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Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes. Created by Ed James, Father Knows Best follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle-class family living in the town of ...
Cast photo of the Anderson family from the television program, Father Knows Best: (front) Lauren Chapin; (back, from left) Billy Gray, Jane Wyatt, Robert Young and Elinor Donahue in 1954. Donahue achieved stardom for her role as the elder daughter, Betty, on the television family series Father Knows Best, which aired from 1954 to 1960. [4]
Lauren Ann Chapin (born May 23, 1945) is an American former child actress who played the role of the youngest child "Kathy Anderson" (nicknamed "Kitten") in the television show Father Knows Best, [1] between 1954 and 1960. She appeared in 196 episodes of the 203 in the series. Chapin was awarded five Junior Emmys for Best Child Actress.
The series premiered on CBS in 1954, quickly making Donahue one of the most recognizable faces in America. At 19 years old, amid the height of the show's popularity, Donahue became a married woman.
He was cast as Plato in Rebel Without a Cause, but had to exit the role when a delay in shooting interfered with his commitment to Father Knows Best. He was arrested for marijuana possession in 1962 and served 45 days in jail. [2] However, he did reprise his role of Bud Anderson in two Father Knows Best reunion films in 1977.
Jane Waddington Wyatt (/ ˈ w aɪ ə t / WY-ət; August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006) was an American actress.She starred in a number of Hollywood films, such as Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, but is likely best known for her role as homemaker and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS and NBC television comedy series Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the ...
Robert George Young (February 22, 1907 – July 21, 1998) was an American film, television, and radio actor best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character, in Father Knows Best (CBS, then NBC, then CBS again) and the physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. . In 1978, Young produced a documentary that "stressed the ...
Father Still Knows Best: A Father's Day Special: June 17, 1990: Family Channel: Father Knows Best (1954–1960) 1990: The Honeymooners Anniversary Special: November 12, 1990: CBS: The Honeymooners (1955–1956) 1991: All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special: February 16, 1991: CBS: All in the Family (1971–1979) 1991: Mary Tyler Moore: The ...