When The Beverly Hillbillies made its TV debut in 1962, it was dismissed by critics as little more than a hillbilly cartoon, but the viewers knew better. With its fish-out-of-water premise, lovable ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The actress who played Elly May Clampett on the television show 'The Beverly Hillbillies' is suing toy manufacturer Mattel Inc., claiming the company used her name and likeness for ...

Take any successful television series—regardless of decade, genre or format—and you'll almost always find a cast of actors who become so associated with their roles that, to the audience, they are ...

FARMVILLE — It’s been more than half a century since folks could “come and listen to a story about a man named Jed” — except in reruns. Television audiences said goodbye to Jed and all his kin back in ...

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Wholesome blonde actress Donna Douglas, who played pretty tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" and starred opposite Elvis Presley in the 1966 ...

Take any successful television series-regardless of decade, genre or format-and you'll almost always find a cast of actors who become so associated with their roles that, to the audience, they are ...