Cast & creator
Dody Goodman
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show
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.
Also known as: Dodie Goodman
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television credits
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1948–2017 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (43)
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Patricia Seldon
1977The Love Boat
Miss Chadwick
1977
Murder, She Wrote
Beverly Hills
1984
St. Elsewhere
Gretchen Parks
1982
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Martha Larkin Shumway
1976
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
Alvin and the Chipmunks
1983
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Punky Brewster
1984
Grease
Blanche
1978
Boston Common
Mrs. Gunderson
1996
Flying High
1978
Forever Fernwood
1977
Splash
Mrs. Stimler
1984
Grease 2
Secretary Blanche Hodel
1982
Just Our Luck
1983
Here and Now
William Grandmother
1992
Private Resort
Mrs. Rawlings
1985
Cool as Ice
Mae
1991
Silent Movie
Tourist Woman (uncredited)
1976
Diff'rent Strokes
Sophia Drummond
1978
The Chipmunk Adventure
Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
1987The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
1979
Bedtime Story
Fanny Eubank
1964
Splash, Too
Mrs. Stimler
1988
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
Scheherazade
1985
Frozen Assets
Mrs. Patterson
1992
Max Dugan Returns
Mrs. Litke
1983
Stanley
Betty
1956
Black Ribbon
Aunt Gayle
2007
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Ida Kramer
1980
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol
Miss Miller (voice)
1993
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
Grandma Dotty Dooley
1995
Cops n Roberts
1995
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #9
Miss Miller (voice)
1994
Samantha
Mrs. Higgins
1992
The Grease Story
Blanche Hodel (archive footage)
2017