Donna Douglas, 'Beverly Hillbillies' star, is dead

yahoo via AP ^ | Jan. 2, 2015 | Frazier Moore

[bgill]

Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died.

Douglas died Thursday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, near her hometown of Zachary. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, said her niece, Charlene Smith. Douglas was 82.

She was best known for her role in "The Beverly Hillbillies," the CBS comedy about a backwoods Ozark family who moved to Beverly Hills after striking it rich from oil discovered on their land.

[Rodamala]

Not all that long ago I heard a taping of a show when she was on with Howard Stern. Howard was his regular adolescent self, but she was really classy... I have no clue how it was her agent booked her on Stern, but it was interesting.

[knarf]

and Annette

[knarf]

You’re that old, pardner

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“and Annette”

Yeah! She had attributes way before any of the girls in my school class!

[knarf]

NO girl in ANY school like girls today in EVERY school

[stormhill]

Yep

[MHGinTN]

I’ve been standing in for her ‘takin’ care of the critters’.

[Windflier]

82?? Doesn't seem possible. Wait, how old am I?

Mega dittos...

[bigbob]

And she really filled out that double-barrelled slingshot. RIP.

[PGalt]

Condolences to family and friends of Donna Douglas. I sure did enjoy the Hillbillies. What a great cast!

Elly becomes a secretary...

http://www.tmz.com/2015/01/02/donna-douglas-dead-beverly-hillbillies-elly-may-clampett/

R.I.P. Elly

[yarddog]

Those jeans too.

[Nowhere Man]

RIP to her, she was a hottie! BTW, I thought she was around my late mother’s age, 76 if she lived.

[Figment]

“I was wrong. She was in her 30s during most of the Beverly Hillbillies run.”

I heard today that she was 29 when the show started.

[re_nortex]

She always looked good.

Especially with a gun -- just like Our Sarah.

[justlurking]

MaryAnn.

[Mozilla]

Found out around 11pm last night that Donna Douglas died when it was on the January 1st deaths at Wikipedia. The media said nothing till around 5pm central standard time.

[nickfaith]

Sad, sad day.

[Yardstick]

You can still see a lot of her younger self in the later picture. What a sweet looking lady.

[knarf]

Dad is good to His kids.

[CrazyIvan]

I've got an Elly May for a stepdaughter. Loves critters, wonderfully sweet and beautiful although she is the chestnut hair brown eyed variety. They're a special breed.