Here's a captioned Donna Reed Heritage Archive PR photo of Donna greeting the screen's newest star, Lassie.

The 12th Emmy Awards had only three nominees as opposed to the traditional five or six. Donna Reed was one. Know the other two?

Watch Cheryl Holdridge as she guests on The Donna Reed Show in “Mary, Mary Quite Contrary” (Season 5, Episode 5).

See how Variety gave Donna Reed a nod for her performance in Trouble Along the Way with two established male stars.

Grant Mitchell appears with Donna Reed in See Here, Private Hargrove (1944). See who Variety mentioned in its review.

Watch Jack Albertson, a veteran of vaudeville, burlesque, TV, and Broadway, in episodes of The Donna Reed Show.

Donna Reed and her sister, model Heidi Mullenger, were featured on the "Tex and Jinx" show on this date in 1947.

Paul Reed guests in two episodes of The Donna Reed Show: “Trees” ( S8, E9) as well as “My Son, the Councilman” (S8, E17).

Paul Petersen, the son on The Donna Reed Show, reflects on singing “My Dad” to his on-screen father, Alex Stone, played by Carl Betz.

Donna Reed married Tony Owen in a ceremony in Beverly Hills. An hour later, Judy Garland and Vincente Minelli were wed by the same minister.

For 23 years, hundreds flocked to the hometown of Donna Reed to learn from the professionals during the Donna Reed Festival.

Barbara Avedon began her screenwriting career as an episodic writer for The Donna Reed Show. She also founded Another Mother For Peace.

Mary Wickes played supporting roles as prim women who made sarcastic quips when the leading characters fell short of her high standards.

The Get-Away (1941) was Donna Reed's first movie. When it was screened at a sneak preview, she attended incognito with a friend.

William Lundigan was discovered because of his rich announcing voice. He appears with Donna Reed in the film Apache Trail (1942).

Watch singer James Darren as he makes two appearances on The Donna Reed Show during the first four seasons.

Listen as Donna Reed appears with Charlton Heston on radio as he recreates his movie role as a plantation owner in The Naked Jungle (1954).

Watch Dean Martin serenade Donna Reed in the 1953 film, The Caddy.

During the bank run in It's a Wonderful Life, Ellen Corby asks for her money with a line that surprises Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.

Donna Reed was to appear with Frank Morgan in The Stratton Story but the poor box office performance of It's A Wonder Life changed things.