Elinor Donahue Bio, Age, Children, Spouse, Married & Net Worth

Elinor Donahue is an American actress well-known for playing the role of Betty Anderson the eldest in the American sitcom Father Knows Best. Also, she has played many hit movies in her long career span. Donahue is a married woman and has four children. Moreover, she has earned a huge amount of net worth. If you want to know about her full details, then stay on our page and keep on reading this article.

Elinor Donahue’s Bio & Wiki

Elinor Donahue was born on April 19, 1937, in Tacoma, Washington, the US with the birth sign Aries. Similarly, she born to her loving parents, Doris Genevieve and Thomas William Donahue.

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Talking about her career, she started acting when she was just five years old playing a role in the movie dancing-chorus. As a child, Elinor worked in vaudeville as a teenager. Then she started to appear in movies and TV series. And at last, she played the movie The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as Lady Palimore in 2004. After that, she played a TV series The Young and the Restless as Judge Marie Anderson from 2010-2011.

Currently, she is away from the media limelight due to her health problems.

Elinor Donahue’s Personal Life (Married & Spouse)

The women in her early eighties, Elinor Donahue married thrice in her life and lives with her current husband, Lou after her two fail marriages. The name of her husbands are listed below.

• Richard Smith (1955-61: divorced)
• Harry Ackerman (1962-91: death)
• Lou Genevrino (1992-present)

At the very first in 1955, Elinor Donahue married Richard Smith but after a few years of marriage, the couple separated in 1961. After a year, she again found love in Harry Ackerman and got married in 1962. Their marriage was blissful and happy and they were blessed with four beautiful children, Brian, Peter, James, and Chris. But sadly her husband died in 1991.

Her late and former spouse, Harry was a prolific producer in American TV and co-created around 21 TV series. Some of his popular American shows include Father Knows Best, Dennis the Menace, Leave It To Beaver, The Flying Nun and so on.

Lastly, Elinor exchanged her wedding vows with her third and present husband, Lou Genevrino in 1992. Still, the relationship between them is going well. Elinor and Lou are having their great time sharing beautiful memories of them. So far, the duo has not revealed any conflicts between them which can lead them to attempt divorce. They are living a blissful married life together. As of 2019, Donahue is free of rumors and controversies.

Besides, Elinor is not active on any social websites but she has a hashtag on Instagram.

Elinor Donahue’s Age & Body Measurement

As of 2019, Elinor Donahue is 81 years old. Being an actress, Elinor maintained a slim/curvaceous body figure and is a charm every time she appears to out TV screens. As we know, she is in her old age, her body may be smaller now but we assure that her spirit is still young. However, her whole body measurement is not yet disclosed.

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Moreover, Donahue has attractive brown eyes, brown white mixed hair, and she prefers circled eyeglasses which gives a vintage classy feel.

Elinor Donahue’s Net Worth & Salary

The 82 years old former actress, Elinor Donahue spent nearly seven decades of her life serving the film industry as an actress. So, there is no doubt that she established a huge net worth. Donahue has made an impressive amount of net worth which is estimated to be $3 Million as per the Celebrity Net Worth. Down below, is a shortlist of the movies she has played in, have a look:

Date	Movies	Role	Box Office	Budget
1950	Tea for Two	Lynne Smith	$2.4 Million	$1,103,000
1990	Pretty Woman	Bridget	$463.4 Million	$14 Million
2004	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Lady Palimore	$134.7 Million	$40 Million

Not only that but she also has played in many TV series where she earned a massive amount of salary.

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Hence, Elinor is living a luxurious and happy life with her family.