JPDonna the friendDonna Reed had a 48-year pen pal correspondence with Violet Lindsay. Vi saved 82 letters and donated them to the Donna Reed Museum/Archive.
JPShe was the 975th to auditionLori Martin, who played Velvet Brown on the NBC version of National Velvet, also appears in All Women are Dangerous on The Donna Reed Show.
JPHer role lasted a decadeBarbara Hale, best known for her role in the television series Perry Mason (1957–1966) appears with Donna Reed in The Far Horizons (1955).
JPMary's boyfriend was a drag racerTommy Ivo, an actor and drag racer, appeared in five episodes of The Donna Reed Show as Mary's boyfriend, Herbie Bailey.