Elinor Donahue
Acting
Born April 19, 1937
From Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also known as Mary Eleanor 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...
Filmography
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Self
20165.8
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Lady Palimore
20046.7
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within
Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
20017.8
Dear God
Elinor Donahue
19965.4
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Orphanage Woman
19915.3
Pretty Woman
Bridget
19907.4
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No Earthly Reason
Mrs. Morrison
1984
High School U.S.A.
Mrs. Franklin
19835.5
Going Berserk
Margaret Anderson
19835.1
Just an Overnight Guest
19837.0
Police Story: No Margin for Error
19787.0
Doctors' Private Lives
Mona Wise
19788.0
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
Betty Anderson
19777.3
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
19777.0
Mulligan's Stew
Jane Mulligan
1977
The Father Knows Best Reunion
Betty Anderson
19775.7
Gidget Gets Married
Medley Blaine
19726.3
In Name Only
Esther Garrity
19697.0
Girls Town
Mary Lee Morgan
19593.8
Imitation of Life
Lora's Friend
19597.5
Love Is Better Than Ever
Pattie Marie Levoy
19526.6
Her First Romance
Lucille Stewart
19514.0
My Blue Heaven
Mary (uncredited)
19507.5
Tea for Two
19506.1
The Happy Years
Connie Brown
19507.5
Singing Guns
Little Girl (uncredited)
19506.4
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
19496.0
Tenth Avenue Angel
Cynthia (uncredited)
19486.5
Three Daring Daughters
Alix Morgan
19485.9
The Unfinished Dance
Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
19476.4
Winter Wonderland
Betty Wheeler
19465.2
And Now Tomorrow
Janice
19446.0
Honeymoon Lodge
Janie Thomas
19436.5
Mister Big
Muggsy
19433.8
Girls' Town
Bit Role (uncredited)
194210.0