By Will Dunham and Eric Kelsey (Reuters) - Wholesome blonde actress Donna Douglas, who played pretty tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" and starred opposite ...

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 ...

Donna Douglas, the Louisiana belle known for her role as Elly May Clampett on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” died Friday at age 81. Family members tell WAFB-TV that the Pride, La., native passed away ...

Just as Elly May Clampett had a special way with animals, the woman who portrayed the iconic Beverly Hillbillies character has a special way with children. Donna Douglas, who just turned 79 years of ...

(Reuters) - Wholesome blonde actress Donna Douglas, who played pretty tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" and starred opposite Elvis Presley in the 1966 film ...

NEW YORK – Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” has died. Her niece says Douglas died Thursday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ...

Donna Douglas, a Louisiana beauty queen turned actress who tapped into her poor Southern roots for the role of Elly May Clampett in the long-running TV sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” has died. Her ...

Donna Douglas, who was best known for her role as Elly May Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV show, has died. She was 81. Family members said Douglas passed away Thursday surrounded by her ...

Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” has died. Douglas, who was 81, died Thursday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she lived, ...

NEW YORK — Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” has died of pancreatic cancer. Ms. Douglas died Thursday in Baton Rouge, La., ...