Elinor Donahue: Biografía, Filmografía y actores con los que más ha trabajado

Trabajo principal: Interpretación

Edad: 87 años

Lugar de nacimiento: Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A

Fecha de nacimiento: 19 de abril de 1937

Películas destacadas de Elinor Donahue

Elinor Donahue interpreta a Bridget en Pretty Woman — Pretty Woman
*Bridget*

Elinor Donahue interpreta a Lady Palimore en Princesa por sorpresa 2 — Princesa por sorpresa 2
*Lady Palimore*

Elinor Donahue interpreta a Orphanage Woman en Pesadilla final: La muerte de Freddy (Pesadilla en Elm Street 6) — Pesadilla final: La muerte de Freddy (Pesadilla en Elm Street 6)
*Orphanage Woman*

Elinor Donahue interpreta a Cynthia (uncredited) en Tenth Avenue Angel — Tenth Avenue Angel
*Cynthia (uncredited)*

Elinor Donahue interpreta a Little Girl (uncredited) en La canción del bandolero — La canción del bandolero
*Little Girl (uncredited)*

Elinor Donahue interpreta a Esther Garrity en In Name Only — In Name Only
*Esther Garrity*

Elinor Donahue interpreta a Betty Wheeler en Un invierno mágico — Un invierno mágico
*Betty Wheeler*

Elinor Donahue interpreta a en Police Story: No Margin for Error — Police Story: No Margin for Error

Elinor Donahue interpreta a Connie Brown en Años felices — Años felices
*Connie Brown*

Biografía de Elinor Donahue

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 Bolger as a song-and-dance man. Thereafter, she was cast with James Best, Ann Doran, and J. Carrol Naish in the 1956 episode "The White Carnation" of the religion anthology series, Crossroads. She guest starred on an episode of U.S. Marshal. She also appeared as a new bride in the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show episode titled "The Newlyweds" that aired April 2, 1956.

She played Georgiana Balanger in the episode "Dennis and the Wedding" (1960) on Dennis the Menace.[5] Donahue was also cast, in 1960, with Marion Ross in an episode ("Duet") of The Brothers Brannagan. She played Miriam Welby on ABC's The Odd Couple, Jane Mulligan on Mulligan's Stew, and Nurse Hunnicut on Days of Our Lives.

She was featured in 12 episodes of CBS's The Andy Griffith Show as pharmacist Ellie Walker, even getting a mention in the opening credits. The character was intended to be a love interest for Sheriff Andy Taylor, but after one season (1960–1961), Donahue decided to ask for a release from her three-year contract.[6]

In 1963, Donahue was cast in an episode of NBC's short-lived modern Western series, Redigo, with Richard Egan as the rancher Jim Redigo; then in 1964, she appeared as Melanie in "The Secret in the Stone" in the NBC medical drama dealing with psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour, starring Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy.

Additionally, on February 9, 1963, she played Letty May in the episode "The Burning Tree" on Have Gun Will Travel.

In the 1964–65 season, Donahue costarred as Joan Randall, the daughter of Walter Burnley, played by John McGiver, on the CBS sitcom, Many Happy Returns about the complaint department of a fictitious Los Angeles department store. She guest-appeared on Star Trek in the second-season episode "Metamorphosis" (1967) as commissioner Nancy Hedford.

In 1966, she guest starred on the TV series A Man Called Shenandoah, episode 8, "Town On Fire."