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Elinor Donahue‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1937-04-19

Popularity

star25.5

Elinor Donahue

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Elinor Donahue

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1937-04-19

Popularity

star25.5

Biography

Mary Eleanor Donahue (born April 19, 1937), credited as Elinor Donahue, is an American actress, best remembered today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, on the 1950s American sitcom Father Knows Best. Donahue achieved stardom for her role as the elder daughter, Betty, on the television family series Father Knows Best. Her co-stars were Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray as her younger brother, James "Bud" Anderson, Jr., and Lauren Chapin as her younger sister, Kathy. Donahue was a musical judge in ABC's Jukebox Jury (1953–54). While in the first season of Father Knows Best she also appeared on The Ray Bolger Show, starring Ray Bolger as a song-and-dance man. Thereafter, she was cast with James Best, Ann Doran, and J. Carrol Naish in the 1956 episode "The White Carnation" of the religion anthology series, Crossroads. She guest starred on an episode of U.S. Marshal. She also appeared as a new bride in the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show episode titled "The Newlyweds" that aired April 2, 1956. She played Georgiana Balanger in the episode "Dennis and the Wedding" (1960) on Dennis the Menace.[5] Donahue was also cast, in 1960, with Marion Ross in an episode ("Duet") of The Brothers Brannagan. She played Miriam Welby on ABC's The Odd Couple, Jane Mulligan on Mulligan's Stew, and Nurse Hunnicut on Days of Our Lives. She was featured in 12 episodes of CBS's The Andy Griffith Show as pharmacist Ellie Walker, even getting a mention in the opening credits. The character was intended to be a love interest for Sheriff Andy Taylor, but after one season (1960–1961), Donahue decided to ask for a release from her three-year contract.[6] In 1963, Donahue was cast in an episode of NBC's short-lived modern Western series, Redigo, with Richard Egan as the rancher Jim Redigo; then in 1964, she appeared as Melanie in "The Secret in the Stone" in the NBC medical drama dealing with psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour, starring Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy. Additionally, on February 9, 1963, she played Letty May in the episode "The Burning Tree" on Have Gun Will Travel. In the 1964–65 season, Donahue costarred as Joan Randall, the daughter of Walter Burnley, played by John McGiver, on the CBS sitcom, Many Happy Returns about the complaint department of a fictitious Los Angeles department store. She guest-appeared on Star Trek in the second-season episode "Metamorphosis" (1967) as commissioner Nancy Hedford. In 1966, she guest starred on the TV series A Man Called Shenandoah, episode 8, "Town On Fire."

Movie Credits

Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman‌
star7.5
calendar 1990

Doctors' Private Lives

Doctors' Private Lives‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare‌
star5.3
calendar 1991

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas‌
star7.3
calendar 1977

Singing Guns

Singing Guns‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

Love Is Better Than Ever

Love Is Better Than Ever‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

Tea for Two

Tea for Two‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Dear God

Dear God‌
star5.5
calendar 1996

Police Story: No Margin for Error

Police Story: No Margin for Error‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Gidget Gets Married

Gidget Gets Married‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

The Unfinished Dance

The Unfinished Dance‌
star6.0
calendar 1947

Three Daring Daughters

Three Daring Daughters‌
star5.7
calendar 1948

Mulligan's Stew

Mulligan's Stew‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

And Now Tomorrow

And Now Tomorrow‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

Her First Romance

Her First Romance‌
star2.0
calendar 1951

Mister Big

Mister Big‌
star2.2
calendar 1943

In Name Only

In Name Only‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Dick Clark's Good Old Days

Dick Clark's Good Old Days‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within‌
star7.8
calendar 2001

Going Berserk

Going Berserk‌
star5.1
calendar 1983

Girls' Town

Girls' Town‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Tenth Avenue Angel

Tenth Avenue Angel‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland‌
star4.3
calendar 1946

The Happy Years

The Happy Years‌
star7.7
calendar 1950

Just an Overnight Guest

Just an Overnight Guest‌
star0.0
calendar 1983

The Father Knows Best Reunion

The Father Knows Best Reunion‌
star5.5
calendar 1977

Girls Town

Girls Town‌
star3.6
calendar 1959

High School U.S.A.

High School U.S.A.‌
star5.6
calendar 1983

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Honeymoon Lodge

Honeymoon Lodge‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

An Old-Fashioned Girl

An Old-Fashioned Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life‌
star7.4
calendar 1959

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault‌
star5.7
calendar 2016

No Earthly Reason

No Earthly Reason‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement‌
star6.7
calendar 2004

Tv Credits

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Star Trek

Star Trek‌
star8.0
calendar 1966

Ellen

Ellen‌
star6.4
calendar 1994

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple‌
star7.8
calendar 1970

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Friends

Friends‌
star8.4
calendar 1994

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls‌
star7.5
calendar 1985

The Flying Nun

The Flying Nun‌
star6.5
calendar 1967

Cold Case

Cold Case‌
star7.8
calendar 2003

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.1
calendar 1996

Eek! The Cat

Eek! The Cat‌
star6.8
calendar 1992

Hotel

Hotel‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

Happy Days

Happy Days‌
star7.7
calendar 1974

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman‌
star7.6
calendar 1993

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Get a Life

Get a Life‌
star7.3
calendar 1990

Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns‌
star5.0
calendar 1964

Redigo

Redigo‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars‌
star7.2
calendar 1976

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter‌
star5.0
calendar 1987

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best‌
star6.6
calendar 1954

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Occasional Wife

Occasional Wife‌
star7.5
calendar 1966

Mulligan's Stew

Mulligan's Stew‌
star7.0
calendar 1977

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town‌
star9.0
calendar 1969

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Condominium

Condominium‌
star3.7
calendar 1980

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

CHiPs

CHiPs‌
star6.8
calendar 1977

The Brothers Brannagan

The Brothers Brannagan‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Police Woman

Police Woman‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Herman's Head

Herman's Head‌
star6.6
calendar 1991

Coach

Coach‌
star6.9
calendar 1989

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958