‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Actress Donna Douglas Dies At 81
Click here for reuse options!Douglas also co-starred opposite Elvis Presley in the 1966 film Frankie and Johnny (she was Frankie, like Elvis playing a performer on a Mississippi River riverboat) and stood out as the hospitalized woman underneath the bandages in the memorable 1960 Twilight Zone episode “The Eye of the Beholder.”…
The blond, shapely Douglas, a native of Pride, La., who was named Miss New Orleans in a 1957 beauty contest, started out making $500 a week on the show. That rose to $3,000 in the ninth and final season of the series.“I didn’t have an agent, but I don’t know if that would have made any difference,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in early 2013.
The wholesome actress described getting the part of Elly May in an interview with Sam Tweedle on the website Confessions of a Pop Culture Addict.
“By this time they had interviewed over 500 girls but had narrowed it down to six, and gave a screen test to only five,” she recalled. “So they had a goat tied up on the set and they asked me, ‘Do you reckon you can milk that goat?’ Well, I had never milked a goat in my life but I said, ‘Sure, I can milk that goat.’ That was my first critter. Over the nine years I probably worked with over 900 different animals. Elly didn’t kiss a lot of men, but she sure kissed a lot of critters.”
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14 responses to ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Actress Donna Douglas Dies At 81
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rg9rts January 3rd, 2015 at 08:57
81 !!!! OMG I’m must be getting old!!!
rg9rts January 3rd, 2015 at 09:57
81 !!!! OMG I’m must be getting old!!!
Sydney January 3rd, 2015 at 09:00
“Elly didn’t kiss a lot of men, but she sure kissed a lot of critters.”
Best line ever!
Sydney January 3rd, 2015 at 10:00
“Elly didn’t kiss a lot of men, but she sure kissed a lot of critters.”
Best line ever!
William January 3rd, 2015 at 09:09
Dash Riprock has a sad.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 3rd, 2015 at 09:27
Was he a double knot spy?
William January 3rd, 2015 at 10:21
Ahhh memories.
http://youtu.be/1MWq6L19eNo
William January 3rd, 2015 at 10:09
Dash Riprock has a sad.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 3rd, 2015 at 10:27
Was he a double knot spy?
William January 3rd, 2015 at 11:21
Ahhh memories.
http://youtu.be/1MWq6L19eNo
Carla Akins January 3rd, 2015 at 09:15
I met Donna Douglas once in 1982. She was working the fair/carnival/festival circuit signing autographs. She seemed sincere, sweet and very sad. RIP.
Carla Akins January 3rd, 2015 at 10:15
I met Donna Douglas once in 1982. She was working the fair/carnival/festival circuit signing autographs. She seemed sincere, sweet and very sad. RIP.
crc3 January 3rd, 2015 at 10:46
RIP Donna. She sure was a pretty one that I loved back in the day. On another note Max Baer (Jethro) is the only surviving character of The Beverly Hillbillies. Time flies…
crc3 January 3rd, 2015 at 11:46
RIP Donna. She sure was a pretty one that I loved back in the day. On another note Max Baer (Jethro) is the only surviving character of The Beverly Hillbillies. Time flies…