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 ...

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Take any successful television series—regardless of decade, genre or format—and you'll almost always find a cast of actors who become so associated with their roles that, to the audience, they are ...

(Reuters) - Wholesome blonde actress Donna Douglas, who played pretty tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" and starred opposite Elvis Presley in the 1966 film ...

BATON ROUGE, La. Donna Douglas still embodies Elly May Clampett, the critter-loving beauty from "The Beverly Hillbillies." "Elly has always been good for me," says Douglas. "That was a slice out of my ...

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 ...

It was a decade ago this month when I reviewed “The Beverly Hillbillies, The Musical” for the 2014 world premiere staged at Theatre at the Center at The Center for Visual and Performing Arts in ...