[5], Douglas moved to New York City to pursue a career in show business, and started as an illustration model for toothpaste advertisements. The judge found in favor of Walt Disney Pictures and the other defendants. She also worked as a gospel singer and a popular real estate agent in Beverly Hills, California. She took after the Elly May role like a hippo to water. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. She was in the school's first graduating class. Jan. 2, 2015. Anything with pink on it probably belonged to Douglas, auctioneer David Bowman told bidders asking about details of items. With the 1973 death of Hillbillies co-star Irene Ryan, the 1980 death of Raymond Bailey, and Max Baer Jr.'s refusal to participate, Douglas joined Nancy Kulp and Buddy Ebsen in 1981 as the only original cast members to appear in the reunion movie Return of the Beverly Hillbillies. She was born Doris Smith, near Pride, Louisiana. In November 2011, she released a new children's book titled Miss Donna's Mulberry Acres Farm. "Our show hit number one the second week. Even to this day, it's shown every day somewhere. Donna Douglas was a well-known American celebrity with a net worth of $500 thousand as of June 2022. There was a desk full of critters. The hats were auctioned off Saturday at Southern Heirs Auction Company in Denham Springs. Actress Donna Douglas grants rare interview. ZACHARY, LA (WAFB) - She's been called reclusive by some, but legendary television actress Donna Douglas, Elly May on the 1960s TV show The Beverly Hillbillies, lives . But only one a black mink coat that several women stopped to try on and pose for photos in actually appeared on the Beverly Hillbillies., They were going to move back to the hills, and Mr. Drysdale, the banker, was trying to convince (Elly May) to stay and gave her a mink coat, Achord said. "The Beverly Hillbillies" cast (l-r): Irene Ryan, Buddy Ebsen, Max Baer, Nancy Kulp, Raymond Bailey and Donna Douglas (AP). The home featured in the opening credits of the Beverly Hillbillies sitcom is on the market, and it's the most expensive in the country! . According to the listing agents at Coldwell Banker Global Luxury, Hilton & Hyland and Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, the sprawling mansion features some pretty remarkable amenities including a ballroom, world-class wine cellar, formal salon and period-paneled dining room. In his 35 years as an auctioneer, Tony Achord has handled big sales of heavy equipment from closed plants and auctioned off the estates of plenty of wealthy families but never the belongings of a movie star, much less one he grew up admiring on TV. You have permission to edit this article. A wind advisory has been issued for south Tuesday PM Forecast: quick line of storms expected Wednesday evening. Teen shot while walking to school Wednesday morning; Baton Rouge police plan Party stores ramping up in sales ahead of Mardi Gras, despite previous Teenager ran home for help after being injured in early-morning shooting. Purchases made via links on our site may earn us an affiliate commission, Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. Douglas' niece . ft. home is a 3 bed, 2.0 bath property. January, 2015. Search instead in Creative? Beefier police presence planned at football game after BRPD chief got into scuffle while making arrest near campus. L4N 9R3. During her final days, she enjoyed giving speeches and reading the letters she received from fans. She died of pancreatic cancer in January 2015 in the Baton Rouge area. She never looked her age. Move over, $250 million mansion. The money from the auction will go to Douglas' son.The auction will also include items from three other estates. Donna also tried gospel music. ", See Celine Dion's oceanfront estate and other hideaways of the super rich. While modeling didn't appeal to her -- "I didn't want to be that skinny" -- television did. Elly May was a tomboy and Donna had grown up the only girl, with one big brother and numerous boy cousins. [2][3][4] The younger of two children,[2] she was the only daughter of Emmett Ratcliff Smith Sr.,[note 1] who worked most of his working life for Standard Oil, and his wife, Elma (ne Robinson). Heres a newspaper clipping from the Edinburg Daily Courier, and is dated October 29, 1938. These dolls were Samantha Stephens (from Bewitched, played by Elizabeth Montgomery); Jeannie (from I Dream of Jeannie, played by Barbara Eden); and Elly May Clampett.[12]. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. She was a wonderful lady, a very good Christian lady.". Between 250 and 300 items were up for sale on Saturday, Achord said. In Los Angeles, Donna would land the coveted role of Elly May Clampett. Donna Douglas, best known for her role as the tomboy, critter-loving Elly May Clampett on the 1960s fish-out-of-water CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, died on New Year's Day. [citation needed], Douglas remained a close friend of Ebsen's for 32 years. View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. You know why? . Contents Loving mother of Ronald F. Caliri and his wife Elizabeth of Edina, MN, David M. Caliri of Lexington, Deborah Farrell of Wilmington, the late F. Mark Caliri and his surviving wife Brenda of Woburn, Robert G. Caliri of Lexington . This extremely comical series debuted with The Beverly Hillbillies: The Clampetts Strike Oil (1962), on her 30th birthday, Wednesday, September 26th, 1962, which is among the narrowest & sheerest coincidences, that are hardest to believe. The auction will begin at 10 a.m. Attention as a beautiful woman is great until it isn't. Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- A framed picture of Elly May Clampett, played by Pride native Donna Douglas, and her Beverly Hillbillies co-star Jed Clampett, played by Buddy Ebsen, sits on a table with other property belonging to the late actress, as Baton Rouge's Linda Shaffer, left, and Central's Debbie Drinkard look over a table of hats that belonged to Douglas during an auction Feb. 27 at Southern Heirs Auction Company in Denham Springs. Donna Douglas died at her Louisiana home on January 1 . She . [citation needed], In 1982 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Douglas enrolled at Rhema Bible Training Center, where she graduated in 1984 with an emphasis in children's ministry. Her height was 163 cm, and she weighed 57 kg. We were number one on national television for two solid years," she said. She appeared at conventions and trade fairs. Updated On October 23, 2022 Dorothy Smith, also known as 'TV Star Donna Douglas,' is a singer and actress from the United States. And the other thing was that mom and daddy trusted me enough to let me go and was gonna help me with my little boy, because he was gonna stay. She maintained that she had never endorsed the doll nor given Mattel permission to use her name to promote its sale, and she sought $75,000 in damages. Her father, Emmett Smith, was an employee of the Esso Oil Company, and Douglas spent her summers fishing and collecting pets on her grandparents' 23-acre farm in Baywood. On The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956), she was the Billboard Girl (1959-1960). Her best friend was Max Baer Jr. Later, in LouiDonna Douglas, she used to give speeches at churches and religious organizations. ", The show was not only assailed by critics, but by the network president who put it on the air: "I HATED it," Michael Dann confided much later. The big ticket item is a 5-piece bedroom set rumored to have been given to Douglas by the "King" himself, Elvis Presley. And you don't do that!". She told me she was still cutting grass with her John Deere tractor, Jacob said. Donna won Miss Baton Rouge and Miss New Orleans. "Oh no, I wasn't good in real estate. Today she maintains that commitment, enjoys the adulthoods of her three children, and the laughter of her two grand-daughters. Barrie, Ontario, Canada 1950s, Conversational Pits of the 1960s and 1970s. Caliri, Donna J. Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Southern Heirs Auction Company owner Tony Achord starts the auction of items from the estate of the late Donna Douglas, who played Elly May Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies television series, Saturday morning in Denham Springs. Weve done bigger sales financially, he said, but Ive got to tell you, I was a super fan. 2,750 Sq. 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Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- A piano belonging to the late actress Donna Douglas, who played Elly May Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies television series, kicked off an. [24], Charlene Smith, Douglas's niece by marriage, said that Douglas returned to live in East Baton Rouge Parish around 2005: "She was always happy, always beautiful. [6] She was featured as the "Letters Girl" on NBC's The Perry Como Show in 1957 and as the "Billboard Girl" on NBC's The Steve Allen Show in 1959. Wholesome blonde actress Donna Douglas, who played pretty tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies . Beloved wife of the late Francis J. Caliri. Once In an interview, Douglas stated that she had a great working relationship with Buddy Ebsen on The Beverly Hillbillies. She was so naive, and it was hard to believe that somebody could be that naive, but sometimes she reminded me of me, Depaula-Worthy, of Hammond, said with a laugh as she tried on a wide-brimmed pink hat. Market data provided by Factset. Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Lutcher's Darrel Jacob, an avid autograph collector, shows a souvenir photo of himself posing with the late Donna Douglas, after he saw a story on her in City Social magazine as an animal lover and took a chance that she would be attending a dog show in Baton Rouge several years ago. The property of the late Donna Douglas, who played Elly May Clapmpett on the Beverly Hillbillies tv series, was auctioned off on Saturday. Her early work included the building of an independent newspaper as a leading news voice in this community. She drove that point home when she offered to ride her John Deer "tractor" for this report. Following her acting career, Douglas became a real-estate agent, gospel singer, inspirational speaker, and author of books for children and adults. Recovering from a recent bout of walking pneumonia, Achord had a bit of trouble Saturday quieting down the chatter of hundreds of people packed into the auction house as they waited to bid on items like a baby grand piano, dressers, jewelry and artwork from Douglas and three other estates, not to mention several guns from the Livingston Parish Sheriffs Offices evidence locker. For Donna Douglas, it sounds as though art really did reflect life in a way.The actress died Thursday at the age of 81 at her home in Louisiana and, while she was easily most famous for playing Elly May Clampett, the beautiful fish-out-of-water niece of an accidental oilman on The Beverly Hillbillies, Douglas enjoyed a fruitful career and in later years reflected on having had the type of life . Douglas, a Pride native and resident of Zachary when she died in 2015, starred in 'The Beveryly Hillbillies' television series. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Donna Douglas, the Pride native who rose to television fame as the critter-loving, effervescent Elly May Clampett in the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. The dark coat, foreground, was the only item at the auction known to be used in the series; it was given to Elly May in one episode by Mr. Drysdale, the show's tightwad bank president character, to try to convince the homesick girl to get her family to stay in Beverly Hills. It's also home to a whole host of one-of-a-kind items made with love and extraordinary care. No doubt about it, Clampett was lucky, and so is anyone else who can gather up enough coins to purchase this property. Douglas was a guest star on a number of other television programs and the subject of paper dolls, dolls, coloring books, and various toys during the height of the show's popularity. Wilson stated at the time, "They would have had to copy our stuff verbatim for us to prevail". Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith; September 26, 1932 - January 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971). The beautiful but tomboyish blonde Elly May was played on the hit 1960s show The Beverly Hillbillies by the late actress Donna Douglas, a Pride native who died in January 2015. Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- A variety of printed photos of the late Donna Douglas rests on a table at Southern Heirs Auction Company in Denham Springs Feb. 27, where estate items belonging to 'The Beverly Hillbillies' star were auctioned. Chosen from more than 500 other actresses, Douglas said she felt at ease playing the role because, like her character, she grew up a poor Southern tomboy. Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- An item in the property of the late Donna Douglas, who played Elly May Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies television series, before it was auctioned off Saturday at Southern Heirs Auction Company in Denham Springs. She moved to New York and soon appeared on television series, including a well-remembered guest-star shot on The Twilight Zone (1959) in one of the series' most famous episodes, The Twilight Zone: Eye of the Beholder (1960), in which she plays a woman who tries to undergo a series of experimental treatments to make her beautiful, only for the treatments to fail. All rights reserved. Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- A large image of the late Donna Douglas eating ice cream in an offbeat frame made of white PVC pipe was one piece of the property of the actress's estate auctioned Saturday at Southern Heirs Auction Company in Denham Springs. Bowman says fans have called from all around the country about the auction. Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Geismar's Lisa Stevens, left, watches as Hammond's Elizabeth Depaula Worthy, right, tries on one of the late Donna Douglas' hats, in the actresses's signature pink color, before the start of an auction that included items from the estate of the star of 'The Beverly Hillbillies' Saturday at Southern Heirs Auction Company in Denham Springs. December 28, 2019 1950s, 1960s, beauty, celebrity & famous people, fashion & clothing, female, portraits Born 1932 as Doris Ione Smith, American actress and singer Donna Douglas moved to New York City to pursue a career in show business and started as an illustration model for toothpaste advertisements. SOLD BY REDFIN JUN 14, 2022. Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Lutcher's Darrel Jacob, an avid autograph collector, shows a souvenir photo of himself posing with the late Donna Douglas, after he saw a story on her in City Social magazine as an animal lover and took a chance that she would be attending a dog show in Baton Rouge several years ago. But, as with any abilities, she may open a door for you, but you have to have substance or integrity to advance you through that door. Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Southern Heirs Auction Company owner Tony Achord starts the auction of items from the estate of the late Donna Douglas, who played Elly May Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies television series, Saturday morning in Denham Springs. The twist was she was beautiful, at least to the viewers, but considered hideous to the pig people of the planet, she was on. Her star was beginning to rise. They were probably funny but rebellious. PONCHATOULA- It's one of the most egregious cases victims' advocates tell the WBRZ Investigative Unit they have ever seen, after a judge awarded full custody to How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Douglas and Wilson claimed that in 1985, they had developed a screenplay from the book. Many people at Southern Heirs on Saturday were auction regulars, like Ann Fletcher, who always reserves a seat in the front row. Mother, 1-year-old son killed in Alaska polar BRPD officer arrested for domestic violence allegedly Party City unable to stem losses, files Party stores ramping up in sales ahead Party stores ramping up in sales ahead of Mardi Gras, despite previous setbacks. Douglas was featured as the Letters Girl on "The Perry Como Show" in 1957 and as the Billboard Girl on "The Steve Allen Show" in 1959. The film proved popular, but did little to advance Douglas's big-screen career. [3][22][23] Her interment was in East Feliciana Parish, Louisianas Bluff Creek Cemetery. "It just depends on who's here, who wants it and what it is. "I am sure there's people that are willing to just pay whatever it takes to get this to put in their home," said Bowman. View 45 photos of this 4 bed, 2 bath, 2400 sqft. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. He reminded me so much of my own dad. She was born on September 26, 1933, in East Baton Rouge Parish, LouiDonna Douglas, Louisiana, and grew up to be very similar to Elly May in that she had a strong love for animals and nature. SOLD OCT 14, 2022. Because I've learned I'm a service person. All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas. Writing for business, magazines, newspapers; teaching communications at Georgian College; buying with a partner a teenage magazine, Donnas professional life blended with her mom life and her community commitment life. She attended St. Gerard High School in Baton Rouge, Los Angeles, and Redemptorist High School (now Redemptorist Upper School) in Baton Rouge, LouiDonna Douglas, where she graduated in 1951. 2.5 Baths. WALKER - The estate of the late television star Donna Douglas will be up for auction Saturday in Livingston Parish.
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