About
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 as her younger sister, Kathy.
Filmography
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault2016 · Self
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement2004 · Lady Palimore
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within2001 · Rebecca Quinn Dickinson
Dear God1996 · Elinor Donahue
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare1991 · Orphanage Woman
Pretty Woman1990 · Bridget
No Earthly Reason1984 · Mrs. Morrison
High School U.S.A.1983 · Mrs. Franklin
Going Berserk1983 · Margaret Anderson
Just an Overnight Guest1983
Police Story: No Margin for Error1978
Doctors' Private Lives1978 · Mona Wise
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas1977 · Betty Anderson
Dick Clark's Good Old Days1977
Mulligan's Stew1977 · Jane Mulligan
The Father Knows Best Reunion1977 · Betty Anderson
Gidget Gets Married1972 · Medley Blaine
In Name Only1969 · Esther Garrity
Girls Town1959 · Mary Lee Morgan
Imitation of Life1959 · Lora's Friend