An honest-to-goodness Southern Belle, similar to her most famous character role, "Elly May Clampett" on
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Donna Douglas grew up in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area, loving "critters". She got married soon after high school, had a son, divorced and won a couple of beauty contests, all within the span of a few years. She moved to New York and soon appeared on television series, including a well-remembered guest-star shot on
The Twilight Zone (1959) in one of the series' most famous episodes,
Eye of the Beholder (1960), in which she plays a woman who tries to undergo a series of experimental treatments to make her beautiful, only for the treatments to fail. The twist was she was beautiful, at least to the viewers, but considered hideous to the pig people of the planet, she was on. She immediately won the character role of "Elly May Clampett" on one of the greatest situation comedies of all time,
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962). This extremely comical series debuted with
The Clampetts Strike Oil (1962), on her 30th birthday, Wednesday, September 26th, 1962, which is among the narrowest & sheerest coincidences, that are hardest to believe.
The Nanny(1993)as Donna Douglas
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!(1989)as Ellie Mae
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies(1981)as Elly May Clampett
An Awesome Christmas(2007)
UHF(1989)
Grand Theft Auto 2(1999)
Frankie and Johnny(1966)
The Beverly Hillbillies(1962)
The Jim Bakker Show(2003)as Self
Biography(1987)as Self
TV Land's Top Ten(2004)as Self
The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards(2004)as Self
E! True Hollywood Story(1996)as Self
Irene's Best Scenes(2026)as Self - Elly May Clampett
Max - His Best Scenes(2025)as Elly May Clampett
Buddy's Best Scenes(2025)as Elly May Clampett
Donna's Best Scenes(2025)
History of the Sitcom(2021)as Elly Mae Clampett
