Elinor Donahue – Retired at 83
Actress Elinor Donahue may has acted in The Odd Couple, The Andy Griffith Show, The Flying Nun, and Days of Our Lives, between the 1960s and 1980s, but she really became famous in the 1950s because of sitcom Father Knows Best. She played the oldest daughter Betty on the show.
But while she was receiving all that love and adoration from the fans of her show, Elinor got married young at just 19. Despite starting a family, she continued to work in the entertainment industry for many years. Now in her 80s, Elinor may have retired from acting, as she last appeared in TV’s The Young and The Restless in 2011.