
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.…
Filmography

Girls' Town
1942 · 10.0

The Arkansas Swing
1948 · 10.0

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1969 · 9.0

The Brothers Brannagan
1960 · 9.0

Friends
1994 · 8.4

E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 8.1

Occasional Wife
1966 · 8.0
Mulligan's Stew
1977 · 8.0

Doctors' Private Lives
1978 · 8.0

Star Trek
1966 · 8.0

The Odd Couple
1970 · 7.8

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within
2001 · 7.8

Cold Case
2003 · 7.7

Happy Days
1974 · 7.6

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993 · 7.6

The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · 7.6

The Golden Girls
1985 · 7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5

My Blue Heaven
1950 · 7.5

The Happy Years
1950 · 7.5

Pretty Woman
1990 · 7.4

Imitation of Life
1959 · 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · 7.3

Get a Life
1990 · 7.3

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
1977 · 7.3

Newhart
1982 · 7.2

77 Sunset Strip
1958 · 7.2

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950 · 7.2

Petrocelli
1974 · 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · 7.2

S.W.A.T.
1975 · 7.2

Diff'rent Strokes
1978 · 7.1

Barnaby Jones
1973 · 7.0

Police Story
1973 · 7.0

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1987 · 7.0

In Name Only
1969 · 7.0

Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1977 · 7.0

Just an Overnight Guest
1983 · 7.0

Police Story: No Margin for Error
1978 · 7.0

The Rookies
1972 · 6.9

Eek! The Cat
1992 · 6.9

One Day at a Time
1975 · 6.8

CHiPs
1977 · 6.8

Herman's Head
1991 · 6.8

General Electric Theater
1953 · 6.8

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004 · 6.7

Hotel
1982 · 6.7

Father Knows Best
1954 · 6.7

The Eleventh Hour
1962 · 6.7

Coach
1989 · 6.7

Dennis the Menace
1959 · 6.6

Letter to Loretta
1953 · 6.6

Love Is Better Than Ever
1952 · 6.6

The Virginian
1962 · 6.5

Police Woman
1974 · 6.5

Tenth Avenue Angel
1948 · 6.5

Honeymoon Lodge
1943 · 6.5

Battle of the Network Stars
1976 · 6.4

Singing Guns
1950 · 6.4

The Unfinished Dance
1947 · 6.4

The Flying Nun
1967 · 6.3

Redigo
1963 · 6.3

Gidget Gets Married
1972 · 6.3

The Love Boat
1977 · 6.2

Ellen
1994 · 6.2

Tea for Two
1950 · 6.2

Many Happy Returns
1964 · 6.0

An Old-Fashioned Girl
1949 · 6.0

And Now Tomorrow
1944 · 6.0

Three Daring Daughters
1948 · 5.9

Dr. Kildare
1961 · 5.7

The Father Knows Best Reunion
1977 · 5.7

High School U.S.A.
1983 · 5.5

Dear God
1996 · 5.4

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991 · 5.3

Winter Wonderland
1946 · 5.2

Going Berserk
1983 · 5.1

Condominium
1980 · 4.2

Her First Romance
1951 · 4.0

Mister Big
1943 · 3.8

Girls Town
1959 · 3.7

No Friends
2025 · 0.0
$weepstake$
1979 · 0.0
No Earthly Reason
1984 · 0.0

Mulligan's Stew
1977 · 0.0