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Ackerman was married twice. His second marriage, to actress Elinor Donahue, who was 25 years younger, was in 1962 at the Court of Liberty. He was the adoptive father of her son from her first marriage (to Richard Smith), and he and Donahue had three sons together.
Elinor Donahue (born Mary Eleanor Donahue, April 19, 1937) is a retired American actress, best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the 1950s American sitcom Father Knows Best.
YearTitleRoleNotes2010–11Judge Marie AndersonGuest role (4 episodes)2005Esther 'Legs' DavisEpisode: "Colors"2001Rebecca Quinn DickinsonTV film1999Mrs. LebowitzTV filmApr 8, 2024 · While talking to Fox News Digital about “Mom, Dad, Me, and Classic TV - Growing Up with Classic Television’s Harry Ackerman and Elinor Donahue,” the author relayed a conversation he overheard between his parents after a phone call between his father and the “Bewitched” star.
The widow of TV executive producer Harry Ackerman (he was 25 years her senior), whose list of credits included Leave It to Beaver (1957) , Bewitched (1964) and Gidget (1965), and a mother of four sons, Elinor married third husband, contractor Louis Genevrino, in 1992.
- April 19, 1937
Feb 5, 1991 · Survivors include his wife, actress Elinor Donahue, who starred as the daughter in the “Father Knows Best” TV series, and six children. Donations in his name are asked to be made to the Motion...
Feb 23, 2022 · Who was Elinor’s second husband Harry Ackerman? Elinor married her second husband, Harry, in 1962. He was a successful television producer, responsible for creating several popular...
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Harry Ackerman was born on 17 November 1912 in Albany, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Flying Nun (1967), Love on a Rooftop (1966) and CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984). He was married to Elinor Donahue and Mary Shipp. He died on 3 February 1991 in Burbank, California, USA.