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Elinor Donahue
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Elinor Donahue
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1937-04-19,Tacoma, Washington, USA
Gender
Female
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."

Filmography

7.441

Pretty Woman
1990-03-23

Doctors' Private Lives

8

Doctors' Private Lives
1978-03-20

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

5.289

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991-09-05

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

7.3

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
1977-12-18

6.4

Singing Guns
1950-02-28

Love Is Better Than Ever

6.6

Love Is Better Than Ever
1952-02-23

6.2

Tea for Two
1950-09-01

5.4

Dear God
1996-11-01

Police Story: No Margin for Error

7

Police Story: No Margin for Error
1978-04-30

Gidget Gets Married

6.3

Gidget Gets Married
1972-01-04

The Unfinished Dance

6.4

The Unfinished Dance
1947-09-19

Three Daring Daughters

5.9

Three Daring Daughters
1948-02-12

Mulligan's Stew

0

Mulligan's Stew
1977-06-20

And Now Tomorrow

6

And Now Tomorrow
1944-11-22

Her First Romance

4

Her First Romance
1951-05-04

3.8

Mister Big
1943-05-28

7

In Name Only
1969-11-25

Dick Clark's Good Old Days

7

Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1977-10-11

5.1

Going Berserk
1983-09-30

10

Girls' Town
1942-03-06

Tenth Avenue Angel

6.5

Tenth Avenue Angel
1948-02-20

Winter Wonderland

5.2

Winter Wonderland
1946-05-12

The Happy Years

7.5

The Happy Years
1950-07-07

Just an Overnight Guest

7

Just an Overnight Guest
1983-08-01

The Father Knows Best Reunion

5.7

The Father Knows Best Reunion
1977-05-15

3.7

Girls Town
1959-10-05

High School U.S.A.

5.5

High School U.S.A.
1983-10-16

7.5

My Blue Heaven
1950-09-15

Honeymoon Lodge

6.5

Honeymoon Lodge
1943-07-23

An Old-Fashioned Girl

6

An Old-Fashioned Girl
1949-01-19

Imitation of Life

7.4

Imitation of Life
1959-04-09

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

5.8

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016-12-05

No Earthly Reason

0

No Earthly Reason
1984-04-03

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

6.7

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004-08-06

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within

7.8

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within
2001-05-12

The Arkansas Swing

10

The Arkansas Swing
1948-07-28

0

No Friends
2025-05-18

The Andy Griffith Show

7.625

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

Murder, She Wrote

7.522

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7.976

Star Trek
1966-09-08

6.2

Ellen
1994-03-29

6.9

The Rookies
1972-09-11

7.8

The Odd Couple
1970-09-24

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

8.408

Friends
1994-09-22

The Golden Girls

7.585

The Golden Girls
1985-09-14

6.3

The Flying Nun
1967-09-07

7.7

Cold Case
2003-09-28

Diff'rent Strokes

7.1

Diff'rent Strokes
1978-11-03

E! True Hollywood Story

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

6.9

Eek! The Cat
1992-09-11

6.7

Hotel
1982-08-21

7.6

Happy Days
1974-01-15

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

7.642

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993-01-01

General Electric Theater

6.8

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

7.3

Get a Life
1990-09-23

Many Happy Returns

6

Many Happy Returns
1964-09-21

6.3

Redigo
1963-09-24

The Eleventh Hour

6.7

The Eleventh Hour
1962-10-03

Dennis the Menace

6.6

Dennis the Menace
1959-10-04

Battle of the Network Stars

6.4

Battle of the Network Stars
1976-11-13

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

7

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1987-07-18

7

Police Story
1973-03-20

Father Knows Best

6.7

Father Knows Best
1954-10-03

7.1

S.W.A.T.
1975-02-24

6.5

The Virginian
1962-09-19

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Occasional Wife

8

Occasional Wife
1966-09-13

Mulligan's Stew

8

Mulligan's Stew
1977-10-25

5.7

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

9

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1969-09-26

Letter to Loretta

6.6

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

7.2

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950-10-12

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

4.2

Condominium
1980-04-06

Letter to Loretta

6.6

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

6.8

CHiPs
1977-09-15

The Brothers Brannagan

9

The Brothers Brannagan
1960-09-24

One Day at a Time

6.8

One Day at a Time
1975-12-16

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.5

Police Woman
1974-09-13

6.8

Herman's Head
1991-09-08

6.7

Coach
1989-02-28

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.3

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

77 Sunset Strip

7.2

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

7

Barnaby Jones
1973-01-28

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

0

$weepstake$
1979-01-26

7.2

Petrocelli
1974-09-11

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

7.2

Newhart
1982-10-02