| Full Name | Donna Reed |
| Net Worth | $8 Million |
| Date Of Birth | January 27, 1921 |
| Died | January 14, 1986, Beverly Hills, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Denison, Iowa, USA |
| Height | 1.61 m |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Profession | Actor |
| Education | Denison High School, Los Angeles City College |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Grover Asmus (m. 1974–1986), Tony Owen (m. 1945–1971), William J. Tuttle (m. 1943–1945) |
| Children | Anthony Owen, Mary Anne Owen, Penny Jane Owen, Timothy Owen |
| Parents | Hazel Jane Mullenger, William Richard Mullenger |
| Nicknames | Donna Reed, Reed, Donna |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001656 |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female, Golden Apple Award for Most Cooperative Actress |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, TV Land for The Most Irreplaceable Replacement Award, Pri... |
| Movies | It's a Wonderful Life, From Here to Eternity, They Were Expendable, Green Dolphin Street, The Far Horizons, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Shadow of the Thin Man, Gun Fury, The Benny Goodman Story, See Here, Private Hargrove, Trouble Along the Way, Hangman's Knot, Chicago Dea... |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart. |
| 2 | I hope more people decide to become organ donors. |
| 3 | What we look for in the school is unrealized potential. |
| 4 | If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commercial insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of risk are willing to gamble with their money, I'm not willing to gamble with the health and safety of my family. |
| 5 | I've been involved with blood donation since the 1980s because there is a critical need. |
| 6 | Forty pictures I was in, and all I remember is 'What kind of bra will you be wearing today, honey?' That was always the area of big decision - from the neck to the navel. |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Mentioned in the song "Living Dead Girl" by Rob Zombie. |
| 2 | Attended the LACC Theater Academy. Other alumni include Morgan Freeman, Mark Hamill, Cindy Williams, and Rene Michelle Aranda. |
| 3 | Is one of 13 actresses who won their Best Supporting Actress Oscars in a movie that also won the Best Picture Oscar (she won for From Here to Eternity (1953)). The others are Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Teresa Wright for Mrs. Miniver (1942), Celeste Holm for Gentleman's Agreement (1947), Mercedes McCambridge for All the King's Men (1949), Eva Marie Saint for On the Waterfront (1954), Rita Moreno for West Side Story (1961), Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Juliette Binoche for The English Patient (1996), Judi Dench for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Jennifer Connelly for A Beautiful Mind (2001), Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago (2002) and Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave (2013). |
| 4 | Paternal great granddaughter of Richard Bartley Johnston (1833-1913), born in Illinois, and Elizabeth Herner (1841-1917), born in Canada. |
| 5 | Paternal granddaughter of William G. Mullenger (1857-1934), born in Wisconsin, and Mary Ann Johnston (1864-1955), born in Illinois. |
| 6 | Daughter of William Richard Mullenger (1893-1981) and Hazel Jane Shives (1899-1975). Both were born and raised in Iowa. |
| 7 | Maternal granddaughter of Charles (1860-1936) and Mary Etta Petty (1866-1947). Both were born and raised in Illinois. |
| 8 | She was of English, as well as some German and Irish, ancestry. Some of her forebears were Canadian-born. |
| 9 | Was the 39th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for From Here to Eternity (1953) at The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954) on March 25, 1954. |
| 10 | She was a lifelong Republican. |
| 11 | Ex-sister-in-law of Thomas Tuttle. |
| 12 | Had a close relationship with her TV daughter, Shelley Fabares. Was considered by Fabares as her second mother until Reed's death in 1986. |
| 13 | Although her image was generally associated that of the the squeaky-clean, conservative 1950s housewife and mother, she won her Oscar for From Here to Eternity (1953) for playing a prostitute. |
| 14 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 725-727. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
| 15 | In Italy, a great deal of her films were dubbed by Renata Marini and Dhia Cristiani (most notably From Here to Eternity (1953)). Occasionally she was also dubbed by Miranda Bonansea (in Green Dolphin Street (1947)), Rosetta Calavetta and Micaela Giustiniani. The great Lidia Simoneschi also lent her voice to Reed in Frank Capra's much celebrated It's a Wonderful Life (1946). |
| 16 | The woman on the cover of Rush's Permanent Waves album is modeled after her. |
| 17 | Learned of her firing from Dallas (1978) from a reporter while on a vacation to Paris. She was in the process of suing the show's producers before her death in January, 1986. |
| 18 | Four children by husband/producer Tony Owen : Penny Owen, Tony Owen Jr., Timothy Owen and Mary Owen. Two were adopted. Mary, their last child, was born to them in 1957, a year before the start of Donna's classic TV show, which Tony executive produced. |
| 19 | In the scene from It's a Wonderful Life (1946) where she and James Stewart throw rocks at the old Granville house, director Frank Capra had originally planned to use a double in Donna's place to throw the rock. Miss Reed, however, was an accomplished baseball player in high school and threw very well, as evidenced by her toss in the movie. |
