Irene Ryan

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Irene Ryan

American actress

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The Beverly Hillbillies
…the show featured Granny (Irene Ryan), a matriarch with uncommon folk wisdom and uncanny natural abilities (such as telling the exact time from the position of the Sun); Elly May (Donna Douglas), Jed’s pretty yet naive daughter, who is courted by various potential beaux from Hollywood; and Jethro Bodine…
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…the show featured Granny (Irene Ryan), a matriarch with uncommon folk wisdom and uncanny natural abilities (such as telling the exact time from the position of the Sun); Elly May (Donna Douglas), Jed’s pretty yet naive daughter, who is courted by various potential beaux from Hollywood; and Jethro Bodine…
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