Personal Info
Known Credits
35
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1937-04-19 (88 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also Known For
Mary Eleanor Donahue
Elinor 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 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 a ...
Known For
Acting
2016 --
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
| Self
2004 --
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
| Lady Palimore
2001 --
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within
| Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
1996 --
Dear God
| Elinor Donahue
1991 --
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
| Orphanage Woman
1990 --
Pretty Woman
| Bridget
1984 --
No Earthly Reason
| Mrs. Morrison
1983 --
High School U.S.A.
| Mrs. Franklin
1983 --
Going Berserk
| Margaret Anderson
1983 --
Just an Overnight Guest
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1978 --
Police Story: No Margin for Error
|
1978 --
Doctors' Private Lives
| Mona Wise
1977 --
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
| Betty Anderson
1977 --
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
|
1977 --
Mulligan's Stew
| Jane Mulligan
1977 --
The Father Knows Best Reunion
| Betty Anderson
1972 --
Gidget Gets Married
| Medley Blaine
1969 --
In Name Only
| Esther Garrity
1959 --
Girls Town
| Mary Lee Morgan
1959 --
Imitation of Life
| Lora's Friend
1952 --
Love Is Better Than Ever
| Pattie Marie Levoy
1951 --
Her First Romance
| Lucille Stewart
1950 --
My Blue Heaven
| Mary (uncredited)
1950 --
Tea for Two
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1950 --
The Happy Years
| Connie Brown
1950 --
Singing Guns
| Little Girl (uncredited)
1949 --
An Old-Fashioned Girl
| Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
1948 --
Tenth Avenue Angel
| Cynthia (uncredited)
1948 --
Three Daring Daughters
| Alix Morgan
1947 --
The Unfinished Dance
| Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
1946 --
Winter Wonderland
| Betty Wheeler
1944 --
And Now Tomorrow
| Janice
1943 --
Honeymoon Lodge
| Janie Thomas
1943 --
Mister Big
| Muggsy
1942 --
Girls' Town
| Bit Role (uncredited)