| 20 | Her last husband Grover Asmus started a program called the Donna Reed Foundation that led to the Donna Reed festival held yearly in Denison, IA. It's a celebration of Donna, and includes classes, performances. Many stars attend such as Shelley Fabares, Debbie Reynolds, and Loren Janes. |
| 21 | Despite her association with the squeaky-clean and conservative 1950s, Reed became an anti-nuclear activist and anti-Vietnam protester. She also founded the group Another Mother for Peace. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Dallas | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Miss Ellie Ewing |
| The Love Boat | 1984 | TV Series | Polly Sullivan |
| Deadly Lessons | 1983 | TV Movie | Miss Wade |
| The Best Place to Be | 1979 | TV Movie | Sheila Callahan |
| The Donna Reed Show | 1958-1966 | TV Series | Donna Stone |
| Pepe | 1960 | | Donna Reed |
| The Whole Truth | 1958 | | Carol Poulton |
| Suspicion | 1957 | TV Series | Letty Jason |
| General Electric Theater | 1957 | TV Series | Rayna |
| Beyond Mombasa | 1956 | | Ann Wilson |
| Backlash | 1956 | | Karyl Orton |
| Ransom! | 1956 | | Edith Stannard |
| The Benny Goodman Story | 1956 | | Alice Hammond |
| Tales of Hans Anderson | 1955 | TV Series | |
| The Far Horizons | 1955 | | Sacajawea |
| The Ford Television Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | Lydia Campbell |
| The Last Time I Saw Paris | 1954 | | Marion Ellswirth |
| Three Hours to Kill | 1954 | | Laurie Mastin |
| They Rode West | 1954 | | Laurie MacKaye |
| Gun Fury | 1953 | | Jennifer Ballard |
| The Caddy | 1953 | | Kathy Taylor |
| From Here to Eternity | 1953 | | Alma aka Lorene |
| Raiders of the Seven Seas | 1953 | | Alida |
| Trouble Along the Way | 1953 | | Alice Singleton |
| Hangman's Knot | 1952 | | Molly Hull |
| Castle in the Air | 1952 | | Donna Reed (uncredited) |
| Scandal Sheet | 1952 | | Julie Allison |
| Saturday's Hero | 1951 | | Melissa |
| Chicago Deadline | 1949 | | Rosita Jean d'Ur |
| Beyond Glory | 1948 | | Ann Daniels |
| Green Dolphin Street | 1947 | | Marguerite Patourel |
| It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 | | Mary Hatch |
| Faithful in My Fashion | 1946 | | Jean 'Chunky' Kendrick |
| They Were Expendable | 1945 | | Lt. Sandy Davyss |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1945 | | Gladys Hallward |
| Gentle Annie | 1944 | | Mary Lingen |
| See Here, Private Hargrove | 1944 | | Carol Holliday |
| Thousands Cheer | 1943 | | Customer in Red Skelton Skit |
| The Man from Down Under | 1943 | | Mary Wilson |
| Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | 1943 | | Marcia Bradburn |
| The Human Comedy | 1943 | | Bess Macauley |
| Personalities | 1942 | Short uncredited | |
| Eyes in the Night | 1942 | | Barbara Lawry |
| Apache Trail | 1942 | | Rosalia Martinez |
| Calling Dr. Gillespie | 1942 | | Marcia Bradburn |
| Mokey | 1942 | | Anthea Delano |
| The Courtship of Andy Hardy | 1942 | | Melodie Nesbit |
| The Bugle Sounds | 1942 | | Sally Hanson |
| Babes on Broadway | 1941 | | Jonesy's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Shadow of the Thin Man | 1941 | | Molly Ford |
| The Getaway | 1941 | | Maria Theresa O'Reilly |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Moviemakers | 1983 | TV Series | |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member and Past Winner |
| ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration | 1978 | TV Special | Herself |
| ABC Late Night | 1974 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 36th Annual Academy Awards | 1964 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design |
| The 35th Annual Academy Awards | 1963 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Cinematography |
| The 13th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1961 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by an Lead Actress in a Series and Presenter |
| The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1959 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| I've Got a Secret | 1958 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Panelist |
| This Is Your Life | 1958 | TV Series | |
| MGM Parade | 1956 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 27th Annual Academy Awards | 1955 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor |
| The 26th Annual Academy Awards | 1954 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Laugh Parade | 1953 | Short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet | 1950 | Documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
| Screen Actors | 1950 | Documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
| Sucker Bait | 1943 | Documentary short | Geraldine - Waitress |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|
| 2006 | TV Land Award | TV Land Awards | The Most Irreplaceable Replacement | Dallas (1978) |
| 2004 | TV Land Award | TV Land Awards | Irreplaceable Replacement | Dallas (1978) |
| 1962 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) | The Donna Reed Show (1958) |
| 1961 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) | The Donna Reed Show (1958) |
| 1960 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support) | The Donna Reed Show (1958) |
| 1959 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series | The Donna Reed Show (1958) |
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