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