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Elinor Donahue

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United StatesActorsBorn 1937 · age 89
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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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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.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.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.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.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 StewPublicity photo of Elinor Donahue and Lawrence Pressman promoting the Tuesday, October 25, 1977 premiere of the NBC television series Mulligan's Stew

Filmography 35

Pretty Woman1990 · ★ 7.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement2004 · ★ 6.7
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare1991 · ★ 5.3
Imitation of Life1959 · ★ 7.5
Dear God1996 · ★ 5.4
Going Berserk1983
High School U.S.A.1983
Tea for Two1950
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within2001
Girls Town1959
Tenth Avenue Angel1948
Singing Guns1950
Love Is Better Than Ever1952
The Unfinished Dance1947
Three Daring Daughters1948
Gidget Gets Married1972
The Happy Years1950
And Now Tomorrow1944
My Blue Heaven1950
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault2016
Winter Wonderland1946
Her First Romance1951
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas1977
Mister Big1943
The Father Knows Best Reunion1977
An Old-Fashioned Girl1949
Just an Overnight Guest1983
Dick Clark's Good Old Days1977
In Name Only1969
Police Story: No Margin for Error1978
Girls' Town1942
Doctors' Private Lives1978
Honeymoon Lodge1943
Mulligan's Stew1977
No Earthly Reason1984

86 credits on file

Television 24

Friends1994
Murder, She Wrote1984
Star Trek1966
The Love Boat1977
The Andy Griffith Show1960
Cold Case2003
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman1993
Happy Days1974
The Virginian1962
The Golden Girls1985
Coach1989
The Merv Griffin Show1962
Have Gun, Will Travel1957
Hotel1982
Dr. Kildare1961
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show1950
Ellen1994
Barnaby Jones1973
Police Woman1974
Father Knows Best1954
One Day at a Time1975
The Rookies1972
The Odd Couple1970
CHiPs1977

Connected to Elinor 6

Raymond ChandlerAlso in And Now Tomorrow (1944)Jane WyattAlso in Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas (1977)Joe LandoAlso in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (2001)Jeanette MacDonaldAlso in Three Daring Daughters (1948)Angela CartwrightAlso in High School U.S.A. (1983)Yaphet KottoAlso in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1937 · age 89
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21 languages

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