Elinor Donahue is best known for her pivotal role in American TV hit sitcom “Father Knows Best”, but her career didn’t end when the show did, she went on to shine both on screen and off.
As elder daughter Betty ‘Princess’ Anderson on “Father Knows Best”, Elinor was a central character to the show which portrayed a middle-class family living an idyllic all-American life in the Midwest.
During her six years with the hit show, which at its height was in the top ten most watched American TV shows, Elinor also appeared in “Crossroads” and in the “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.”