Margaret Drysdale

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Margaret Drysdale (nee Fahrquar) was a fictional character in the 1960's television series, The Beverly Hillbillies, as well as the 1993 movie remake. She was played by actress Harriet E. MacGibbon in the television series, and in the movie, she was played by actress Penny Fuller.

[edit] Drysdale's snobbish wife

Margaret was the snobbish and very status conscious second wife of Milburn Drysdale, the president of the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills. She had a tendency to snub anyone who never measured up to her unusually high standards.

Naturally she was quite miffed and humiliated when the Clampett family moved into the mansion that was next door to hers. She would often yell at her husband for daring to bring those "hillbillies" into her neighborhood. That he fawned over them, and indulged them, simply because they were the bank's biggest depositors, made it even worse. No matter how nice they tried to be to her, she would deflect it by her own snobbish attitude.

Of all the Clampetts, her most hated enemy was Daisy "Granny" Moses. To Granny, the feeling was mutual; and it took Milburn and Jed "JD" Clampett to keep the two battling women from tearing each other to pieces.

Margaret hated Jed because her prized poodle, Claude, gave birth to a litter of puppies that were sired by his bloodhound, Duke. Also she felt that the Clampetts lowered the property values by virtue of them living in her neighborhood. However, her hatred of Jed seemed to have had no effect on him, and he was still nice and kind to her. In fact, he often implored his family, especially Granny, to still remain charitable to her, even though he knew that she irritated them.

Although at times, she was overbearing and snobby, Milburn did love her, even though they often scrapped about jed and his family and his fixation on helping them. More often as not, however, not without her eating crow, Margaret ended up being grateful that the Clampetts were there. She never did get her wish that they move out of her neighborhood, however. Mr. Drysdale was also kind (though strict with) Margaret's son from her previous marriage, Sonny.