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… Read more
Known for Friends 1994 Pretty Woman 1990 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 2004 Star Trek 1966 Series ★ 8.4 Friends 1994
Aunt Lillian Series ★ 8.1 E! True Hollywood Story 1996
Series ★ 8 Star Trek 1966
Commissioner Nancy Hedford ★ 7.8 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within 2001
Rebecca Quinn Dickinson Series ★ 7.8 The Odd Couple 1970
Miriam Welby Series ★ 7.7 Cold Case 2003
Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005) Series ★ 7.6 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1993
Rebecca Quinn Series ★ 7.6 The Golden Girls 1985
Katherine Series ★ 7.6 Happy Days 1974
Series ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960
Ellie Walker Series ★ 7.5 Murder, She Wrote 1984
Connie Lewis ★ 7.4 Pretty Woman 1990
Bridget ★ 7.4 Imitation of Life 1959
Lora's Friend (uncredited) Series ★ 7.3 Get a Life 1990
Gradys Peterson Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Letty Mae Stinchcomb Series ★ 7.3 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1950
Emily Vanderlip Foster Series ★ 7.2 Petrocelli 1974
Joan Hiller Series ★ 7.2 77 Sunset Strip 1958
Laura Holt Series ★ 7.1 Diff'rent Strokes 1978
Series ★ 7.1 S.W.A.T. 1975
Series ★ 7.1 Barnaby Jones 1973
Judy Corbett Series ★ 7 Police Story 1973
Series ★ 6.9 Eek! The Cat 1992
Mom (voice) Series ★ 6.9 Herman's Head 1991
Mrs. Fitzer Series ★ 6.9 The Rookies 1972
Series ★ 6.8 Hotel 1982
Louise Series ★ 6.8 CHiPs 1977
Elnor Donahue (uncredited) Series ★ 6.8 One Day at a Time 1975
★ 6.7 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 2004
Lady Palimore Series ★ 6.7 Coach 1989
Lorraine Series ★ 6.6 Dennis the Menace 1959
Series ★ 6.6 Father Knows Best 1954
Betty Anderson Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Carole Cole Series ★ 6.4 Police Woman 1974
Ellie Tarlow Series ★ 6.3 The Love Boat 1977
Rowena Series ★ 6.3 The Flying Nun 1967
Dr. Jennifer Ethrington Series ★ 6.1 Ellen 1994
Delores Warwell ★ 6.1 Tea for Two 1950
★ 5.5 High School U.S.A. 1983
Mrs. Franklin ★ 5.4 Dear God 1996
Elinor Donahue ★ 5.3 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991
Orphanage Woman ★ 5.1 Going Berserk 1983
Margaret Anderson ★ 3.7 Girls Town 1959
Mary Lee Morgan 
