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They refused to bail
Joseph A. Campbell (May 15, 1817 – March 27, 1900). Joseph Albert Campbell was the founder of what would become Campbell's Soup in 1869...
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He kept coming back
Richard Deacon is known for playing recurring roles on television shows. Watch him in four episodes of The Donna Reed Show.
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Hear Donna on radio
May 13, 1948 - Family Theater airs “Song for a Long Road” with Donna Reed. Family Theater was a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology radio...
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Another radio appearance
Stars Over Hollywood May 13, 1950 - Stars Over Hollywood airs “Letter from Rio” with Donna Reed. Stars over Hollywood is a radio...
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Donna Reed: My Mom, My Mother
Actor Paul Petersen of THE DONNA REED SHOW and Mary Owen, daughter of Donna Reed, discuss memories of their respective mothers.
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Toured with Spike Jones
Doodles Weaver began his career as a comedian touring with the Spike Jones Music Revue. He made four appearances on The Donna Reed Show.
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Through their eyes
LifetimeTelevision's "Intimate Portrait" looked back at the life of Donna Reed through the eyes of actors and family members in 1999.
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Donna invited an Oscar winner
The Donna Reed Show stretched the envelope in 1962 by inviting Miyoshi Umeki for an episode about an interracial couple.
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She was a carryover character
Donna Reed's character in "Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case" (1943) originated in the film " Dr. Gillespie (1942).
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Donna called him three times
The Donna Reed Show stretched the envelope by bringing sports figure Willie Mays into the show, something never done before.
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Both nominee and presenter
Donna Reed was both a nominee and a presenter at the 11th Emmy Awards in 1959 to honor the best in television of the year.
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She just looked decorative
Stewart Granger appears with Donna Reed in the film The Whole Truth (1958). A Variety review called the film "a routine effort ."
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Happy Cinco de Mayo
Happy Cinco de Mayo from The Donna Reed Foundation
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Donna Reed in an early leading role
One of Donna Reed's first leading roles was in the B-movie, Gentle Annie, which also starred James Craig and Marjorie Main.
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She sang on the last episode
Singer and songwriter Lesley Gore appears in the last episode of The Donna Reed Show singing her hit song, "It's My Party."
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He was worried
Tony Owen (May 2, 1907 – May 12, 1984). Tony Owen was an American agent and producer who married Donna Reed. They formed their own...
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The blue-eyed cowboy
Mark Slade, best known as Blue Cannon in the western series, The High Chaparral (1967), also appeared on The Donna Reed Show (S8, E10).
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He was a box office draw
Glenn Ford appears with Donna Reed in Ransom (1956). Reviews said the plot was implausible, and the performances fabricated and theatrical.
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His own radio show
Walter Pidgeon had his own radio show which featured 26 of the most popular female film stars of the era, including Donna Reed.
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Another Iowa native
Cloris Leachman won eight Emmy awards, tying with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She guests on The Donna Reed Show in Season 4 in Mouse at Play.
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