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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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).

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.

Beyond Mombasa stars Donna Reed and Cornel Wilde. Her husband, Tony Owen, produced it and it was their first professional collaboration.

Gregory Harrison, known for the CBS series Trapper John, M.D.(1979–86), appears with Donna Reed in the TV movie The Best Place To Be (1979)

The Best Place to Be not only marked Donna Reed's TV movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence.

A Variety review calls Raiders of the Seven Seas a "good Pirate adventure" with an "entertaining" plot and refers to Donna Reed's costumes.

John Wayne, born in Winterset, Iowa, appears with Donna Reed in two films - They Were Expendable (1945) and Trouble Along the Way (1953).

John Payne appears with Donna Reed in the pirate film Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953). The film has a number of continuity problems.

Robert Montgomery directed a few scenes, uncredited, in They Were Expendable (1954) when director John Ford took ill.

Donna Reed once campaigned to have Sacajawea, the role she played in the film The Far Horizons, elected to the Hall of Fame.

Jimmy Stewart was nervous about the phone kiss in It's a Wonderful Life but filmed it in one take. Part of it was cut as far too passionate.

Barbara Stanwyck edged out Donna Reed on the 13th Annual Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series.

When The Donna Reed Show premiered, Campbell's Soup was the sponsor. By the fourth show, everyone was prepared for the show to be canceled.