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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Yup, Danny had a winner with his little girl.
Barbara Eden. For any boy born in the early 60’s, she was the reason you knew you were straight. The most used quote of the late 60’s early 70’s, “ If I was Major Nelson, I would never leave the house.” Jeannie and her brunette sister spawned many evil thoughts.
If they used her photo on the packaging without her permission...she can sue...
I wanna give a shout out to Suzanne Somers, Victoria Principal, Morgan Brittany, Connie Stevens, Inger Stevens, Stella Stevens, Adrienne Barbeau, just to mention a few...
I always thouht her distinctive attributes were amazing.
Yes, they bring back some very pleasant mammaries. I mean memories.
MARY ANN.
(Was this a choice?)
Miss Jane Hathaway was really William F Buckley in drag.
LOL.
does she even own that image? It could easily be a corporate property
"Look what Miss Jane got me. It's a double-barreled slingshot! It ain't very powerful, but it'll shore hold a heap a rocks!"
Oh man, I totally forget about her, shame on me! CPT Parmenter sure had it good!
Linda Evans as Audra Barkley in The Big Valley
“Yup, Danny had a winner with his little girl.”
Nice to look at, but bear in mind she is married to liberal whackjob Phil Donohue and is a major femi-nazi.
They have all turned into liberal moonbats over the years. It’s in the water in that God forsaken city.
I remember that show...its amazing how Twilight zone and the other Rod Serling shows are remembered
Its sad that Lonnie Anderson has had so much plastic surgery she had that ***I am not quite human look****
Here at 70, never aged a day, she has just gotten more dangerous.
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