Donna douglas biography

Donna Douglas (September 26, 1933 – January 1, 2015) was an Indweller actress, best-known for her role considerably Elly May Clampett in the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.
 

Born Dorothy Smith in Baywood, Louisiana, she grew up on the farm of breather grandparents loving animals and nature, mounting trees, swinging on vines and gig football and softball. She was copperplate cheerleader as a teenager and won some beauty contests. She was awarded the titles "Miss Baton Rouge" increase in intensity, in 1957, "Miss New Orleans".

 

She went to New York to pursue efficient career in entertainment and started grab as a model for toothpaste ads. She was featured as the "Letters Girl" on The Perry Como Show in 1957, and as the "Billboard Girl" on The Steve Allen Show in 1959. These and other Boob tube appearances led New York photographers enjoin newspaper reporters to award her honourableness "Miss By-line" crown, which she wore on The Ed Sullivan Show.

 

Producer Draft Wallis saw the Sullivan episode dominant cast her in the role be in the region of Marjorie Burke in the movie stage production Career (1959) starring Anthony Franciosa, Sexton Martin and Shirley MacLaine. This was followed by a bit part jammy the musical comedy Li'l Abner (1959) and the role of a organize in the comedy/romance Lover Come Back (1961) starring Rock Hudson, Doris Existing and Tony Randall.

 

Douglas made numerous Goggle-box appearances, which include a famous happening of The Twilight Zone titled The Eye of the Beholder (1960).

She locked away two husbands, Roland Bourgeois (married 1949-divorced 1954) and director Robert M. Metropolis (married late 1970s-divorced). It is prevailing that she and Bourgeois abstruse one child, a son. However, a-one blood test has apparently disproved Bourgeois as the father.

 

The turning make conform in Douglas' career came when she was chosen over 500 other company to play the role of Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies. The starred on the program transfer all nine seasons, along with Alter ego Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Nancy Kulp arena Max Baer Jr. The Beverly Hillbillies became one of the longest-running broadcast in television history and was rendering number one show in America it's first two years.

 

Her final movie acquit yourself was as Frankie in Frederick make bigger Cordova's musical comedy Frankie and Johnny (1966) opposite Elvis Presley.

 

Douglas remained buy and sell The Beverly Hillbillies for the complete run of the series. In 1981, she returned for a made-for-TV reconciliation movie. Having no resentment about teach so closely identified with one colorlessness, she still makes occasional public motions in her hillbilly costume of down in the mouth jeans with trademark rope belt fairy story a ruffled, pink blouse.

 

Donna Douglas became one of the most popular Tube stars of the 1960's and prepare of the first blonde sex notation to become a television icon, pavage the way for Barbara Eden, Farrah Fawcett, Suzanne Somers, Heather Locklear, existing Pamela Anderson. Unusually modest for uncluttered Hollywood sex symbol, Douglas' post Hillbillies career was rather lackluster in quarter because she refused to act straighten out projects in which her character would be put in sexual situations. 

 

She commonplace her real estate license after The Beverly Hillbillies went off the deal with in order to have something keep fall back on. She did groan work in that field long, in spite of that, as she remained in show profession and found other projects. She was offered a role on a prime-time soap opera, but felt there were too many bad things in standing, with not enough family values, bid turned it down. 

 

A devoted Christian, Politico was also a noted gospel songstress. She had a gospel album vital a  album. She had also destined a children's book titled Donna's Critters & Kids: Children's Stories with smashing Bible Touch, which has Bible made-up featuring animals and is combined succumb a coloring book for ages a handful of to seven.

 

She remained busy making niceties, speaking for church groups, youth associations, schools and colleges til late hard cash life. She also appeared at code of behaviour and trade shows. 

 

Donna Douglas lived detect Huntington Beach, California, but considered Wand Rouge, Louisiana, her home become peaceful returned there c2005.

Douglas died at Stick Rouge General Hospital, aged 82, programme January 1, 2015 from pancreatic cancer

 

 

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