<P> Elinor `` Ellie '' Walker is a fictional character in the American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show . She is notable for being Andy Taylor 's first regular girlfriend seen on the show . Ellie makes 12 appearances in the first season . Despite the paucity of her appearances , she was intended as a series regular . Unlike girlfriends that would follow , her portrayer , Elinor Donahue , is given opening credit billing , alongside Andy Griffith . </P>
<P> Elinor `` Ellie '' Walker is a fictional character in the American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show . She is notable for being Andy Taylor 's first regular girlfriend seen on the show . Ellie makes 12 appearances in the first season . Despite the paucity of her appearances , she was intended as a series regular . Unlike girlfriends that would follow , her portrayer , Elinor Donahue , is given opening credit billing , alongside Andy Griffith . </P>
who played ellie on the andy griffith show
who played ellie on the andy griffith show
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue