Elinor Donahue

1937 (89) • Acting

Born: 4/19/1937 (89) in Tacoma, Washington, USA

Known for: Acting

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.

Known For

Friends

84%

Aunt Lillian

1994

Star Trek

80%

Commissioner Nancy Hedford

1966

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

76%

Rebecca Quinn

1993

Murder, She Wrote

75%

Connie Lewis

1984

Cold Case

77%

Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005)

2003

The Golden Girls

76%

Katherine

1985

Happy Days

76%

Unknown

1974

Diff'rent Strokes

71%

Unknown

1978

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

58%

Self

2016

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

67%

Lady Palimore

2004

Cold Case

77%

Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005)

2003

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within

78%

Rebecca Quinn Dickinson

2001

Dear God

54%

Elinor Donahue

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

81%

Unknown

1996

Friends

84%

Aunt Lillian

1994

Ellen

61%

Delores Warwell

1994

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

76%

Rebecca Quinn

1993

Eek! The Cat

69%

Mom (voice)

1992

Herman's Head

69%

Mrs. Fitzer

1991

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

53%

Orphanage Woman

1991

Get a Life

73%

Gradys Peterson

1990

Pretty Woman

74%

Bridget

1990

Coach

67%

Lorraine

1989

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

70%

Susan Baxter

1987

The Golden Girls

76%

Katherine

1985

Murder, She Wrote

75%

Connie Lewis

1984

No Earthly Reason

Mrs. Morrison

1984

High School U.S.A.

55%

Mrs. Franklin

1983

Going Berserk

51%

Margaret Anderson

1983

Just an Overnight Guest

70%

1983

Hotel

68%

Unknown

1982

Condominium

42%

Audrey Ames

1980

$weepstake$

Unknown

1979

Diff'rent Strokes

71%

Unknown

1978

Police Story: No Margin for Error

70%

1978

Doctors' Private Lives

80%

Mona Wise

1978