Photos: Donna Douglas of 'Beverly Hillbillies' dies
Known as Elly May Clampett from popular TV series dead at 81..
Beverly Hillbillies 1966
From left, actors Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Buddy Ebsen appear in a scene from the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies," 1966. (AP Photo)
'Beverly Hillbillies'
The cast of TV's "The Beverly Hillbillies," are seen riding in their car in this May 19, 1967 photo. Seen are Buddy Ebsen, front left, Max Baer, front right, Donna Douglas, rear left, and Irene Ryan. Ebsen, the loose-limbed dancer turned Hollywood actor who achieved stardom and riches in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones, died Sunday, July 6, 2003, at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., a hospital official said Monday, July 7. He was 95. (AP Photo)
'Beverly Hillbillies'
Banjo legend Earl Scruggs, center, is presented his Walk of Fame Star, the 2,215th, by Hollywood honorary mayor Johnny Grant, left, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003. In the back from left are Donna Douglas and Max Baer Jr. from the "The Beverly Hillbillies," Dwight Yoakam, Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson Guitar Corp. chairman, and Kevin Nealon. At lower right is Leron Gubler, president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)
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From left to right, actors Irene Ryan as Granny, Max Baer, Jr. as Jethro, and Donna Douglas as Elly May, are shown on the set of the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies," in Los Angeles, May 7, 1963. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)
Beverly Hillbillies 1965
From left, Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Max Baer, and Donna Douglas, stars of the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies," are shown in a scene from the show, Oct. 8, 1965. (AP Photo)
The Beverly Hillbillies
Television sitcom "family," the Clampetts, of the series "The Beverly Hillbillies," are shown, stand from left to right, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas and Bea Benaderet, and seated, Buddy Ebsen, July 19, 1962, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
'Beverly Hillbillies'
Buddy Ebsen shows off his famous shuffling dance step to cast members of the ?Beverly Hillbillies? television show and the audience during the taping of the Jerry Springer Show in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 12, 1993. Shown left to right are Max Baer Jr., Donna Douglas and Louis Nye who attended the cast reunion to promote their upcoming CBS special ?The Legends of the Beverly Hillbillies,? which is scheduled to air on May 24th. The person on the far right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Olga Shalygin)
Donna Douglas
Donna Douglas, who starred in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" poses for a photograph in the photo taken in Baton Rouge, La. Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Douglas is holding a publicity photo taken on the set of the show. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Donna Douglas
This photo taken Jan. 8, 2009 shows Donna Douglas, who starred in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" posing for a photograph in the photo taken in Baton Rouge, La. Douglas is holding a publicity photo taken during the shooting of the TV series. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Donna Douglas
This photo taken Jan. 8, 2009 shows Donna Douglas, who starred in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" posing for a photograph in the photo taken in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Donna Douglas
Donna Douglas, who starred in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" tours the Audubon Zoo in this photograph taken in New Orleans, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Donna Douglas
FILE - In this March 4, 2009 file photo, Donna Douglas, who starred in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" tours the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom has died. Douglas, who was 82, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, in Baton Rouge, where she lived, her niece, Charlene Smith, said. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)
'Beverly Hillbillies'
Buddy Ebsen, as Jed, talks to Donna Douglas, playing his daughter Elly May, as she milks a goat on a Beverly Hills tennis court during filming of the televison comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" on Aug. 9, 1962. A chicken is perched on the goat's back. (AP Photo)
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Two of the TV hillbillies who struck oil on the show and gold in the ratings, Donna Douglas and Max Baer Jr. go through a bit of horseplay on the set in Hollywood in May 1963. The quick rise of "Beverly Hillbillies" to the top spot in TV ratings left critics with their most acid adjectives hanging. Donna and Max deny they're sex symbols in the series, but critics can't figure out how else it won so many fans within a month of starting. (AP photo/dfs)
'Beverly Hillbillies'
Orchestra leader Les Brown rehearses with actors Donna Douglas and Max Baer before taping an episode for the TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies'" on March 26, 1964. (AP Photo)