Elinor Donahue on being part of early television experiments

Actress Elinor Donahue tells the story of participating in early experimental television tests for director Klaus Landsberg when she was a child. She remembers, in particular the look of the makeup she had to wear in order for the cameras to read her features:

”When I looked in the mirror I nearly screamed. Your lips were black, really black, and the makeup was brown and the rouge was bright, you know dark. Everything was exaggerated.”

Watch Elinor Donahue’s full interview where she talks about her career from “Father Knows Best” and “The Andy Griffith Show” to ���Get a Life.”

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