Elinor Donahue
Actor
Born April 19, 1937 in 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. 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.
Filmography
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Self
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Lady Palimore
Cold Case
Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within
Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
Dear God
Elinor Donahue
E! True Hollywood Story
Friends
Aunt Lillian
Ellen
Delores Warwell
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Rebecca Quinn
Eek! The Cat
Mom (voice)
Herman's Head
Mrs. Fitzer
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Orphanage Woman
Get a Life
Gradys Peterson
Pretty Woman
Bridget
Coach
Lorraine
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
Susan Baxter
The Golden Girls
Katherine
Murder, She Wrote
Connie Lewis
High School U.S.A.
Mrs. Franklin
Going Berserk
Margaret Anderson
Just an Overnight Guest
Hotel
Louise
Condominium
Audrey Ames
Diff'rent Strokes
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Doctors' Private Lives
Mona Wise
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
Betty Anderson
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
The Love Boat
Rowena
CHiPs
Elnor Donahue (uncredited)
Mulligan's Stew
Jane Mulligan
The Father Knows Best Reunion
Betty Anderson
Battle of the Network Stars
One Day at a Time
S.W.A.T.
Police Woman
Ellie Tarlow
Happy Days
Police Story
Barnaby Jones
Judy Corbett
The Rookies
Gidget Gets Married
Medley Blaine
The Odd Couple
Miriam Welby
In Name Only
Esther Garrity
The Flying Nun
Dr. Jennifer Ethrington
Occasional Wife
Star Trek
Commissioner Nancy Hedford
Redigo
The Eleventh Hour
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Virginian
Carole Cole
Dr. Kildare
Sharon Calloway
The Andy Griffith Show
Ellie Walker
The Brothers Brannagan
Diane
Girls Town
Mary Lee Morgan
Dennis the Menace
Imitation of Life
Lora's Friend
77 Sunset Strip
Laura Holt
Have Gun, Will Travel
Letty Mae Stinchcomb
Father Knows Best
Betty Anderson
Letter to Loretta
Debbie Waring
General Electric Theater
Carol Madsen
Love Is Better Than Ever
Pattie Marie Levoy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Her First Romance
Lucille Stewart
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Emily Vanderlip Foster
My Blue Heaven
Mary (uncredited)
Tea for Two
The Happy Years
Connie Brown
Singing Guns
Little Girl (uncredited)
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Tenth Avenue Angel
Cynthia (uncredited)
Three Daring Daughters
Alix Morgan
The Unfinished Dance
Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Winter Wonderland
Betty Wheeler
And Now Tomorrow
Janice
Honeymoon Lodge
Janie Thomas
Mister Big
Muggsy
Girls' Town
Bit Role (uncredited)