Donna Douglas, the Louisiana belle known for her role as Elly May Clampett on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” died Friday at age 81.
Family members tell WAFB-TV that the Pride, La., native passed away Friday morning in nearby Zachary, La.
Born in September 1933, Douglas was married at age 16, had a child and later divorced, all before she moved to New York and earned a role in an acclaimed episode of the “Twilight Zone” in 1959, according to the Internet Movie Database.
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5 comments:
Sweet Baby Jane
She had enough critters to fill up a zoo.
Rest in Peace Elly May
What a fun character! Some of my best memories!
I thought she was dead a couple of years ago.
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