Donna Douglas

What draws me to Donna Douglas isn't Elly May Clampett, iconic as that role was, but everything she did after the spotlight dimmed. Plenty of sitcom stars cling to a single character forever; Douglas reinvented herself as a real estate agent, gospel singer, speaker, and children's author. That second act, lived on her own quiet terms, tells me more about her character than any pageant sash or sitcom credit. I find that kind of self-directed reinvention genuinely admirable, and there's something fitting and serene about her passing on New Year's Day, 2015.

Name (English)

Donna Douglas

Name (Japanese)

ドナ・ダグラス

Reading

どな・だぐらす

Born

September 26, 1933 – January 1, 2015

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

actor / beauty pageant contestant / screenwriter / television actor / model

High school

Redemptorist High School

• Official sitehttps://www.donnadouglas.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna%20Douglas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3036761

Tags

• Louisiana
• actor
• beauty pageant contestant
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.