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    Popular character actor worked with Donna
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    Popular character actor worked with Donna

    Character actor Dabney Coleman guest-stars in The Donna Reed Show episode, Rally Round the Girls, Boys (Season 8, Episode 12)
    Donna and "Ol' Lonely"
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    Donna and "Ol' Lonely"

    Jesse White, the lonely Maytag repairman, appears in The Donna Reed Show in April Fool (Season 1, Episode 28) with James Darren.
    He proposed daily
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    He proposed daily

    Grover Asmus proposed to Donna Reed on a daily basis during their three-year courtship. He was surprised when she unexpectedly accepted.
    She helped launch careers
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    She helped launch careers

    Barbara Remsen, a frequent instructor at the Donna Reed Festival workshops, helped launch the careers of Tom Selleck and Kevin Costner.
    Low budget film follows Oscar
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    Low budget film follows Oscar

    Dana Andrews appeared with Donna Reed in the low-budget film Three Hours to Kill (1954). Performances were "competent enough."
    New year greeting
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    New year greeting

    Our best wishes for the New Year from The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts in Denison, Iowa.
    Donna didn't get any credit
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    Donna didn't get any credit

    Donna Reed's third movie was Babes On Broadway (1942) starring Mickey Rooney. She does not appear in the credits because of her small role.
    He didn't call ahead
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    He didn't call ahead

    Rhys Williams, who made his film debut in How Green Was My Valley, appears on The Donna Reed Show in The Busy Body (Season 1, Episode 13).
    Jimmy returns from World War II
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    Jimmy returns from World War II

    He had just returned home from serving in World War II and this 1946 film was his first movie since witnessing the horrors of war.
    Have you cast your vote?
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    Have you cast your vote?

    Jason Middauh and daughter Jane are less than 1,800 votes shy of having their Lego set considered an official Lego product.
    It's a Wonderful Life on radio
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    It's a Wonderful Life on radio

    Screen Guild Players broadcast its second radio adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life with Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart reprising their roles.
    Mary's busy December
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    Mary's busy December

    Donna Reed's daughter, Mary Owen, has a busy December as venues ask her to appear at their annual showings of "It's a Wonderful Life."
    He was there 75 years ago
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    He was there 75 years ago

    Jimmy Hawkins, who played Tommy Bailey in the film, discusses how perspectives on the film have changed in recent years.
    A radio interview from home
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    A radio interview from home

    Actress Paula Stone was hired to broadcast news and gossip of Broadway to servicemen. One of the celebrities interviewed was Donna Reed.
    She hasn't always been a lady
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    She hasn't always been a lady

    Donna Reed co-stars with Richard Widmark in the American Western film Backlash (1956). She appears as a girl who hasn't always been a lady.
    A film that didn't make beautiful music
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    A film that didn't make beautiful music

    Donna Reed co-stars with Steve Allen in The Benny Goodman Story (1956). A reviewer suggested the swing music was the only positive aspect.
    They met in traffic court
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    They met in traffic court

    Singer Tony Martin guest-stars on The Donna Reed Show in "Tony Martin Visits" (Season 3, Episode 24) when he meets Donna in traffic court.
    Donna worked with a prolific actor
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    Donna worked with a prolific actor

    Barton MacLane, known for his role on the tv comedy I Dream of Jeannie, appeared with Donna Reed in Backlash (1956) and Gentle Annie (1944).
    Donna's wartime letters
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    Donna's wartime letters

    Martha Teichner reports on how Hollywood actress Donna Reed shared letters with World War II troops and her work at the Hollywood Canteen.
    One of Donna's B Westerns
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    One of Donna's B Westerns

    Donna Reed made three B Westerns at Columbia after her exceptional performance in From Here to Eternity (1953).
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