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Elinor Donahue

Acting · Born April 19, 1937 · Tacoma, Washington, USA

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.

Movies with Elinor Donahue

• Pretty Woman (1990) — Bridget
• The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) — Lady Palimore
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) — Orphanage Woman
• Imitation of Life (1959) — Lora's Friend (uncredited)
• Going Berserk (1983) — Margaret Anderson
• Dear God (1996) — Elinor Donahue
• Police Story: No Margin for Error (1978)
• High School U.S.A. (1983) — Mrs. Franklin
• In Name Only (1969) — Esther Garrity
• Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault (2016) — Self
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (2001) — Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
• Dick Clark's Good Old Days (1977)

TV shows with Elinor Donahue

• The Andy Griffith Show (1960) — Ellie Walker
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) — Rebecca Quinn
• The Odd Couple (1970) — Miriam Welby
• Father Knows Best (1954) — Betty Anderson
• Eek! The Cat (1992) — Mom (voice)
• Get a Life (1990) — Gradys Peterson
• The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987) — Susan Baxter
• Many Happy Returns (1964)