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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 28, 1914
Died
June 22, 2008
Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Dodie Goodman
Dody Goodman
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
8.4
Blanche Hodel (archive footage)
The Grease Story
2017
3.1
Aunt Gayle
Black Ribbon
2007
6.9
Mrs. Gunderson
Boston Common
1996
4.4
Grandma Dotty Dooley
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995
0.0
Cops n Roberts
1995
0.0
Miss Miller (voice)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #9
1994
8.5
Miss Miller (voice)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol
1993
4.0
Mrs. Higgins
Samantha
1992
3.5
Mrs. Patterson
Frozen Assets
1992
6.0
William Grandmother
Here and Now
1992
Credits
The Grease Story
as Blanche Hodel (archive footage)
2017
8.4
Black Ribbon
as Aunt Gayle
2007
3.1
Boston Common
as Mrs. Gunderson
1996
6.9
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
as Grandma Dotty Dooley
1995
4.4
Cops n Roberts
1995
0.0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #9
as Miss Miller (voice)
1994
0.0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol
as Miss Miller (voice)
1993
8.5
Samantha
as Mrs. Higgins
1992
4.0
Frozen Assets
as Mrs. Patterson
1992
3.5
Here and Now
as William Grandmother
1992
6.0
Cool as Ice
as Mae
1991
4.9
Splash, Too
as Mrs. Stimler
1988
4.7
The Chipmunk Adventure
as Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
1987
6.8
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
as Scheherazade
1985
5.6
Private Resort
as Mrs. Rawlings
1985
5.7
Crazy like a Fox
1984
7.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Beverly Hills
1984
7.5
Punky Brewster
1984
7.4
Splash
as Mrs. Stimler
1984
6.3
Just Our Luck
1983
5.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks
1983
6.8
Max Dugan Returns
as Mrs. Litke
1983
6.5
St. Elsewhere
1982
5.5
Grease 2
as Secretary Blanche Hodel
1982
5.2
Texas
1980
5.7
Valentine Magic on Love Island
as Ida Kramer
1980
1.0
🎬
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
1979
0.0
Diff'rent Strokes
as Sophia Drummond
1978
7.0
Flying High
1978
4.5
Grease
as Blanche Hodel
1978
7.4
🎬
Forever Fernwood
1977
5.0
The Love Boat
as Patricia Seldon
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Miss Chadwick
1977
6.3
Silent Movie
as Tourist Woman (uncredited)
1976
6.5
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
as Martha Larkin Shumway
1976
7.1
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Bedtime Story
as Fanny Eubank
1964
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Stanley
as Betty
1956
5.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
5.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8