Classic TV fans have long wondered why the actress vanished from the show ... and whether there was truth to rumors that she ...

ReMind Magazine reported that Donahue discussed filming the first season of The Andy Griffith Show, which premiered in 1960, the same year Father Knows Best ended, during a July 2 ...

While the heart of The Andy Griffith Show (which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1968) ... Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue, born 1937) L-R: Frances Bavier, Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, ...

circa 1965: Don Knotts (playing Barney Fife,) Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle,) and Andy Griffith (Andy Taylor) look perplexed in a haunted house, in a still from the television series, The Andy Griffith Show.

Andy must make a hasty, ill-advised marriage proposal to Ellie Walker after he becomes convinced that the new, handsome young doctor in town is trying to steal his girl. 90 25.