What is Elinor Donahue?
{{Infobox person | name = Elinor Donahue | image = Elinor Donahue 1960.JPG |imagesize = 220px |caption = Donahue in 1960. | birthname = Mary Eleanor Donahue | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1937|4|19}} | birth_place = [[Tacoma, Washington]], US | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place= | othername = Mary Elinor Donahue | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = 1942&ndash;present | spouse = Richard Smith<small> (1955–61; divorced)</small><br />Harry Ackerman<small> (1962–91; his death)</small><br />Lou Genevrino<small> (1992–present)</small> | children = 4 }} '''Mary Eleanor Donahue''' (born April 19, 1937),<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FilmReference.com|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/40/Elinor-Donahue.html|title=Elinor Donahue Biography}}</ref> best known as '''Elinor Donahue''', is an [[Americans|American]] [[actress]]. She was known for her role in the 1950s [[sitcom]], ''[[Father Knows Best]]''. She was born in [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]], [[Washington]] Donahue was married for nearly 30 years to [[Television production|producer]] [[Harry Ackerman]]. They met each other on the set of ''Father Knows Best''. She and Ackerman had three children together: Peter, James, and Christopher Ackerman. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *{{IMDb name|0231942}} *[http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/elinor-donahue Elinor Donahue interview] at [[Archive of American Television]] {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Donahue, Elinor}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from Washington (state)]]