Eilene Janssen

Born: 1938-05-25

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


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The Boy with Green Hair

as Peggy
Released: 1948-11-26

Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while...

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It Happened Tomorrow

as uncredited
Released: 1944-03-31

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This...

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Song of Love

as Elise Schumann
Released: 1947-10-09

Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers...

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Black Zoo

as Bride
Released: 1963-05-15

Michael Conrad, owner of a group of strange animals, trains his beasts to obey him, unleashing...

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Beginning of the End

as William's Date
Released: 1957-06-28

An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles...

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The Search for Bridey Murphy

as Bridey Murphy Age 15
Released: 1956-10-01

After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he...

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On Our Merry Way

as Peggy Thorndyke
Released: 1948-02-03

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper...

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Who Killed Doc Robbin?

as Betty
Released: 1948-04-09

A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways,...

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Till We Meet Again

as Yvonne
Released: 1944-08-30

An American pilot is shot down over Nazi-occupied France and is taken to a convent by the...

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Sally and Saint Anne

as Young Jeanne
Released: 1952-07-01

An Irish-American girl asks the saint to guide her family and save them from an alderman.

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The Green Years

as Alison Keith as a child
Released: 1946-07-04

An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to...

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About Mrs. Leslie

as Pixie Croffman
Released: 1954-08-03

A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life...

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Borrowed Trouble

as Child
Released: 1948-07-23

Finishing a trail drive, Hoppy and the boys head to town and immediately get caught up in the...

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Escape from Red Rock

as Janie Acker
Released: 1957-12-01

Pursued by a posse, a rancher and a young woman, partners in crime, are chased into Indian country.

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Panic in the City

as Information Clerk
Released: 1968-10-01

An American agent is assigned to track down a renegade Soviet spy who is building an atomic...

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Arizona Manhunt

as Judy Dawson
Released: 1951-09-14

Arizona Manhunt was the second entry in Republic's "Rough Ridin' Kids" series. Michael Chapin...

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Curley

as Betty
Released: 1947-08-23

The students of Lakeview Elementary devise comedic ways to torment their new teacher.

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Wild Horse Ambush

as Judy
Released: 1952-04-15

A man has kidnaped an engraver and has him forging Mexican bills. He captures wild horses...

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The Dakota Kid

as Judy Dawson
Released: 1951-07-01

Dakota Kid is a young outlaw who joins a gang headed by Ace Crandall. Crandall's aim is to...

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It's Always Sunday

as Nancy Parker
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A pair of drifters try to hit up a minister as a soft touch for a handout, but they...

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Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas

as Judy Dawson
Released: 1951-05-01

At the end of the Civil War, Sam White returns home to his ranch in the Texas ranch -The...

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as First Airline Hostess
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

as Nancy Baker
First aired: 1952-10-03

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952...

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