Just recently started watching Father Knows Best on Antenna TV, she was so good on that shoiw. Loved her on Andy Griffith too! Love this interview, she is a classy lady!
I always assumed the producers wrote her out of the show because they decided it wasn't a good idea to give him a love interest so early in the show's run. I must admit, she's a lovely lady & talented actress. Her & Andy did make for a charismatic team. She still looks GREAT! Bless her heart! A beloved personality, that's for sure! :-)
I think the interplay between Andy's character and Ellie's character was too advanced for the time. It was kind of a precursor for the complex love/hate cross of class cultural differences in such shows as Moonlighting and Gilmore Girls. Someone involved with the production, writing of the show didn't realize what magic they really had and that makes me a little sad.
Ms. Donahue I would still eff you all night long.
jchristopher001 2 days ago
was this filmed in mt airy
dirtysouth276 1 week ago
@laplandnorth Didn't Ackerman have something to do with BEWITCHED??
kduideo 1 week ago
i liked her she played a on more then one tv show?
ladycharsw 2 weeks ago
Just recently started watching Father Knows Best on Antenna TV, she was so good on that shoiw. Loved her on Andy Griffith too! Love this interview, she is a classy lady!
momsher1 2 weeks ago
@hando88c
I always assumed the producers wrote her out of the show because they decided it wasn't a good idea to give him a love interest so early in the show's run. I must admit, she's a lovely lady & talented actress. Her & Andy did make for a charismatic team. She still looks GREAT! Bless her heart! A beloved personality, that's for sure! :-)
JubalCalif 3 weeks ago
@frontierdriver Me too why did she leave the show?
hando88c 1 month ago
I think the interplay between Andy's character and Ellie's character was too advanced for the time. It was kind of a precursor for the complex love/hate cross of class cultural differences in such shows as Moonlighting and Gilmore Girls. Someone involved with the production, writing of the show didn't realize what magic they really had and that makes me a little sad.
wetlazer 1 month ago
That sounds like the Oreck guy asking the questions..
firmingitup 1 month ago
I was married to her first husband Richard Smith after they divorced and she married Harry Ackerman. That was long ago,back in 1963,
laplandnorth 1 month ago