When The Beverly Hillbillies made its TV debut in 1962, it was dismissed by critics as little more than a hillbilly cartoon, but the viewers knew better. With its fish-out-of-water premise, lovable ...

NEW YORK - Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the ... Douglas was 82. She was best known for her role in "The Beverly Hillbillies," the CBS comedy about a backwoods ...

best known for her role as the tomboy, critter-loving Elly May Clampett on the 1960s fish-out-of-water CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, died on New Year’s Day. The goofy Filmways Television ...

When The Beverly Hillbillies premiered ... the sweet yet strong-willed Elly May. The series quickly became a cultural ...

NEW YORK -- Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom ... Douglas was 81. She was best known for her role in "The Beverly Hillbillies," the CBS comedy about ...

Donna Douglas, best known for playing Elly May Clampett in the classic sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, died on New Year’s Day at the age of 81. Douglas passed away in her Louisiana home ...

best known for playing the tomboyish Elly May Clampett in 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, has died at the age of 82. The Louisiana native appeared in more than 270 episodes of the popular ...

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The actress who portrayed Elly May Clampett on the TV show Beverly Hillbillies passed away at age 81. Family members said Donna Douglas passed away Friday morning ...