Watch Esther Williams as she guest-stars on The Donna Reed Show in "The Career Woman" (Season 2, Episode 31).

Watch Jay North appear as his character, "Dennis," on The Donna Reed Show in a show crossover “Donna Decorates” (Season 3, Episode 3).

Watch Yale Summers as he appears in two episodes of The Donna Reed Show early in his career.

Watch two of the four appearances Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale made on The Donna Reed Show.

Haley Sakuma, a 2021 Donna Reed Foundation intern at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), reflects on The Donna Reed Show.

Watch the first episode filmed of The Donna Reed Show. It was aired as episode 8 of season 1.

A 21-year-old Donna Reed Foundation intern reflects on The Donna Reed Show 55 years after its last episode.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Watch Bobby Burgess, one of Disney's original Mouseketeers, play a football player in “Mary’s Double Date” on The Donna Reed Show.

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.

Richard Deacon is known for playing recurring roles on television shows. Watch him in four episodes of The Donna Reed Show.

Doodles Weaver began his career as a comedian touring with the Spike Jones Music Revue. He made four appearances on The Donna Reed Show.

The Donna Reed Show stretched the envelope in 1962 by inviting Miyoshi Umeki for an episode about an interracial couple.

Singer and songwriter Lesley Gore appears in the last episode of The Donna Reed Show singing her hit song, "It's My Party."