<P> Donahue was a musical judge in ABC's Jukebox Jury (1953--54). While in the first season of Father Knows Best she also appeared on The Ray Bolger Show, starring Ray Bolger as a song - and - dance man . Thereafter, she was cast with James Best, Ann Doran, and J. Carrol Naish in the 1956 episode "The White Carnation" of the religion anthology series, Crossroads . She guest starred on an episode of U.S. Marshal . She also appeared as a new bride in the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show episode titled "The Newlyweds" that aired April 2, 1956 . </P> <P> She played Georgiana Balanger in the episode "Dennis and the Wedding" (1960) on Dennis the Menace . Donahue was also cast, in 1960, with Marion Ross in an episode ("Duet") of The Brothers Brannagan . She played Miriam Welby on ABC's The Odd Couple, Jane Mulligan on Mulligan's Stew, and Nurse Hunnicut on Days of Our Lives . </P> <P> She was featured in 12 episodes of CBS's The Andy Griffith Show as pharmacist Ellie Walker, even getting a mention in the opening credits . The character was intended to be a love interest for Sheriff Andy Taylor, but after one season (1960--1961), Donahue decided to ask for a release from her three - year contract . </P> <P> In 1963, Donahue was cast in an episode of NBC's short - lived modern Western series, Redigo, with Richard Egan as the rancher Jim Redigo; then in 1964, she appeared as Melanie in "The Secret in the Stone" in the NBC medical drama dealing with psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour, starring Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy . </P>

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