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Alex Stone's colleague
Lindsay Workman (March 6, 1924 - April 24, 2012). Charles Lindsay Workman was a character and voice actor who had a career in film and...


A guardian angel
Henry Travers is best known for his role as the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in the 1946 film classic "It's a Wonderful Life."


Another Iowan!
Virginia Christine, best known as "Mrs. Olson" in ads for Folger's Coffee, guests with fellow Iowan Donna Reed on The Donna Reed Show.


Meet a Donna Reed Scholar
Ben Rappaport, a former Donna Reed National Scholarship finalist in acting, is starring in NBC's "Grosse Pointe Garden Society"


A Golden Globe
On this date, Donna Reed received her Golden Globe Award (Best TV Star – Female) for her role in the TV series, The Donna Reed Show.


Screenwriter and MGM chief butt heads
The Human Comedy became a battleground for writer William Saroyan who wanted to direct his screenplay and the studio head Louis B. Mayer.


What became of Dorian's portrait?
Donna Reed appears in The Picture of Dorian Gray with Hurd Hatfield who doesn't appear to age but his portrait does. It's now in Chicago.


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


He was Uncle Charlie
William Demarest appears with Donna Reed in the films (The Far Horizons (1955) and Pepe (1960).


A familiar face
Donna Reed appears with Elizabeth Taylor in The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954). Variety called the film "an engrossing romantic drama."


A shortened career
Robert Frances appeared with Donna Reed in They Rode West (1954). He died a year later in the crash of a small plane he was piloting.


Robert Altman fan
Bert Remsen appears on The Donna Reed Show in "The Monster" (Season 4, Episode 5). He later was an instructor at the Donna Reed Festival.


She stayed for 69 episodes
Ann McCrea is best known for her role as Midge Kelsey in 69 episodes of the ABC situation comedy series, The Donna Reed Show.


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


It was the worst thing ...
Ronald Reagan, host of General Electric Theater February 24, 1957 - Donna Reed appears on General Electric Theater . General Electric...


Watch a Donna Reed Scholar
Saycon Sengbloh discusses the importance of Black representation on television in a Pauley Center for Media discussion.


The invisible voice
Marni Nixon was the singing voice of leading actresses on the soundtracks of several musical films. She also had a Denison, Iowa connection.


Donna loved character actors
Donna Reed invited Gale Gordon to guest star on two different episodes of The Donna Reed Show during season 4.


Donna's 3-D film
Lee Marvin, known for his role in the comedy Western, Cat Ballou (1965), appears with Donna Reed in the 3-D Western film, Gun Fury (1953).


Often worked two films at once
Edward Arnold, who gave up leading man roles for character parts, appears with Donna Reed in Eyes in the Night (1942).
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