Birthday
1937/04/19 (87 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also know as
Mary Eleanor 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 Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray as her younger brother, James "Bud" Anderson, Jr., and Lauren Chapin a...Read more
(1990) Pretty Woman
as Bridget
(1978) Doctors' Private Lives
as Mona Wise
(1991) Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Orphanage Woman
(1977) Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
as Betty Anderson
(1950) Singing Guns
as Little Girl (uncredited)
(1952) Love Is Better Than Ever
as Pattie Marie Levoy
(1950) Tea for Two
as ---
(1996) Dear God
as Elinor Donahue
(1978) Police Story: No Margin for Error
as ---
(1972) Gidget Gets Married
as Medley Blaine
(1947) The Unfinished Dance
as Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
(1948) Three Daring Daughters
as Alix Morgan
(1977) Mulligan's Stew
as Jane Mulligan
(1944) And Now Tomorrow
as Janice
(1951) Her First Romance
as Lucille Stewart
(1943) Mister Big
as Muggsy
(1969) In Name Only
as Esther Garrity
(1977) Dick Clark's Good Old Days
as ---
(2001) Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within
as Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
(1983) Going Berserk
as Margaret Anderson
(1942) Girls' Town
as Bit Role (uncredited)
(1948) Tenth Avenue Angel
as Cynthia (uncredited)
(1946) Winter Wonderland
as Betty Wheeler
(1950) The Happy Years
as Connie Brown
(1983) Just an Overnight Guest
as ---
(1977) The Father Knows Best Reunion
as Betty Anderson
(1959) Girls Town
as Mary Lee Morgan
(1983) High School U.S.A.
as Mrs. Franklin
(1950) My Blue Heaven
as Mary (uncredited)
(1943) Honeymoon Lodge
as Janie Thomas
(1949) An Old-Fashioned Girl
as Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
(1959) Imitation of Life
as Lora's Friend
(2016) Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
as Self
(1984) No Earthly Reason
as Mrs. Morrison
(2004) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
as Lady Palimore
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Ellie Walker
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Connie Lewis
(1966) Star Trek
as Commissioner Nancy Hedford
(1994) Ellen
as Delores Warwell
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1970) The Odd Couple
as Miriam Welby
(1977) The Love Boat
as Rowena
(1994) Friends
as Aunt Lillian
(1985) The Golden Girls
as Katherine
(1967) The Flying Nun
as Dr. Jennifer Ethrington
(2003) Cold Case
as Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005)
(1978) Diff'rent Strokes
as ---
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1992) Eek! The Cat
as Mom (voice)
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1974) Happy Days
as ---
(1993) Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Carol Madsen
(1990) Get a Life
as Gradys Peterson
(1964) Many Happy Returns
as ---
(1963) Redigo
as ---
(1962) The Eleventh Hour
as ---
(1959) Dennis the Menace
as ---
(1976) Battle of the Network Stars
as ---
(1987) The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
as Susan Baxter
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1954) Father Knows Best
as Betty Anderson
(1975) S.W.A.T.
as ---
(1962) The Virginian
as Carole Cole
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1966) Occasional Wife
as ---
(1977) Mulligan's Stew
as Jane Mulligan
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Sharon Calloway
(1969) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Debbie Waring
(1950) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Emily Vanderlip Foster
(1977) The Love Boat
as Betty Anderson
(1980) Condominium
as Audrey Ames
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Janey
(1977) CHiPs
as Elnor Donahue (uncredited)
(1960) The Brothers Brannagan
as Diane
(1975) One Day at a Time
as ---
(1977) The Love Boat
as Mrs. Van Buren
(1974) Police Woman
as Ellie Tarlow
(1991) Herman's Head
as Mrs. Fitzer
(1989) Coach
as Lorraine
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Letty Mae Stinchcomb
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Laura Holt
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Judy Corbett