Elinor Donahue

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...

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Cast Credits

Dear God

as Elinor Donahue

Pretty Woman

as Bridget

No Earthly Reason

as Mrs. Morrison

High School U.S.A.

as Mrs. Franklin

Going Berserk

as Margaret Anderson

Mulligan's Stew

as Jane Mulligan

Gidget Gets Married

as Medley Blaine

In Name Only

as Esther Garrity

Girls Town

as Mary Lee Morgan

Imitation of Life

as Lora's Friend

Love Is Better Than Ever

as Pattie Marie Levoy

Her First Romance

as Lucille Stewart

My Blue Heaven

as Mary (uncredited)

The Happy Years

as Connie Brown

Singing Guns

as Little Girl (uncredited)

An Old-Fashioned Girl

as Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)

Tenth Avenue Angel

as Cynthia (uncredited)

The Unfinished Dance

as Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)

Winter Wonderland

as Betty Wheeler