July 10, 1921 in South Windham, ME Death: April 11, 1988 in Hollywood, CA Biography:Miss Jeff Donnell, as she was often billed, was signed by Columbia Pictures almost immediately after her graduation from Yale Drama School. Though likeable and talented enough for leading roles, the toothy, frizzy-haired Ms. Donnell was most often seen as the heroine's best friend or as kooky comedy relief. Columbia certainly kept her busy during her ten-year stay at that studio, casting her in such "A" pictures as "My Sister Eileen" (1942) and "In a Lonely Place" (1952) and "B"s like "The Boogie Man Will Get You" (1942) and "Thief of Damascus" (1952); she is particularly amusing in the latter film as Scheherezade, garrulously insisting upon telling her Arabian Nights stories to a villainous caliph whether he likes it or not. From 1954 through 1956, Jeff was married to another longtime Columbia contractee, Aldo Ray. On television, Jeff spent four years on "The George Gobel Show" as Gobel's wife,... Full Biography
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