Dody Goodman

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

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

St. Elsewhere

The Merv Griffin Show

Punky Brewster

All Movies (20)

• The Grease Story2017 · as Blanche Hodel (archive footage)
• Black Ribbon2007 · as Aunt Gayle
• Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare1995 · as Grandma Dotty Dooley
• Cops n Roberts1995
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #91994 · as Miss Miller (voice)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol1993 · as Miss Miller (voice)
• Samantha1992 · as Mrs. Higgins
• Frozen Assets1992 · as Mrs. Patterson
• Cool as Ice1991 · as Mae
• Splash, Too1988 · as Mrs. Stimler
• The Chipmunk Adventure1987 · as Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
• I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later1985 · as Scheherazade
• Private Resort1985 · as Mrs. Rawlings
• Splash1984 · as Mrs. Stimler
• Max Dugan Returns1983 · as Mrs. Litke
• Grease 21982 · as Secretary Blanche Hodel
• Valentine Magic on Love Island1980 · as Ida Kramer
• Grease1978 · as Blanche Hodel
• Silent Movie1976 · as Tourist Woman (uncredited)
• Bedtime Story1964 · as Fanny Eubank

All TV Shows (24)

• Boston Common1996 · as Mrs. Gunderson
• Here and Now1992 · as William Grandmother
• Crazy like a Fox1984
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Beverly Hills
• Punky Brewster1984
• Just Our Luck1983
• Alvin and the Chipmunks1983
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Gretchen Parks
• Texas1980
• The Mary Tyler Moore Hour1979
• Diff'rent Strokes1978 · as Sophia Drummond
• Flying High1978
• Forever Fernwood1977
• The Love Boat1977 · as Patricia Seldon
• The Love Boat1977 · as Miss Chadwick
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman1976 · as Martha Larkin Shumway
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• Stanley1956 · as Betty
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self