Dody Goodman

Born: 1914-10-28

Dody Goodman (October 28, 1914 – June 22, 2008) was an American character actress. She played the mother of the title character in the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, her distinctive high-pitched voice announcing the show's title at the beginning of each episode. She was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show in the 1950s, and cast member of The Mary Tyler Moore Hour in 1979. Aside from film and television appearances, she also voiced Miss Miller in the television series Alvin and the Chipmunks and the film spin-off The Chipmunk Adventure. She also played on Punky Brewster, as Punky's teacher.


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Grease

as Blanche Hodel
Released: 1978-07-07

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they...

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Splash

as Mrs. Stimler
Released: 1984-03-09

A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication...

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Grease 2

as Secretary Blanche Hodel
Released: 1982-06-11

It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors...

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Cool as Ice

as Mae
Released: 1991-10-18

Freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician Johnny rolls into a small town with his band, and meets...

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The Chipmunk Adventure

as Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
Released: 1987-05-22

The Chipmunks and the Chipettes go head to head in a hot air balloon race, and the winner gets...

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Private Resort

as Mrs. Rawlings
Released: 1985-05-03

Chasing women for the weekend at a luxurious Miami resort, teen buddies Ben and Jack get more...

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Silent Movie

as Tourist Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1976-06-17

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with...

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Max Dugan Returns

as Mrs. Litke
Released: 1983-03-25

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who...

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Frozen Assets

as Mrs. Patterson
Released: 1992-10-23

A man is hired to run a bank which turns out to be a sperm bank.

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Splash, Too

as Mrs. Stimler
Released: 1988-05-01

A sequel to the popular romantic mermaid drama, in which Allen and Madison return to New York -...

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The Grease Story

as Blanche Hodel (archive footage)
Released: 2017-11-05

The story behind the classic movie musical. The programme examines the original stage musical in...

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Bedtime Story

as Fanny Eubank
Released: 1964-06-10

Benson, is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is...

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I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later

as Scheherazade
Released: 1985-10-19

Jeannie has been a happily married housewife for 15 years to her astronaut husband Tony Nelson...

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Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare

as Grandma Dotty Dooley
Released: 1995-03-31

It's time for the annual Dooley family reunion and Dooley matriarch Meemaw's 100th birthday...

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Samantha

as Mrs. Higgins
Released: 1992-11-20

A young woman sets out to find her birth parents when she finds out that she is adopted.

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Valentine Magic on Love Island

as Ida Kramer
Released: 1980-02-15

Janis Paige presides over the proceedings at a posh resort, using magical powers to help eight...

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Black Ribbon

as Aunt Gayle
Released: 2007-09-28

A writer buys a typewriter which brings out his deepest and darkest desires.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol

as Miss Miller (voice)
Released: 1993-09-29

In this story inspired by the timeless classic, A Christmas Carol, Alvin finds himself center...

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Cops n Roberts

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-01

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Love Boat

as Patricia Seldon
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Love Boat

as Miss Chadwick
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Beverly Hills
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

as Martha Larkin Shumway
First aired: 1976-01-05

In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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St. Elsewhere

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-26

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-06-24

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Crazy like a Fox

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-12-30

Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired...

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Punky Brewster

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-16

An abandoned waif and her dog are taken in by a cranky apartment manager who becomes her...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Alvin and the Chipmunks

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-09-17

Three chipmunk brothers, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are adopted by human, Dave.

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Dinah!

as Self
First aired: 1974-10-21

Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...

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Boston Common

as Mrs. Gunderson
First aired: 1996-03-21

After moving to Boston from Virginia, to spy on his sister who just started college, Boyd finds...

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Flying High

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-29

Flying High is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS from August 28, 1978 until...

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Texas

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-08-04

Texas is an American daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December...

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Stanley

as Betty
First aired: 1956-09-24

Stanley is an American situation comedy starring Buddy Hackett, Carol Burnett, and the voice of...

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Here and Now

as William Grandmother
First aired: 1992-09-19

Here and Now is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1992 to...

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Just Our Luck

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-09-20

Just Our Luck is a short-lived American sitcom which aired on the American Broadcasting Company...

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Diff'rent Strokes

as Sophia Drummond
First aired: 1978-11-03

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African...

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