Elinor Donahue
Born in Tacoma, Washington, USA — Apr 19 1937
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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…
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Elinor Donahue's Credits
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Friends
Aunt Lillian
Star Trek
Commissioner Nancy Hedford
Murder, She Wrote
Connie Lewis
Cold Case
Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005)
The Love Boat
Rowena
The Andy Griffith Show
Ellie Walker
Have Gun, Will Travel
Letty Mae Stinchcomb
The Virginian
Carole Cole
Coach
Lorraine
Dr. Kildare
Sharon Calloway
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Rebecca Quinn
Happy Days
The Golden Girls
Katherine
Hotel
Police Woman
Ellie Tarlow
Ellen
Delores Warwell
The Odd Couple
Miriam Welby
The Rookies
Barnaby Jones
Judy Corbett
77 Sunset Strip
Laura Holt
One Day at a Time
Father Knows Best
Betty Anderson
Dennis the Menace
Police Story
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Emily Vanderlip Foster
Herman's Head
Mrs. Fitzer
The Flying Nun
Dr. Jennifer Ethrington
Eek! The Cat
Mom (voice)
CHiPs
Elnor Donahue (uncredited)
Get a Life
Gradys Peterson
Pretty Woman
Bridget
$weepstake$
Occasional Wife
Battle of the Network Stars
S.W.A.T.
The Eleventh Hour
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Lady Palimore
Letter to Loretta
Debbie Waring
My Blue Heaven
Mary (uncredited)
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
Susan Baxter
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Orphanage Woman
The Brothers Brannagan
Diane
Redigo
Condominium
Audrey Ames
Diff'rent Strokes
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
General Electric Theater
Carol Madsen
Many Happy Returns
E! True Hollywood Story
Mulligan's Stew
Jane Mulligan
Dear God
Elinor Donahue
Going Berserk
Margaret Anderson
Singing Guns
Little Girl (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
Lora's Friend
High School U.S.A.
Mrs. Franklin
Tea for Two
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Self
Girls Town
Mary Lee Morgan
In Name Only
Esther Garrity
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within
Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
The Happy Years
Connie Brown
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Honeymoon Lodge
Janie Thomas
Tenth Avenue Angel
Cynthia (uncredited)
Love Is Better Than Ever
Pattie Marie Levoy
Gidget Gets Married
Medley Blaine
Mister Big
Muggsy
The Father Knows Best Reunion
Betty Anderson
The Unfinished Dance
Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Three Daring Daughters
Alix Morgan
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
Betty Anderson
Doctors' Private Lives
Mona Wise
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
And Now Tomorrow
Janice
Her First Romance
Lucille Stewart
Winter Wonderland
Betty Wheeler
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
No Earthly Reason
Mrs. Morrison
Girls' Town
Bit Role (uncredited)
Just an Overnight Guest
Mulligan's Stew
Jane Mulligan