Elinor Donahue
Television

Elinor Donahue

Section Title: Television
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1954–1960	Father Knows Best	Betty Anderson	Main role

1955	Lux Video Theatre	Helen Richards	"The Life of Emile Zola"

1955	Letter to Loretta	Debbie Waring / Janey	"He Always Comes Home", "Week-End in Winnetka"

1956	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Emily Vanderlip Foster	"The Newlyweds"

1956	Ford Theatre	Katherine Casey	"Sheila"

1958	U.S. Marshal	Martha Watson	"Shoot to Kill"

1960	Goodyear Theatre	Connie Peters	"Marked Down for Connie"

1960	Dennis the Menace	Georgiana Balanger	"Dennis and the Wedding"

1960	The Brothers Brannagan	Kate Warren	"Duet"

1960–61	The Andy Griffith Show	Elinor "Ellie" Walker	Recurring role

1961	General Electric Theater	Carol Madsen	"A Voice on the Phone"

1961	The United States Steel Hour	Fran Crowell	"Delayed Honeymoon"

1963	77 Sunset Strip	Laura Holt	"Scream Softly, Dear"

1963	Have Gun – Will Travel	Letty Mae Stinchcomb	"The Burning Tree"

1963	Dr. Kildare	Sharon Calloway	"Ship's Doctor"

1963	Redigo	Joanie-Mae Kilpatrick	"Hostage Hero Riding"

1963	The Virginian	Carole Cole	"Siege"

1964	The Eleventh Hour	Melanie	"The Secret in the Stone"

1964–65	Many Happy Returns	Joan Randall	Main role

1965	A Man Called Shenandoah	Julie Wade	"Town on Fire"

1967	Occasional Wife	Linda Sue	"Oil, Be Seeing You"

1967	Star Trek: The Original Series	Nancy Hedford	"Metamorphosis"

1968–1970	The Flying Nun	Dr. Jennifer Ethrington	"My Sister, the Sister", "How to Be a Spanish Grandmother", "My Sister, the Doctor"

1969	In Name Only	Esther Garrity	TV film

1972	Gidget Gets Married	Medley Blaine	TV film

1972–1975	The Odd Couple	Miriam Welby	Recurring role

1974	If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?	Alice Bennett	TV film

1974	Police Woman	Ellie Tarlow	"Warning: All Wives"

1974	The Rookies	Amanda	"Blue Christmas"

1975	Petrocelli	Joan Hiller	"Vengeance in White"

1976	S.W.A.T.	Marjorie Kemp	"Lessons in Fear"

1977	The Feather and Father Gang	Julie	"The People's Choice"

1977	The Father Knows Best Reunion	Betty Anderson	TV film

1977	Insight	Margaret Drill	"Christmas 2025"

1977	Mulligan's Stew	Jane Mulligan	Main role

1977	Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas	Betty Anderson	TV film

1977	Police Story	Camille Tackleberry	"Ice Time"

1978	Police Story	Joan Anderson	"No Margin for Error"

1978	Doctors' Private Lives	Mona Wise	TV film

1979	Please Stand By	Carol Lambert	TV series

1979	Diff'rent Strokes	Diane Sloane	"The Woman"

1980	Condominium	Audrey Ames	TV film

1980	Barnaby Jones	Judy Corbett	"The Silent Accuser"

1981	Mork & Mindy	Dr. Joni Lincoln	"Mindy and Mork"

1981	The Grady Nutt Show	Ellie Williams	TV film

1981	One Day at a Time	Felicia	"Alex Moves In"

1981	Fantasy Island	Madge Nolan / Blanche Barrens	2 episodes

1982	The Dukes of Hazzard	Marjorie Dane	"The Sound of Music - Hazzard Style"

1983	High School U.S.A.	Mrs. Franklin	TV film

1983	Hotel	Louise	"Deceptions"

1984	No Earthly Reason	Mrs. Morrison	TV film

1984	Happy Days	Mrs. Broderick	"School Dazed"

1984–85	Days of Our Lives	Kate Honeycutt	Guest role

1986	Riptide	Elaine Warwick	"Echoes"

1987	The Love Boat	Betty Anderson	"Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?"

1987	The New Adventures of Beans Baxter	Susan Baxter	Regular role

1988	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Laura Donovan	"Never Say Goodbye"

1988	Newhart	Irma	"Courtin' Disaster"

1989	The Golden Girls	Katherine	"Stan Takes a Wife"

1989	Generations	Sylvia Furth	TV series

1989	Santa Barbara	Dr. Anderson	"1.1278", "1.1277"

1990	Murder, She Wrote	Connie Lewis	"The Szechuan Dragon"

1990–1992	Get a Life	Gladys Peterson	Main role

1992	Herman's Head	Mrs. Fitzer	"A Charlie Brown Fitzer"

1992–93	Eek!stravaganza	Mom (voice)	TV series

1993	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Queen Eleanora (voice)	"The Jubilee"

1993	Coach	Lorraine	"Burden of the Burleighs", "Luthario"

1993	Biker Mice from Mars	Munsterella (voice)	"A Scent, a Memory, a Far Distant Cheese"

1993–1997	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Rebecca Quinn	Recurring role (seasons 2–6)

1994	Friends	Aunt Lillian	"The One Where Nana Dies Twice"

1995	The Invaders	Norma Winters	"1.1", "1.2"

1996	Ellen	Delores Warwell	"The Tape"

1999	Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story	Mrs. Lebowitz	TV film

2001	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within	Rebecca Quinn Dickinson	TV film

2005	Cold Case	Esther 'Legs' Davis	"Colors"

2010–11	The Young and the Restless	Judge Marie Anderson	Guest role (4 episodes)

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In 1984, Elinor Donahue appeared as Mrs. Broderick in Happy Days.

final_sentence: In 1984, Elinor Donahue appeared as Mrs. Broderick in Happy Days.