Elinor Donahue - 1990s and Later

1990s and Later

In 1990, she played the part of "Bridget," a Beverly Hills clothing store manager, in the movie Pretty Woman.

Donahue played Gladys, the mother of Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott), on the sitcom Get a Life (1990–92), and had a recurring role as Rebecca Quinn on the CBS drama series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. In 1992, she voiced the mother on the hit Fox Kids animated series Eek! the Cat. In 1994, she made an appearance as Aunt Lillian in The One Where Nana Dies Twice on Friends.

In 1998, Donahue published a memoir entitled In the Kitchen with Elinor Donahue, in which she relived some of her memories of Hollywood along with providing more than 150 of her recipes.

In September 2010, Donahue made an appearance on The Young and the Restless as Judge Anderson, one of Nikki Newman's old friends, and also as the woman who will be marrying Billy Abbott and Nikki's daughter, Victoria Newman.