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Eilene Janssen
ActorBorn May 25, 1938 (86 years)
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
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
Filmography
| 1994 | The Our Gang Story · as Betty |
| 1968 | Panic in the City · as Information Clerk |
| 1963 | Black Zoo · as Bride |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as First Airline Hostess |
| 1961 | Mister Ed (TV Series) · as Penny Hoblock |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Jill Wagner |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series) · as Emily Busby |
| 1958 | The Space Children · as Phyllis Manley |
| 1957 | Escape from Red Rock · as Janie Acker |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Maureen Franklin |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Nancy Boggs |
| 1957 | Beginning of the End · as William's Date |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Jenny Blake |
| 1956 | The Search for Bridey Murphy · as Bridey Murphy Age 15 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) · as Celia Brady |
| 1956 | State Trooper (TV Series) · as Rose Janskey |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) · as Rosemary |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Nancy Parker |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as Nancy |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best (TV Series) · as Evelyn |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie · as Pixie Croffman |
| 1954 | Waterfront (TV Series) · as Mike Borer |
| 1953 | Life With Father (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as Peggy Conroy |
| 1953 | The Life of Riley (1953) (TV Series) · as Mary Ann |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Nancy Baker |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Katie Hopkins |
| 1952 | Sally and Saint Anne · as Young Jeanne |
| 1951 | The Range Rider (TV Series) · as Juliet |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Eilene |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action (TV Series) · as Nora Stone |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show (TV Series) · as Theodora Natalie 't.n.t.' Town |
| 1948 | Words and Music · as Linda, Age 8 |
| 1948 | The Boy with Green Hair · as Peggy |
| 1948 | Borrowed Trouble · as Child |
| 1948 | Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? · as Betty |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild · as Mary |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way · as Peggy Thorndyke |
| 1947 | Song of Love · as Elise Schumann |
| 1947 | Driftwood · as Girl |
| 1947 | Curley · as Betty |
| 1947 | The Millerson Case · as Myra Minnich |
| 1946 | The Green Years · as Alison Keith As A Child |
| 1946 | Renegades · as Janina Jackorski |
| 1945 | Man Alive · as Angel |
| 1945 | It Happened in Springfield · as Elementary Student |
| 1944 | Till We Meet Again · as Yvonne |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross · as Girl In Orchard |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away · as Sergeant's Child In Train Station |
| 1944 | Two Girls and a Sailor · as Patsy - Age 4 |
| 1944 | |
| 1940 | Sandy Gets Her Man · as Child |