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Donna Douglas (born September 26, 1933) is an American actress best known for her role as Elly May Clampett, in the long-running television series The Beverly Hillbillies.
Donna Douglas was born Dorothy Smith on September 26, 1933 in Pride, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and raised at her grandparents farm in Baywood, Louisana. She was the only daughter of Emmett Ratcliff Smith Sr. (1907–1988)] and his wife, the former Elma Robinson (1910–2003).
Douglas attended St. Gerard High School where she played both softball and basketball. She was a member of the school's first graduating... MORE
Donna Douglas (born September 26, 1933) is an American actress best known for her role as Elly May Clampett, in the long-running television series The Beverly Hillbillies.
Donna Douglas was born Dorothy Smith on September 26, 1933 in Pride, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and raised at her grandparents farm in Baywood, Louisana. She was the only daughter of Emmett Ratcliff Smith Sr. (1907–1988)] and his wife, the former Elma Robinson (1910–2003).
Douglas attended St. Gerard High School where she played both softball and basketball. She was a member of the school's first graduating class. In 1949, she married Roland Bourgeois and together they had a son and then divorced. She was awarded the titles “Miss Baton Rouge” and, in 1957, was named “Miss New Orleans”.
Douglas moved to New York to pursue a career in entertainment and started out as an illustration 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 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.
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