Dody Goodman
Acting • Born 1914-10-28 – Died 2008-06-22
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.
Filmography
44 credits
Grease
Movie • 1978
Blanche Hodel
Max Dugan Returns
Movie • 1983
Mrs. Litke
Splash
Movie • 1984
Mrs. Stimler
Grease 2
Movie • 1982
Secretary Blanche Hodel
Samantha
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Higgins
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol
Movie • 1993
Miss Miller (voice)
Black Ribbon
Movie • 2007
Aunt Gayle
Bedtime Story
Movie • 1964
Fanny Eubank
Silent Movie
Movie • 1976
Tourist Woman (uncredited)
Cool as Ice
Movie • 1991
Mae
Splash, Too
Movie • 1988
Mrs. Stimler
The Chipmunk Adventure
Movie • 1987
Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
Movie • 1985
Scheherazade
Frozen Assets
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Patterson
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
Movie • 1995
Grandma Dotty Dooley
The Grease Story
Movie • 2017
Blanche Hodel (archive footage)
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Movie • 1980
Ida Kramer
Cops n Roberts
Movie • 1995
Private Resort
Movie • 1985
Mrs. Rawlings
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #9
Movie • 1994
Miss Miller (voice)
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
TV • 1976
Martha Larkin Shumway
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Gretchen Parks
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Beverly Hills
Boston Common
TV • 1996
Mrs. Gunderson
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
TV • 1979
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Patricia Seldon
Alvin and the Chipmunks
TV • 1983
Diff'rent Strokes
TV • 1978
Sophia Drummond
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
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Punky Brewster
TV • 1984
Texas
TV • 1980
Crazy like a Fox
TV • 1984
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
Flying High
TV • 1978
Here and Now
TV • 1992
William Grandmother
Forever Fernwood
TV • 1977
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Stanley
TV • 1956
Betty
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Miss Chadwick
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Just Our Luck
TV • 1983
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self