JEFF DONNELL - INSCRIBED LOBBY CARD SIGNED - HFSID 269580

JEFF DONNELL
Inscribed and signed lobby card for her 1945 film Song of the Prairie
Lobby Card inscribed and signed: "Thank you, Claude, for sharing!/Jeff Donnell". Color, 14x11. Promoting the 1945 musical Western, Song of the Prairie, which starred Donnell as Penelope "Penny" Stevens. ©1947, Columbia Pictures Corp. The film also featured Ken Curtis, June Storey, the Hooter Hotshots (from the National Barn Dance), Andy Clyde, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Grady Sutton, Thurston Hall, the Town Criers, Duece Sprigging and his band, the Trailsmen and Carolina Cotton. In the year she made this film, Donnell appeared five other feature films: Over 21, A Thousand and One Nights, The Power of the Whistler, Dancing in Manhattan and Eadie Was a Lady. Screen and television actress Jeff Donnell (1921-1988), born Jean Marie Donnell, had made her film debut in 1942's My Sister Eileen. She appeared in a long list of feature films, but is best known for her television work. Donnell played Alice, the wife of George Gobel, on The George Gobel Show (1954-1958) and was Ethel, the secretary, on Matt Helm (1975-1976). She also guest starred on numerous TV shows from 1953-1979. Donnell's second husband (1954-1956) was actor Aldo Ray. Creased. Lightly soiled, minor stain at last "s" in Spriggins. ½-inch tear at lower blank edge. Worn at corners. Stamp on verso (no show through). Overall, fine condition.