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===Elly May Clampett===
Elly May (portrayed by [[Donna Douglas]] in all 274 episodes), the only child of Jed and Rose Ellen Clampett, is a mountain beauty with the body of a [[pin-up girl]] and the soul of a [[tomboy]]. In an early episode, Jed tells Elly May that she is the spitting image of her mother. She can throw a [[fastball]] and "[[wrestling|wrassle]]" most men to a fall, and she can be tender with her friends, animals, and family. She says once that animals can be better companions than people, but as she grows older, she allows that "fellas kin be more fun than critters." In addition to the family dog, Duke (an old [[Bloodhound]]), a number of pets live on the Clampett estate thanks to Elly May's love of animals.

She is a terrible cook and family members cringe whenever she takes over the kitchen. Elly May is easily in her 20s, but Granny usually promotes her age as "14" since an unmarried mountain woman as old as Elly May is considered an [[Spinster|old maid]].

In the 1981 reunion TV movie, Elly May is the head of a zoo.