Promotional portrait of the cast of the television series, 'Father Knows Best'. Clockwise from lower left: Billy Gray, Elinor Donahue, Robert Young, Jane Wyatt and Lauren Chapin. (Photo by Screen Gems ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before television families got dysfunctional or overly complicated, the Andersons brought a sense of 1950s normalcy to television ...

LOS ANGELES - MAY 11: The cast of the CBS television show "Father Knows Best" pose for this May 11, 1958, photo. They are (L-R) Lauren Chapin, Robert Young, Elinor Donahue, Jane Wyatt and Billy Gray. ...

Hollywood actress Lauren Chapin, best known for playing the youngest daughter on the 1950s sitcom “Father Knows Best,” died Tuesday at age 80. “After a long, hard-fought battle over the past five ...

Elinor Donahue, the beloved actress who played Betty Anderson on Father Knows Best, is celebrating a big birthday. The classic TV star marked her 89th birthday on April 19, 2026. Donahue was born in ...

Life wasn't always easy for the actress, who played Kathy "Kitten" Anderson for six seasons. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Lauren Chapin, who portrayed the precocious Kathy “Kitten” Anderson on the ...

LOS ANGELES, California — Lauren Chapin, the former child actress whose portrayal of the spirited youngest daughter on the 1950s sitcom “Father Knows Best,” died Tuesday. She was 80. Chapin’s son, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Former “Father Knows Best” child star Lauren Chapin died Tuesday after a “long hard fought battle” against cancer.

For six seasons, she was Kathy, a giggly tomboy whose father, played by Robert Young, called her Kitten. Her offscreen life, however, was harrowing. By Anita Gates Lauren Chapin, an actress who played ...