In that case Agen 99 needs an honorable mention.
Posted on 05/05/2011 6:40:01 PM PDT by smokingfrog
NEW ORLEANS – The actress who played Elly May Clampett on the hit television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" is suing toy manufacturer Mattel Inc., claiming the company used her name and likeness for a Barbie doll without her authorization.
The federal suit filed Wednesday in Baton Rouge, La., says packaging for the "Elly May" Barbie doll features a photo of Donna Douglas portraying the character. Douglas says she never endorsed the doll or gave Mattel permission to use her name to promote its sale before the toy maker introduced the doll in December 2010.
From 1962 to 1971, Douglas appeared in all 274 episodes of the CBS comedy show about a poor family that moves to Beverly Hills after striking oil on their land.
A Mattel spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to a call and e-mail seeking comment.
Douglas lives in Zachary, near Baton Rouge, and continues to make public appearances and speaking engagements in connection with the show, according to one of her attorneys, Charles von Simson.
"Depending on their age, people remember the show immediately and they remember her," he said of Douglas, now 77. "It's something she gets a lot of fan interest from."
Von Simson said Mattel made other "nostalgia dolls" of iconic TV characters, including Barbara Eden's from "I Dream of Jeannie" and the late Elizabeth Montgomery's from "Bewitched."
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and a court order barring Mattel from using her "name, likeness, image and distinctive attributes."
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Donna Dixon has said she didn't like being a "sex symbol". I don't know whether she is a Christian, or it just made her uncomfortable, or what. But how could she NOT know what the men were thinking when she dressed like that? I know I liked her when I was young. And Mary Ann. And Elizabeth Montgomery. And Mary Tyler Moore on the Dick Van Dyke show. All cuties. And they all grew old as do we all. (Well, unfortunately Elizabeth Mongomery wasn't that old when she died)
Y’all need a good Ann-Margret thread. She turned 70 the other day and on this Mother’s Day will celebrate her 44th anniversary.
Dang! Donna DOUGLAS. Not Dixon.
I must have missed that one.
Ah yes, shows like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie!!!! Elizabeth Montgomery and Barbara Eden. Two babes for sure! And don’t forget Diana Rigg or Barbara Feldon! Maxwell Smart never had it so good as he did with Agent 99!
I always really liked Sally Fields in the Flying Nun, she was adorable, but man has that witch turned into an ultra liberal nutjob over the years. Liberalism has taken a beautiful woman and predictably made her ugly, on the inside especially.
Sophia Loren Tribute
http://www.timesunion.com/slideshows/entertainment/slideshow/Sophia-Loren-tribute-14670.php
Patricia Ann Priest (one of two Marilyn Munsters). A bit of trivia - her mother Ivy Priest was Sec of the Treasury under Eisenhower and her mother's sig appears on US currency of that era.
I liked Marlo Thomas! Where have all the cute girls gone? TV is devoid of gals like this today!
That is great. I have to give you credit there...you conveyed that anecdote in such a way that, well...I feel like I actually learned something about you from an online exchange that one usually doesn’t get.
Good job.
I remember hearing Carrie Fisher talk on how she didn’t own her Star Wars character, and how strange it was to pass hundreds of little dolls in a store that looked just like her.
She was talking about how funny it was that someone gave her daughter a Leia shampoo bottle, and that that her daughter could “twist her neck and take her head off” or some such.
Beat me to the post
And she’s clearly enjoying life, too! Good for her.
Melody Patterson aka "Wrangler Jane" from F-Troop
Mmmm, that's a tough choice. Although, I was always hoping to catch a glimpse of Jeannie's belly button. That bare midriff was pretty enticing when I was 14. So we need to toss Barbara Eden in there, too.
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