Elinor Donahue
Actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1937 · age 89
Elinor Donahue is an American retired actress known for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson, on the 1950s American sitcom Father Knows Best.
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2016
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry VaultFilm2003
Cold CaseSeries, Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005)2001
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart WithinFilm, Rebecca Quinn Dickinson1996
Dear GodFilm, Elinor Donahue1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanSeries, Rebecca Quinn1990
Pretty WomanFilm, Bridget1985
The Golden GirlsSeries, Katherine1984No Earthly ReasonFilm, Mrs. Morrison1982
HotelSeries, Louise1978
Doctors' Private LivesFilm, Mona Wise1975
One Day at a TimeSeries1972
The RookiesSeries
Gidget Gets MarriedFilm, 1972Medley Blaine1969
In Name OnlyFilm, Esther Garrity1966
Star TrekSeries, Commissioner Nancy Hedford1961
Dr. KildareSeries, Sharon Calloway1958
77 Sunset StripSeries, Laura Holt1954
Father Knows BestSeries, Betty Anderson1952
Love Is Better Than EverFilm, Pattie Marie Levoy1950
My Blue HeavenFilm, Mary (uncredited)1949
An Old-Fashioned GirlFilm, Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)1947
The Unfinished DanceFilm, Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)1946
Winter WonderlandFilm, Betty Wheeler1943
Honeymoon LodgeFilm, Janie Thomas1937Born19 April 1937
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry VaultFilm2003Cold CaseSeries, Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005)2001Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart WithinFilm, Rebecca Quinn Dickinson1996Dear GodFilm, Elinor Donahue1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanSeries, Rebecca Quinn1990Pretty WomanFilm, Bridget1985The Golden GirlsSeries, Katherine1984No Earthly ReasonFilm, Mrs. Morrison1982HotelSeries, Louise1978Doctors' Private LivesFilm, Mona Wise1975One Day at a TimeSeries1972The RookiesSeriesGidget Gets MarriedFilm, 1972Medley Blaine1969In Name OnlyFilm, Esther Garrity1966Star TrekSeries, Commissioner Nancy Hedford1961Dr. KildareSeries, Sharon Calloway195877 Sunset StripSeries, Laura Holt1954Father Knows BestSeries, Betty Anderson1952Love Is Better Than EverFilm, Pattie Marie Levoy1950My Blue HeavenFilm, Mary (uncredited)1949An Old-Fashioned GirlFilm, Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)1947The Unfinished DanceFilm, Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)1946Winter WonderlandFilm, Betty Wheeler1943Honeymoon LodgeFilm, Janie Thomas1937Born19 April 1937People around Elinor
Close ties
Garry Marshall Directed Pretty Woman (1990)
Jane Wyatt Also in Happy Days
Héctor Elizondo Also in Pretty Woman and Dear God
Larry Miller Also in Pretty Woman and Dear God
Jerry London Directed Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Scott Marshall Also in Pretty Woman and Happy Days
Margaret O'Brien Also in The Unfinished Dance (1947)
Joe Pasternak Produced The Unfinished Dance (1947)
Whitney Houston Produced The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Stanley Donen Directed Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
Erin Moran Also in Happy Days and Dear God
Michele Lee Directed Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Crystal Bernard Also in Happy Days and High School U.S.A.- Stephanie Niznik Also in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Dear God
Rachel Talalay Directed Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Gary Grubbs Also in Happy Days and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
June Vincent Also in Honeymoon Lodge and The Arkansas Swing
Bobby Roth Directed Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Jerry Jameson Directed Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman- Noel Black Directed Mulligan's Stew
- Gabrielle Beaumont Directed Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Reza Badiyi Directed Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Jeremy Kagan Directed Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman- Nellie Bellflower Also in Happy Days
Known for
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Pretty Woman 1990
Imitation of Life 1959
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 2004
Dear God 1996
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991
Filmography 36
90 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 6
Cast photo of the Anderson family from the television program, Father Knows Best: (front) Lauren Chapin; (back, from left) Billy Gray, Jane Wyatt, Robert Young and Elinor Donahue in 1954.
Elinor Donahue and Lauren Chapin on Father Knows Best in 1959.
George Nader (left), Elinor Donahue and Andy Griffith on The Andy Griffith Show in 1961.
Nick Adams and Elinor Donahue on General Electric Theater in 1961.
Publicity photo of Elinor Donahue and Lawrence Pressman promoting the Tuesday, October 25, 1977 premiere of the NBC television series Mulligan's StewAbout this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1937 · age 89
