Elinor Donahue

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-04-19 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Tacoma, Washington, USA

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 app...

Acting

1990

Pretty Woman

as Bridget

1978

1950

Singing Guns

as Little Girl (uncredited)

1952

Love Is Better Than Ever

as Pattie Marie Levoy

1996

Dear God

as Elinor Donahue

1972

Gidget Gets Married

as Medley Blaine

1947

The Unfinished Dance

as Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)

1948

1977

Mulligan's Stew

as Jane Mulligan

1944

1951

Her First Romance

as Lucille Stewart

1943

Mister Big

as Muggsy

1969

In Name Only

as Esther Garrity

2001

1983

Going Berserk

as Margaret Anderson

1942

Girls' Town

as Bit Role (uncredited)

1948

Tenth Avenue Angel

as Cynthia (uncredited)

1946

Winter Wonderland

as Betty Wheeler

1950

The Happy Years

as Connie Brown

1977

1959

Girls Town

as Mary Lee Morgan

1983

High School U.S.A.

as Mrs. Franklin

1950

My Blue Heaven

as Mary (uncredited)

1943

Honeymoon Lodge

as Janie Thomas

1949

An Old-Fashioned Girl

as Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)

1959

Imitation of Life

as Lora's Friend

1984

No Earthly Reason

as Mrs. Morrison

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