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...
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...
Known For
Pretty Woman
as Bridget
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
as Lady Palimore
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Orphanage Woman
Cast Credits
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
as Lady Palimore
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within
as Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
Dear God
as Elinor Donahue
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Orphanage Woman
Pretty Woman
as Bridget
No Earthly Reason
as Mrs. Morrison
High School U.S.A.
as Mrs. Franklin
Going Berserk
as Margaret Anderson
Doctors' Private Lives
as Mona Wise
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
as Betty Anderson
Mulligan's Stew
as Jane Mulligan
The Father Knows Best Reunion
as Betty Anderson
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)
Three Daring Daughters
as Alix Morgan
The Unfinished Dance
as Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Winter Wonderland
as Betty Wheeler