An actress on the long-running "Beverly Hillbillies" television show has reached a settlement in a lawsuit with toy giant Mattel and CBS Consumer Products Inc. over a Barbie doll modeled on her features and using her character's name.
Donna Douglas, who played beautiful tomboy Elly May Clampett on the show, sued the companies alleging that she never gave permission for the Barbie, which sported a gingham shirt and her trademark pigtails tied with ribbons.
Read the whole story at the Los Angeles Times.
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