The Donna Reed Foundation

Visit the Museum

Our exhibits showcase treasures from Donna's life!

Enjoy a family-friendly movie at the historic theatre where Donna Reed saw her first film.

Children's Musical
Theatre Workshop for Grades K thru 8
June 13-18, 2022.

Do you remember when you first fell in love with

Donna Reed?

Stars reminisce

Two stars of It's a Wonderful Life, Karolyn Grimes and Jimmy Hawkins, look back at the classic which was nominated for five Oscars.

FBI was interested

The Weird Story of the FBI and "It’s a Wonderful Life’" told by Smithsonian's Kat Eschner. The film supposedly had Communistic tendencies.

When Donna lived in Tulsa

In the early 1980s, Donna Reed was briefly a Tulsa resident. Her husband, Grover W. Asmus, had an engineering job and she came with him.

Happy birthday, Patti

Patti Petersen was written into The cast of The Donna Reed Show as Trisha, an adopted child after Shelley Fabares left the series.

Jeff has a girlfriend ...

Janet Landgard was a regular on The Donna Reed Show, appearing in the role of Karen, Jeff’s girlfriend during Seasons 6, 7 and 8.

Believe in Yourself. Work hard to cultivate your talent. Do not be afraid of naysayers. Be kind to yourself and others. Start where you are today.