People
Elinor Donahue
Biography:
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault as Self | 2016-12-05 |
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as Lady Palimore | 2004-08-06 |
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within as Rebecca Quinn Dickinson | 2001-05-12 |
Dear God as Elinor Donahue | 1996-11-01 |
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare as Orphanage Woman | 1991-09-05 |
Pretty Woman as Bridget | 1990-03-23 |
No Earthly Reason as Mrs. Morrison | 1984-04-03 |
High School U.S.A. as Mrs. Franklin | 1983-10-16 |
Going Berserk as Margaret Anderson | 1983-09-30 |
Just an Overnight Guest | 1983-08-01 |
Police Story: No Margin for Error | 1978-04-30 |
Doctors' Private Lives as Mona Wise | 1978-03-20 |
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas as Betty Anderson | 1977-12-18 |
Dick Clark's Good Old Days | 1977-10-11 |
Mulligan's Stew as Jane Mulligan | 1977-06-20 |
The Father Knows Best Reunion as Betty Anderson | 1977-05-15 |
Gidget Gets Married as Medley Blaine | 1972-01-04 |
In Name Only as Esther Garrity | 1969-11-25 |
Girls Town as Mary Lee Morgan | 1959-10-05 |
Imitation of Life as Lora's Friend | 1959-06-26 |
Love Is Better Than Ever as Pattie Marie Levoy | 1952-02-23 |
Her First Romance as Lucille Stewart | 1951-05-04 |
My Blue Heaven as Mary (uncredited) | 1950-09-15 |
Tea for Two | 1950-09-01 |
The Happy Years as Connie Brown | 1950-07-07 |
Singing Guns as Little Girl (uncredited) | 1950-02-28 |
An Old-Fashioned Girl as Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue) | 1949-01-19 |
Tenth Avenue Angel as Cynthia (uncredited) | 1948-02-20 |
Three Daring Daughters as Alix Morgan | 1948-02-12 |
The Unfinished Dance as Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue) | 1947-09-19 |
Winter Wonderland as Betty Wheeler | 1946-05-12 |
And Now Tomorrow as Janice | 1944-11-22 |
Honeymoon Lodge as Janie Thomas | 1943-07-23 |
Mister Big as Muggsy | 1943-05-28 |
Girls' Town as Bit Role (uncredited) | 1942-03-06 |