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A Golden Globe

Donna Reed received a Golden Globe Award (Best TV Star – Female) March 3, 1963 for her role in the TV series, The Donna Reed Show.

Screenwriter and MGM chief butt heads

Donna Reed appears in The Human Comedy (1943). A bitter dispute developed between screenwriter William Saroyan and Louis B. Mayer of MGM.

What became of Dorian's portrait?

March 1, 1945 - The Picture of Dorian Gray premiers in New York City Donna Reed appears in this film with Hurd Hatfield who doesn't appea...

She played three different girlfriends

Mimsy Farmer guest-stars on The Donna Reed Show in three different episodes, each time playing a different one of Jeff's love interests.

A familiar face

Donna Reed appeared with Elizabeth Taylor in The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954).

A shortened career

Robert Francis appeared in only four Hollywood films before dying in a plane crash. He appeared with Donna Reed in They Rode West (1954).

A Robert Altman fan

Bert Remsen appeared on The Donna Reed Show in "The Monster" (Season 4, Episode 5). He also cast nearly all of Robert Altman's films.

She stayed for 69 episodes

Ann McCrea appeared in 69 episodes of The Donna Reed Show in the role of Midge and was later a board member of The Donna Reed Foundation.

An MGM contract actress

Donna Reed appears with character actress Marjorie Main in two films - Gentle Annie (1944) and The Bugle Sounds (1941).

It was the worst thing ...

Donna Reed appears in "Flight from Tormendero" on General Electric Theater and said it was "the worst thing I've ever done.

Online concert opportunity

Upon These Shoulders online concert will include Brandon Victor Dixon, 1999 Donna Reed scholarship finalist in musical theater.

She was the invisible voice

Marni Nixon, who dubbed the singing voice of actresses on the soundtracks of many musicals, taught at the Donna Reed Festival in Denison, IA

When theaters went dark

What have performers been doing since theaters went dark? Santino Fontana chats with Richard Ridge about the past eleven months.

Donna loved character actors

Donna Reed always looked for character actors for The Donna Reed Show. Gale Gordon appears in two episodes during Season 4.

Donna's 3-D film

Donna Reed appears with Lee Marvin in the 3-D American Western film, Gun Fury (1953).

Kari's a bee named Bea

Archibald’s Next Big Thing moves from Netlix to Peacock. Kari Wahlgren, a 1995 Donna Reed Scholarship recipient, voices the role of Bea.

He often worked on two films at once

Donna Reed appears with Edward Arnold in "Eyes in the Night" (1942). Arnold was an expert at playing rogues and authority figures.

She brought fun to the set

Kathleen Freeman plays the riotous neighbor, Mrs. Wilgus, in four episodes of The Donna Reed Show. She later taught at the Donna Festival.

Donna does radio

Donna Reed guest-stars on the February 17, 1953 broadcast of the Martin and Lewis Radio Show in a burlesque on "Rip Van Winkle."

A premier character actor

Arthur Kennedy, one of the premier character actors in films during the 1950s appeared with Donna Reed in Chicago Deadline (1949).

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