Another Mouseketeer
Cheryl Holdridge, best known as an original cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club, guest stars in Season 5 of The Donna Reed Show.
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A three-time guest star
Award-winning Jack Albertson, a veteran of vaudeville, burlesque, and Broadway, made three guest appearances on The Donna Reed Show.
His slow burn made him famous
Paul Reed, known for his trademark "slow burn", guests in two episodes of The Donna Reed Show - "Trees" and "My Son the Councilman."
She wrote for Donna
Barbara Avedon began her screenwriting career as an episodic writer for The Donna Reed Show, where she wrote 15 scripts.
Did he sing on the show?
Singer James Darren made two appearances on The Donna Reed Show. Watch him sing to Mary (Shelly Fabares) on their date.
Mary's dilemma
Bobby Burgess, an original Mouseketeer and later a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show, also made an appearance on The Donna Reed Show.
They refused to bail
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.
He kept coming back
Richard Deacon had recurring roles in television shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It To Beaver, and The Donna Reed Show.
Toured with Spike Jones
Character actor Doodles Weaver appears in four episodes of The Donna Reed Show in seasons 3, 4, and 5.
Donna invited an Oscar winner
Miyoshi Umeki, known for her role in the television series The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, appears in two episode of The Donna Reed Show.
Donna called him three times
Professional baseball center fielder Willie Mays appears in three episodes of The Donna Reed Show (S6, Ep31), (S7, Ep3) and (S8, Ep 20).
She sang on the last episode
Lesley Gore recorded the pop hit "It's My Party" (1963). She appears in the last episode of The Donna Reed Show singing, "It's My Party."
Another Iowa native
Cloris Leachman, actress and comedienne from Des Moines, Iowa, guest-stars on The Donna Reed Show in "Mouse at Play" (S4, Ep 4).
The neighbor from Mr. Ed
Florence MacMichael guests in two episodes of The Donna Reed Show - "The Fatal Leap" ( S2, Ep 26) and "The Poodle Parlor” (S3, Ep 26).
She was the 975th to audition
Lori Martin, known for her role on National Velvet, appears on The Donna Reed Show in “All Women Are Dangerous” (Season 5 Episode 32).
Mary's boyfriend was a drag racer
Between 1959 and 1961, Tommy Ivo appeared in five episodes of The Donna Reed Show as Mary's boyfriend, Herbie Bailey.
Know his voice or his face?
Hans Conried (Uncle Tonoose on Make Room for Daddy) guests on The Donna Reed Show in “It’s the Principle of the Thing” ( S1, Ep18).
He made two films with Donna
Harry Morgan (M*A*S*H) has more than 100 films to his credit. He appears with Donna Reed in Gentle Annie (1944) and Backlash (1956).
She sang with Tex Williams
Roberta Shore began her career at age ten, singing country-western songs at supermarket openings with Tex Williams.
Gomez Addams guests with Donna Reed
John Astin, the kooky patriarch of tv'sThe Addams Family, stars in “The Mouse at Play” (Season 4, Episode 4) of The Donna Reed Show.
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