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DONNA DOUGLAS 'Beverly Hillbillies' Star DEAD AT 81 [Ellie Mae]
TMZ | 01/02/2015

Posted on 01/02/2015 10:47:41 AM PST by BunnySlippers

Donna Douglas -- who famously portrayed Elly May Clampett on the legendary 60s TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies" -- passed away Thursday at her home in Louisiana with friends and family by her side.

Douglas' granddaughter confirmed the death to TMZ.

Donna starred on "The Beverly Hillbillies" for all nine seasons and even returned for the 1981 reunion TV movie.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: beverlyhillbillies; donnadouglas; hollywood; obituary; television
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To: heye2monn

Indeed. But they’re as greedy and money-grubbing as any Capitalist Pig.


121 posted on 01/02/2015 12:33:22 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: Travis McGee

Me too. Along with Barbara Eden and some more.

Indeed! Along with Barbara Feldon Agent 99 on “Get Smart”


122 posted on 01/02/2015 12:34:58 PM PST by jimmyo57
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To: mware

Well, I guess she is the first one on next years TMC Remembers video.


Luise Rainer died yesterday. She was 104.


123 posted on 01/02/2015 12:35:00 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
In the grand scheme of things it didn't matter much anyways. Irene Ryan (Granny) died shortly after the show ended. I can't imagine them going on without Granny or God forbid replacing her.

In my opinion granny *WAS* the show. Most of the laughs centered around her and how she responded to things. Jethro was next in terms of bringing the funny. Jed and Ellie were mostly supporting characters for the other two. Once in awhile they would be funny on their own, but most of the time they were lead ins to granny and Jethro.

124 posted on 01/02/2015 12:37:49 PM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: Doomonyou
Man are we all getting old....
Sheesh... Ya got that right.

Beats the alternative!

125 posted on 01/02/2015 12:51:53 PM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: mowowie

Yep


126 posted on 01/02/2015 12:52:52 PM PST by fedupjohn (America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
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To: DiogenesLamp
In my opinion Granny *WAS* the show.

Like Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz, Irene Ryan's character was practically given a license to steal every scene in The Beverly Hillbillies.

RIP, Donna Douglas.

Mr. niteowl77

127 posted on 01/02/2015 12:55:28 PM PST by niteowl77 (The five stages of Progressive persuasion: lecture, nudge, shove, arrest, liquidate.)
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128 posted on 01/02/2015 12:56:01 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: henkster

On a side note.....I always thought Jethro would have made a great Double Naught spy


129 posted on 01/02/2015 1:00:26 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: BunnySlippers

And the world dimmed a bit today.

RIP Donna.


130 posted on 01/02/2015 1:04:31 PM PST by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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To: BunnySlippers

As far as I’m concerned that was the funniest show ever, and Elly May, well I was in love starting at 11 yrs old.


131 posted on 01/02/2015 1:04:35 PM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: BunnySlippers

So the only one left is Max Baer. Possibly Nancy Culp ...


132 posted on 01/02/2015 1:06:52 PM PST by IronJack
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To: abb
Art

Not Art



133 posted on 01/02/2015 1:07:50 PM PST by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: smoothsailing

That’s one heckuva double-barrel. And the shotgun’s pretty nice too.


134 posted on 01/02/2015 1:08:12 PM PST by IronJack
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To: BunnySlippers
One of her last performances was on "The Nanny" in which she played herself as a realtor still living at the mansion:


135 posted on 01/02/2015 1:16:09 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: IronJack

Happiness is a warm gun! B^)


136 posted on 01/02/2015 1:17:39 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: South40

And somehow the very next day she was 81.

RIP she was always sweet on that show.


137 posted on 01/02/2015 1:17:40 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Leaning Right

It’s called the rural purge.

Norman Lear and Lear-influenced propaganda shows began to replace the rural themed conservative values shows in the 70’s.

It changed the US for the worse more than we realize.


138 posted on 01/02/2015 1:19:43 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: mowowie
"Man are we all getting old...."

You bet. Stop the bus, I want to get off!

139 posted on 01/02/2015 1:21:58 PM PST by Lockbar (What would Vlad The Impaler do?)
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To: DiogenesLamp

I remember on one episode, Jethro was going to hold a séance, in order to contact the spirit world.

Miss Jane: “Jethro, you’re not a medium!”

Jethro: “I know, I’m an extra large!”


140 posted on 01/02/2015 1:25:07 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Everytime the cash register rings in a gun store, a Founding Father gets his wings.)
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