What Catherine Bach did for Daisy Dukes on The Dukes of Hazzard in the 1980s, Donna Douglas had done for jeans over a decade earlier as Elly May Clampett on the 1962 to 1971 series The Beverly ...

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2009 file photo, Donna Douglas, who starred in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" holds a publicity picture of herself from the show, in Baton Rouge, La. Douglas, ...

NEW YORK — Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. Douglas, who was 82, died Thursday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where ...

Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. Douglas, who was 82, died Thursday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she lived, ...