Biography of elinor donahue

          Elinor Donahue is an American retired actress, best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the....

          Born Mary Eleanor Donahue in Tacoma, Washington, on April 19, , she appeared as a radio singer and vaudeville dancer while a mere toddler.

        1. Elinor Donahue is an American retired actress, best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the s American sitcom Father Knows Best.
        2. Elinor Donahue is an American retired actress, best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the.
        3. Mary Eleanor Donahue (born April 19, ), best known as Elinor Donahue, is an American actress.
        4. An American actress, born in Tacoma, Washington, on April 19, She began her career as a radio singer and vaudeville dancer when she was just a child.

          5. Elinor Donahue

          American actress (born 1937)

          Elinor Donahue (born Mary Eleanor Donahue, April 19, 1937) is an American retired actress, best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the 1950s American sitcom Father Knows Best.

          Early life and career

          Donahue was born in Tacoma, Washington, the daughter of Doris Genevieve (née Gelbaugh) and Thomas William Donahue on April 19, 1937.[2]

          Appearing in dancing-chorus film roles from the age of five, Donahue was at one point a ballet-school classmate of future Fred Astaire partner Barrie Chase.

          She was a child actress working in vaudeville[3] and had several bit parts in movies as a teenager, including Love Is Better Than Ever (1952), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Tea for Two (1950) starring Doris Day.

          She played one of the daughters in Three Daring Daughters in 1948 and appeared as Mamie Van Doren's sister in Girls Town (1959).

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