
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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The titles people know Dody from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

as Blanche Hodel (archive footage)

as Aunt Gayle

as Mrs. Gunderson · 1 episode

as Grandma Dotty Dooley


as Miss Miller (voice)

as Miss Miller (voice)

as Mrs. Higgins
as Mrs. Patterson

as William Grandmother · 1 episode
as Mrs. Stimler
as Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
as Scheherazade
as Mrs. Rawlings

1 episode
as Beverly Hills · 1 episode
1 episode
as Mrs. Stimler
11 episodes
as Sophia Drummond · 5 episodes

1 episode
as Blanche

30 episodes
as Patricia Seldon · 1 episode
as Tourist Woman (uncredited)
as Martha Larkin Shumway · 325 episodes
as Fanny Eubank

as Betty · 6 episodes
The people who keep turning up in Dody’s titles.