Eilene Janssen
Eilene Janssen was born in Los Angeles, California on May 25, 1938, to Henry Janssen and Mary Ellen Thompson.
She began her film career as a child actress in the early 1940s. With her father being a longtime worker for Universal Studios, Eilene Janssen made her first screen appearance in the 1940 film Sandy Gets Her Man. She continued to have bit parts in several movies such as Two Girls and a Sailor and It Happened Tomorrow. In 1944, she was awarded the title "Little Miss America".
As she grew older, she gained more prominent roles such as Elise in Song of Love and Peggy in The Boy with Green Hair. As a young adult she had a good role as the female lead in the 1957 Western film Escape from Red Rock.
Apart from films, Eilene Janssen also acted in television series like The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best, Mister Ed, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Tales of Wells Fargo, Make Room for Daddy, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Beverly Hillbillies and Perry Mason.
She retired from acting in 1968. As of 2004, she is residing in Pasadena, California.
Janssen married Harry Ronald Rothschild on November 29, 1957. They had two children together before they divorced in 1962. She then married Thomas Alexander Orchard, in 1963. They had one child together before their 1966 divorce. Janssen married George Ellis Moore in 1968. They had two children together before he died in 2000. CLR
Acting
TV
The Beverly Hillbillies
as First Airline Hostess
1962
Movie
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Movie
The Boy with Green Hair
as Peggy
1948
Movie
Beginning of the End
as William's Date
1957
TV
Father Knows Best
as Evelyn
1954
Movie
On Our Merry Way
as Peggy Thorndyke
1948
Movie
The Green Years
as Alison Keith as a child
1946
TV
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Nancy Baker
1952
Movie
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Betty
1948
Movie
Black Zoo
as Bride
1963
Movie
Song of Love
as Elise Schumann
1947
Movie
About Mrs. Leslie
as Pixie Croffman
1954
Movie
The Search for Bridey Murphy
as Bridey Murphy Age 15
1956
Movie
Curley
as Betty
1947
Movie
Borrowed Trouble
as Child
1948
Movie
Panic in the City
as Information Clerk
1968
Movie
Sally and Saint Anne
as Young Jeanne
1952
Movie
Till We Meet Again
as Yvonne
1944
Movie
The Dakota Kid
as Judy Dawson
1951
Movie
Arizona Manhunt
as Judy Dawson
1951
Movie
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
as Judy Dawson
1951
Movie
Wild Horse Ambush
as Judy
1952
Movie
Escape from Red Rock
as Janie Acker
1957
Movie
Rendezvous 24
as Anchaka Schmidt
1946