Linda Darnell

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1631 Vine St. Donna Douglas lives in Huntington Beach, California, but still considers Baton Rouge, Louisiana, her home. She is buried in the Union Hill Cemetery, Chester County, Pennsylvania. She has also appeared at conventions and trade shows. One of her old films was playing on television the night of the fire and Darnell fell asleep with a lit cigarette while watching it. She has remained busy making appearances, speaking for church groups, youth groups, schools and colleges. She died from burns received in a house fire in Chicago, Illinois. She has also written a children's book titled Donna's Critters & Kids: Children's Stories with a Bible Touch, which has Bible stories featuring animals and is combined with a coloring book for ages two to seven.

She was widely tipped to win an Academy Award nomination for this part, but, when this did not happen, her career began to diminish and her film appearances were sporadic thereafter. She has a gospel album and a country album. Darnell's hard-edged performance in the latter won her the best reviews of her career. A devoted Christian, Douglas is also a noted gospel singer. Darnell played two roles that earned her respect as an actress: as Daphne De Carter in the Preston Sturges comedy Unfaithfully Yours, opposite Rex Harrison, and as one of the three wives in A Letter to Three Wives. She was offered a role on a prime-time soap opera, but felt there were too many bad things in it, with not enough family values, and turned it down. Publicity at the time suggested this would be the next Gone With The Wind, and the search for Amber was deliberately modelled on the extensive process that led to the casting of Scarlett O'Hara, but the film did not live up to its hype. She did not work in that field long, however, as she remained in show business and found other projects.

In 1947 she won the starring role in the highly anticipated Forever Amber. She received her real estate license after The Beverly Hillbillies went off the air in order to have something to fall back on. By 1939 she had returned to Hollywood and immediately began to secure good roles, appearing in such films as Blood and Sand, Hangover Square and My Darling Clementine. Having no resentment about being so closely identified with one character, she still makes occasional public appearances in her hillbilly costume of blue jeans with trademark rope belt and a ruffled, pink blouse. She was chosen by a talent scout to go to Hollywood but was sent home to Dallas when they discovered she had lied about her age. In 1981, she returned for a made-for-TV reunion movie. Born in Dallas, Texas and one of five children, Darnell was a model by the age of 11 and was acting in theater by the age of 13. Douglas remained with the The Beverly Hillbillies for the entire run of the series.

Monetta Eloyse Darnell, better known as Linda Darnell (October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965), was a US film actress. Her final movie role was as Frankie in Frederick de Cordova's musical comedy Frankie and Johnny (1966) opposite Elvis Presley. She is extremely proud of her role and the show, which she says she loved doing. The turning point in Douglas' career came when she was chosen over 500 other actresses to play the role of Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies. She and Bourgeois had one son.

Leeds (married late 1970s-divorced). She had two husbands, Roland Bourgeois (married 1949-divorced 1954) and director Robert M. Douglas made numerous TV appearances, which includes a famous episode of The Twilight Zone titled The Eye of the Beholder (1960). This was followed by a bit part in the musical comedy Li'l Abner (1959) and the role of a secretary in the comedy/romance Lover Come Back (1961) starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall.

Producer Hal Wallis saw the Sullivan episode and cast her in the role of Marjorie Burke in the movie drama Career (1959) starring Anthony Franciosa, Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine. These and other TV appearances led New York photographers and newspaper reporters to award her the "Miss By-line" crown, which she wore on The Ed Sullivan Show. 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. She went to New York to pursue a career in entertainment and started out as a model for toothpaste adds.

She was awarded the titles "Miss Baton Rouge" and, in 1957, "Miss New Orleans.". She was a cheerleader as a teenager and won some beauty contests. Born Dorothy Smith in Baywood, Louisiana, she grew up on the farm of her grandparents loving animals and nature, climbing trees, swinging on vines and playing football and softball. She is best-known for her role as Elly May in the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.

Donna Douglas (born September 26, 1933) is an American actress. episode: California, Here We Come. Herself .. The Nanny (March 31, 1999) ..

Mildred McVane ... episode: Last Rites for a Dead Druid. Night Gallery (January 26, 1972) .. Elly May Clampett. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971) (series regular) ..

episode: Cavender Is Coming. Woman .. The Twilight Zone (May 25, 1962) .. episode: The Celluloid Cowboy.

Rhoda Sheridan .. 77 Sunset Strip (April 28, 1961) .. Janet Tyler ... episode: The Eye of the Beholder. The Twilight Zone (November 11, 1960) ..

Frankie. Frankie and Johnny (1966) (United Artists) .. Deborah. Lover Come Back (1961) (Universal) ..

bit part (uncredited). Li'l Abner (1959) (Paramount) .. Marjorie Burke. Career (1959) (Paramount) ..