Elinor Donahue

Actor

Born: April 19, 1937 (age 89)
From: 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…

Filmography (35)

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault (2016)
Self
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Lady Palimore
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (2001)
Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
Dear God (1996)
Elinor Donahue
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Orphanage Woman
Pretty Woman (1990)
Bridget
No Earthly Reason
No Earthly Reason (1984)
Mrs. Morrison
High School U.S.A. (1983)
Mrs. Franklin
Going Berserk (1983)
Margaret Anderson
Just an Overnight Guest (1983)
Police Story: No Margin for Error (1978)
Doctors' Private Lives (1978)
Mona Wise
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas (1977)
Betty Anderson
Dick Clark's Good Old Days (1977)
Mulligan's Stew (1977)
Jane Mulligan
The Father Knows Best Reunion (1977)
Betty Anderson
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
Medley Blaine
In Name Only (1969)
Esther Garrity
Girls Town (1959)
Mary Lee Morgan
Imitation of Life (1959)
Lora's Friend
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
Pattie Marie Levoy
Her First Romance (1951)
Lucille Stewart
My Blue Heaven (1950)
Mary (uncredited)
Tea for Two (1950)
The Happy Years (1950)
Connie Brown
Singing Guns (1950)
Little Girl (uncredited)
An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949)
Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
Cynthia (uncredited)
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
Alix Morgan
The Unfinished Dance (1947)
Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)