Elinor Donahue
Biografia
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."
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Film • 2016
jako Self
Pamiętnik księżniczki 2: Królewskie zaręczyny
Film • 2004
jako Lady Palimore
Dowody zbrodni
Serial • 2003
jako Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005)
Doktor Quinn: Serce Na Dłoni
Film • 2001
jako Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
Dear God
Film • 1996
jako Elinor Donahue
E! True Hollywood Story
Serial • 1996
Przyjaciele
Serial • 1994
jako Aunt Lillian
Ellen
Serial • 1994
jako Delores Warwell
Doktor Quinn
Serial • 1993
jako Rebecca Quinn
Kot Ik!
Serial • 1992
jako Mom (voice)
Herman's Head
Serial • 1991
jako Mrs. Fitzer
Koszmar z Ulicy Wiązów 6: Freddy nie żyje, koniec koszmaru
Film • 1991
jako Orphanage Woman
Get a Life
Serial • 1990
jako Gradys Peterson
Pretty Woman
Film • 1990
jako Bridget
Coach
Serial • 1989
jako Lorraine
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
Serial • 1987
jako Susan Baxter
Złotka
Serial • 1985
jako Katherine
Napisała: Morderstwo
Serial • 1984
jako Connie Lewis
No Earthly Reason
Film • 1984
jako Mrs. Morrison
High School U.S.A.
Film • 1983
jako Mrs. Franklin
Going Berserk
Film • 1983
jako Margaret Anderson
Just an Overnight Guest
Film • 1983
Hotel
Serial • 1982
jako Louise
Condominium
Serial • 1980
jako Audrey Ames
$weepstake$
Serial • 1979
Diff'rent Strokes
Serial • 1978
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Film • 1978
Doctors' Private Lives
Film • 1978
jako Mona Wise
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
Film • 1977
jako Betty Anderson
Mulligan's Stew
Serial • 1977
jako Jane Mulligan
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
Film • 1977
The Love Boat
Serial • 1977
jako Rowena
CHiPs
Serial • 1977
jako Elnor Donahue (uncredited)
Mulligan's Stew
Film • 1977
jako Jane Mulligan
The Father Knows Best Reunion
Film • 1977
jako Betty Anderson
Battle of the Network Stars
Serial • 1976
One Day at a Time
Serial • 1975
S.W.A.T.
Serial • 1975
Police Woman
Serial • 1974
jako Ellie Tarlow
Petrocelli
Serial • 1974
jako Joan Hiller
Happy Days
Serial • 1974
Police Story
Serial • 1973
Barnaby Jones
Serial • 1973
jako Judy Corbett
The Rookies
Serial • 1972
Gidget Gets Married
Film • 1972
jako Medley Blaine
The Odd Couple
Serial • 1970
jako Miriam Welby
In Name Only
Film • 1969
jako Esther Garrity
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Serial • 1969
The Flying Nun
Serial • 1967
jako Dr. Jennifer Ethrington
Occasional Wife
Serial • 1966
Star Trek
Serial • 1966
jako Commissioner Nancy Hedford
Many Happy Returns
Serial • 1964
Redigo
Serial • 1963
The Eleventh Hour
Serial • 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Serial • 1962
jako Self
The Virginian
Serial • 1962
jako Carole Cole
Dr. Kildare
Serial • 1961
jako Sharon Calloway
The Andy Griffith Show
Serial • 1960
jako Ellie Walker
The Brothers Brannagan
Serial • 1960
jako Diane
Girls Town
Film • 1959
jako Mary Lee Morgan
Dennis the Menace
Serial • 1959
Zwierciadło życia
Film • 1959
jako Lora's Friend (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
Serial • 1958
jako Laura Holt
Have Gun, Will Travel
Serial • 1957
jako Letty Mae Stinchcomb
Father Knows Best
Serial • 1954
jako Betty Anderson
Letter to Loretta
Serial • 1953
jako Debbie Waring
General Electric Theater
Serial • 1953
jako Carol Madsen
Love Is Better Than Ever
Film • 1952
jako Pattie Marie Levoy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Serial • 1951
Her First Romance
Film • 1951
jako Lucille Stewart
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Serial • 1950
jako Emily Vanderlip Foster
My Blue Heaven
Film • 1950
jako Mary (uncredited)
Herbatka we dwoje
Film • 1950
The Happy Years
Film • 1950
jako Connie Brown
Singing Guns
Film • 1950
jako Little Girl (uncredited)
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Film • 1949
jako Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Tenth Avenue Angel
Film • 1948
jako Cynthia (uncredited)
Three Daring Daughters
Film • 1948
jako Alix Morgan
The Unfinished Dance
Film • 1947
jako Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Winter Wonderland
Film • 1946
jako Betty Wheeler
And Now Tomorrow
Film • 1944
jako Janice
Honeymoon Lodge
Film • 1943
jako Janie Thomas
Mister Big
Film • 1943
jako Muggsy
Girls' Town
Film • 1942
jako Bit Role (uncredited)