Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986) was an American actress. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. She is well known for her portrayal of Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra's fantasy holiday film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Reed won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Fred Zinnemann's war drama film From Here to Eternity (1953).
Reed is also known for her work in television, notably as Donna Stone, a middle-class American mother and housewife in the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966) whose character was more assertive and complex than most other television mothers of the era. She received numerous Emmy Award nominations for this role and the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star in 1963. Later in her career, Reed replaced Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow in the 1984–1985 season of the television melodrama Dallas; she successfully sued the production company for breach of contract when she was abruptly fired upon Bel Geddes' decision to return to the show.
DonnaReed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986) was an American actress. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances...
The DonnaReed Show is an American sitcom starring DonnaReed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband...
is best known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom The DonnaReed Show (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitcom Coach (1989–1997)...
The DonnaReed Show is an American sitcom starring DonnaReed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband...
Dyke Show. After seeing Crane's performance on The Dick Van Dyke Show, DonnaReed offered him a guest shot on her program. After the success of that episode...
activist. He first rose to prominence in the 1950s playing Jeff Stone on The DonnaReed Show, and transitioned to a singing career in the 1960s. In the early...
retired American child actress. Petersen's brother costarred on ABC's The DonnaReed Show. She was written into the cast as Trisha, an adopted child after...
Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Dana Andrews, DonnaReed and Dianne Foster. It inspired the 1956 Roger Corman film Gunslinger....
She attended Pasadena High School, but after she obtained a role on The DonnaReed Show she was educated at the studio. Landgard starred with Burt Lancaster...
the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Deborah Kerr and DonnaReed portray the women in their lives. The supporting cast includes Ernest...
best remembered for playing DonnaReed's television husband, Dr. Alex Stone, from 1958 to 1966 in the ABC sitcom The DonnaReed Show. Then between 1967 and...
western The Rifleman entitled "High Country". She played Vinnie in The DonnaReed Show episode entitled "Everywhere That Mary Goes." Her first movie role...
continued health issues, she was replaced by movie and television actress DonnaReed for the entire 1984–1985 season. When she returned to health, Dallas producers...
swashbuckler film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring John Payne and DonnaReed. The supporting cast features Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr. and Anthony...
Taylor and Van Johnson in his last role for MGM, with Walter Pidgeon, DonnaReed, Eva Gabor, Kurt Kasznar, George Dolenz, Sandy Descher, Odette, and Roger...
Twice, in 1959 and 1961, Darren played teen idols on episodes of The DonnaReed Show. He did an episode of The Lineup (1959). Darren was third billed...
1958 seasons. Korman's first television role was as a head waiter in The DonnaReed Show episode, "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions". He appeared as a comically...
crossover guest appearances as Dennis on such television shows as The DonnaReed Show and The Red Skelton Hour, and in the feature film Pépé. That year...
Powell Show The Lloyd Bridges Show Surfside 6 Leave It to Beaver The DonnaReed Show Lassie Johnny Staccato The Vintage The Chocolate Soldier Barnes,...
Lucille Ball as well as The DonnaReed Show's 4th-season episode "Donna Meets Roberta" (May 1962). Todon Productions, DonnaReed's production company, used...
television programs such as The Twilight Zone, My Three Sons, and The DonnaReed Show. Gordon was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of film director...
supporting cast was written out. Moore also appeared nine times on The DonnaReed Show, five of which as Angie Quinn, the girlfriend of series character...
Through a friendship with Tony Owen and DonnaReed, he was able to appear in three episodes of The DonnaReed Show. During the 1960s, he appeared on shows...
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