Actress donna douglas biography
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Donna Douglas
At the height of her fame in the mids, actress Donna Douglas received more fan mail than any of her castmates on the hit sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" (CBS, ), appeared on the cover of TV Guide nine times, and was paired with Elvis Presley in the musical "Frankie and Johnny" (). Douglas' casting as a critter-loving hayseed Elly Mae Clampett, transplanted by sudden wealth with her family to the well-manicured lawns of Beverly Hills, was pure typecasting, as the former Miss New Orleans had grown up a tomboy on a sprawling farm in the back country bayou of East Baton Rouge.
A upptäckt of producer Hal Wallis, Douglas arrived in Hollywood as a divorcée with a child to support, biographical data withheld from the public by CBS until the series had established itself as a ratings contender following its premiere in the fall of Though she enjoyed international fame during the series' nine seasons, Douglas was a victim of typecasting after the cancellation of "Hil
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An honest-to-goodness Southern Belle, similar to her most famous character role, "Elly May Clampett" on The Beverly Hillbillies (), Donna Douglas grew up in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area, loving "critters". She got married soon after high school, had a son, divorced and won a couple of beauty contests, all within the span of a few years. She moved to New York and soon appeared on television series, including a well-remembered guest-star shot on The Twilight Zone () in one of the series' most famous episodes, Eye of the Beholder (), in which she plays a woman who tries to undergo a series of experimental treatments to make her beautiful, only for the treatments to fail. The twist was she was beautiful, at least to the viewers, but considered hideous to the pig people of the planet, she was on. She immediately won the character role of "Elly May Clampett" on one of the greatest situation comedies of all time, The Beverly Hillbillies (). This extre
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Donna Douglas
American actress and singer (–)
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| Born | Doris Ione Smith ()September 26, Pride, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, () (aged&#;82) Zachary, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Bluff Creek Community Cemetery, Bluff Creek, Louisiana |
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Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith; September 26, – January 1, ) was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (–). Following her acting career, Douglas became a real estate agent, gospel singer, inspirational speaker, and author of books for children and adults.
Early life
[edit]Douglas was born Doris Ione Smith[1]