Donna Douglas who played Elly May Clampett dies

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Jackson Clarion-Ledger

Actress Donna Douglas, best known for portraying Elly May Clampett, on the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies", has died, according to reports.

Douglas was born in 1933, in Pride, Louisiana. She still embodied the critter-loving beauty Elly May in a 2009 inteview.

"Elly has always been good for me," says Douglas. "That was a slice out of my life, a very happy slice out of my life."

Douglas returned from California to her native Louisiana a few years before the inteview. She lived just outside Baton Rouge near her only child. . .

Read more: http://www.clarionledger.com/story/life/2015/01/02/donna-douglas-dies/21193837/

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Had huge crushes on her and Elizabeth Montgomery back in the day. Take good care of her critters.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. My condolences to her family. May she rest in peace.

Thanks for all the fun, Donna.

[niyad]

2. rest in peace with all your critters

[Kaleva]

3. R.I.P.

[Demeter]

4. I'm getting old

all the people in popular culture that I was familiar with are dying off....RIP, sweet lady!

[Frank Cannon]

9. I know. And they are cool, genuinely talented people.

I feel sorry for those folks 40 years from now that will hear about the passing of, say, Kim Kardashian and then try to come up with one single reason why they should care.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. For me it's everyone who was a grown up when I was a kid....

And by "grown up" that means 20+.

[Frank Cannon]

5. Just watched her in a classic Twilight Zone episode

She played the protagonist in "Eye of the Beholder", although her voice was dubbed. That accent she had on Beverly Hillbillies was no act.

She was a real beauty with impeccable comic timing. She was also, by all accounts, a genuinely nice person. Here's to you, Ms. Douglas. We will miss you.

[William Seger]

24. Aw, damn.

That was one of my favorite TZs, and the Hillbillies were must-see-TV in my day. Adios, sweet lady.

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I just watched that last night, too, was reminded how lovely she was. Damn. :(

[PSPS]

28. No, her voice wasn't dubbed.

Her character was portrayed by another actress under the bandages. The voices of both actresses were left intact because they were considered "close enough."

[samsingh]

32. that was a great episode.

she's going to be missed.

I think she was a great person.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Jeez, we JUST watched the Twilight Zone episode 'Eye of the Beholder" last night!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_Beholder

Cross gently, Donna.

[LynneSin]

7. OMG - it happened in 3s yet again

Mario Cuomo, Edward Hermann and now Donna Douglass

[Plucketeer]

8. Yeah, the "threes" just keep on coming

at 70, I keep wondering when I'll round out one of them.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. Now you'll have to post a pic of yourself next to a cement pond.

[Plucketeer]

20. Damn!

I forgot the sarcasm or the jester smilie!

[CBGLuthier]

16. Luise Rainer at 104 led the list

So old her career was forgotten except for us classics aficionados.

[eggplant]

22. It's amazing how 1/3 of all deaths mark a "it happened in 3s" moment. n/t

[William Seger]

23. Have you heard the "linked pairs theory?"

Supposedly, there's some linkage between adjacent pairs of celebrity deaths, and the chain of links reveals a "secret message from the other side."

[ChazInAz]

10. Aw, geez!

She had such a funny, sweet presences on the screen. "Got me a double-barrel slingshot!" was one of her best lines.

[mountain grammy]

13. She was adorable and very funny. Rest in peace, Elly May Clampett.

[Purveyor]

14. Oh no. I just loved her and her 'critters'. RIP Elly May, you filled many

hearts with the love of animals you demonstrated on the show.

Who is left from the show, I ponder? Anyone?

[TNNurse]

17. Max Baer, jr is still alive

[CBGLuthier]

15. I was watching an episode of Adam 12 a while back and I thought I spotted her and it was her.

Elvis fucked her over (literally) and ruined her a bit when they dd Frankie and Johnnie . She seemed way too innocent for Hollywood.

[drm604]

18. She was 81.

I'm getting old.

[maddiemom]

21. Me too.

I'm a dozen years younger, but somehow always thought of her character on the show as about my age.

[drm604]

26. She was a good bit older than me but still this makes me feel old.

[KinMd]

34. Oh man me also!!

Was there any kid oof a certain age who didn't have a crush on Elly Mae

[Tom_Foolery]

19. RIP, beautiful lady...

[ChazII]

25. Condolences to her family and friends.

We have lost a very sweet woman.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

29. I will always remember her from "Eye of the Beholder".

She was beautiful, and I say that as a straight woman who doesn't normally notice beautiful women.

Never watched the Clampetts.

[Laffy Kat]

30. Who still loves watching repeats of "The Beverly Hillbillies"?

It still cracks me up. And still such an excellent representation and satire of this country's misplaced values. Ask anyone who'd they'd rather live with: The Drysdales or the Clampletts?

[Zorro]

31. I do

Such a sly, clever comedy.

She was quite the innocent beauty on the show, and was a great complement to the other cast characters.

[Laffy Kat]

33. And Miss Hathaway was the original cougar. nt