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Acting

Elinor Donahue

Career: Active from 1946 to 2001, busiest in 1977 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 9
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Eek! The Cat
70/100

Characters

2

The characters Elinor Donahue played, best-known titles first.

Elinor Donahue as Betty Anderson

Elinor Donahue as Jane Mulligan

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Elinor Donahue Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Tension
3.8, average 5.9
Adrenaline
2.8, average 4.8
Violence
2.1, average 4.1
Scare
0.9, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Wholesome Entertainment 2
Family-Friendly Fun 2
Classic Sitcom 2
Mid-Century Americana 2
Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

No Friends

as Aunt Lillian

2000s

3 titles · average score 63

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

48

as Lady Palimore

Cold Case

73

TV show · as Esther 'Legs' Davis (2005)

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within

70

as Rebecca Quinn Dickinson

1990s

10 titles · average score 57

E! True Hollywood Story

48

TV show

Dear God

30

as Elinor Donahue

Friends

79

TV show · as Aunt Lillian

Ellen

53

TV show · as Delores Warwell

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

74

TV show · as Rebecca Quinn

Eek! The Cat

70

TV show · as Mom (voice)

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

37

as Orphanage Woman

Herman's Head

46

TV show · as Mrs. Fitzer

Get a Life

70

TV show · as Gradys Peterson

Pretty Woman

65

as Bridget

1980s

10 titles · average score 65

Coach

56

TV show · as Lorraine

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

TV show · as Susan Baxter

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Katherine

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Connie Lewis

No Earthly Reason

as Mrs. Morrison

High School U.S.A.

51

as Mrs. Franklin

Going Berserk

45

as Margaret Anderson

Newhart

79

TV show · as Irma

Hotel

65

TV show · as Louise

Condominium

TV show · as Audrey Ames

1970s

20 titles · average score 62

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Mrs. Van Buren / Rowena

The Father Knows Best Reunion

as Betty Anderson

Mulligan's Stew

TV show · as Jane Mulligan

CHiPs

44

TV show · as Elnor Donahue (uncredited)

One Day at a Time

66

TV show

Happy Days

78

TV show

Police Woman

43

TV show · as Ellie Tarlow

Barnaby Jones

70

TV show · as Judy Corbett

Police Story

72

TV show

The Rookies

46

TV show

Gidget Gets Married

as Medley Blaine

The Odd Couple

52

TV show · as Miriam Welby

1960s

12 titles · average score 71

In Name Only

as Esther Garrity

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

TV show

The Flying Nun

64

TV show · as Dr. Jennifer Ethrington

Star Trek

79

TV show · as Commissioner Nancy Hedford

Occasional Wife

TV show

Many Happy Returns

TV show

Redigo

TV show

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Carole Cole

The Eleventh Hour

TV show

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Sharon Calloway

The Andy Griffith Show

81

TV show · as Ellie Walker

The Brothers Brannagan

TV show · as Diane

1950s

15 titles · average score 64

Dennis the Menace

45

TV show

Imitation of Life

82

as Lora's Friend (uncredited)

77 Sunset Strip

74

TV show · as Laura Holt

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show · as Letty Mae Stinchcomb

Father Knows Best

47

TV show · as Betty Anderson

Letter to Loretta

70

TV show · as Janey / Debbie Waring

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Carol Madsen

Love Is Better Than Ever

50

as Pattie Marie Levoy

Her First Romance

as Lucille Stewart

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

73

TV show

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

79

TV show · as Emily Vanderlip Foster

My Blue Heaven

66

as Mary (uncredited)

1940s

10 titles · average score 59

An Old-Fashioned Girl

as Maud Shaw (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)

Three Daring Daughters

53

as Alix Morgan

The Arkansas Swing

as Toni MacGregor

Tenth Avenue Angel

62

as Cynthia (uncredited)

The Unfinished Dance

59

as Josie (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)

Winter Wonderland

as Betty Wheeler

And Now Tomorrow

64

as Janice

Mister Big

as Muggsy

Honeymoon Lodge

as Janie Thomas

Girls' Town

as Bit Role (uncredited)