Lori Saunders

Lori Saunders (born Linda Marie Hines in Kansas City, Missouri; October 4, 1941) is an American film and television actress, probably best known for her role as Bobbie Jo Bradley in the television series Petticoat Junction (1965–1970). Television Starring roles Saunders played brunette middle-sister Bobbie Jo Bradley in 3 episodes of Green Acres, 147 episodes of the rural sitcom Petticoat Junction, and 7 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies. In Petticoat Junction, she took over the role in 1965 from Pat Woodell, who left the show to focus on her singing career. Co-star Meredith MacRae, who joined the show in 1966, said in a 1960s interview that she and Lori were very close, "like the Bobbsey twins", since they were both married and had each replaced another actress on the series. She played Elizabeth "Betty" Gordon, one of Mr. Drysdale's secretaries, in the last season of The Beverly Hillbillies.