DONNA DOUGLAS 'Beverly Hillbillies' Star DEAD AT 81 [Ellie Mae]

TMZ | 01/02/2015

[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.

[lee martell]

This is going to get a lot more attention than Gov. Cuomo.
Thank you for the fun, Donna D.!

[ansel12]

That show had an incredible lot of genius in all of it’s casting.

[Sacajaweau]

Ya mean purty dontcha

[South40]

The show ran from 1962 - 1971. She was 29 in 1962 and was 38 when the show ended in 1971.

[MeganC]

Yikes, I just watched her famous "The Twilight Zone" episode she was in last night, "Eye Of The Beholder."

That was the one where the pretty girl got in trouble for not being as ugly as all the Democrats. That was a good one!

[lesko]

Loved the rope belt

[NonValueAdded]

Critters worldwide are in mourning. Me too. RIP, Donna D, and our prayers are with your loved ones.

[Libloather]

[wally_bert]

Rip Ellie May Clampett.

That leaves Jethro?

[tennmountainman]

Sorry to hear of her passing. What a unique show. Extremely well written, well acted and so funny.

A classic show.

[lee martell]

Unfortunately, Donna appeared in pubic dressed as Ellie May well into her late, late 40’s too. It’s hard to give up the image that made you known around the world. Not all stars are that way. Carrie Fisher does not appear in public dressed (exactly) as Princess Leia. She’s at the conventions, but keeps her dignity too.

[mware]

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

[mikrofon]

Same here… It was the only one in the marathon I caught for about 10 minutes before calling it a night.

[Doomonyou]

Man are we all getting old....

Sheesh... Ya got that right.

[South40]

Maximilian Adalbert Baer Jr. (Jethro) is 77 years old.

[Moonman62]

According to IMDB, she and Buddy Ebsen were both Republicans and very good friends.

[smoothsailing]

YOWSA!!!

[VerySadAmerican]

I read that she was very successful selling real estate in the 70s.

I remember my dad and uncles loved to watch her. I was 9 or so and I wasn’t sure what they were talking about. But it wasn’t long before I figured it out.

[Leaning Right]

The show ran from 1962 - 1971.

And "The Beverly Hillbillies" had good ratings, even in 1971. It was canceled anyway. CBS thought that the show was not sophisticated enough for the "hip" audience it wanted to attract.

The same thing happened to "Green Acres".

[henkster]

I patterned my life after the teachings of Jethro Bodine.