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Biography

More than ten years after her death, American actor Donna Reed remains a cultural icon, loved and scorned. She personified the ideal homemaker on…more

Born

1/27/1921, Denison, Iowa (USA)

Birth Name

Donna Belle Mullenger

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- Dallas
  Eleanor 'Miss Ellie' Southworth Ewing Farlow
  - S 8: Ep 30 Swan Song
    5/17/85
  - S 8: Ep 29 Deliverance
    5/10/85
  - S 8: Ep 28 Deeds and Misdeeds
    5/3/85
  - S 8: Ep 27 The Ewing Connection
    4/19/85
  - S 8: Ep 26 Terms of Estrangement
    4/12/85
  - + 18 More Credits
- The Donna Reed Show
  Donna Stone
  - S 8: Ep 27 By-Line - - Jeffrey Stone
    3/19/66
  - S 8: Ep 26 What Price Home?
    3/12/66
  - S 8: Ep 25 So You Really Think You're Young at Heart
    3/5/66
  - S 8: Ep 24 No More Parties, Almost
    2/26/66
  - S 8: Ep 23 Is There a Small Hotel?
    2/19/66
  - + 270 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Dallas
  Ellie Farlow
Guest Star (8)

Role
- Dallas
  Eleanor 'Miss Ellie' Southworth Ewing Farlow
  - S 8: Ep 7 Homecoming
    11/9/84
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 20 Hong Kong Cruise: Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tales of a City (2)
    2/4/84
  - S 7: Ep 19 Hong Kong Cruise: Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tales of a City (1)
    2/4/84
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 36: Ep 1 The 36th Annual Academy Awards
    4/13/64
  - S 35: Ep 1 The 35th Annual Academy Awards
    4/8/63
  - S 27: Ep 1 The 27th Annual Academy Awards
    3/30/55
- Suspicion
  Letty Jason
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Other Side of the Curtain
    10/14/57
- General Electric Theater
  Rayna
  - S 5: Ep 21 Flight from Tormendero
    2/24/57
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Lydia Campbell
  - S 3: Ep 12 Portrait of Lydia
    12/16/54
- The Academy Awards
  Herself
  - S 26: Ep 1 The 26th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/54
- Art Linkletter's House Party
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 17 September 29, 1953
    9/29/53

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- Donna always referred to her television comedy series, The Donna Reed Show, as "The DR Show."
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- In 1936, Donna graduated from Denison High School in Denison, Iowa, ranking in the top ten of a class of eighty-five.
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- As a teenager, Donna was a member of the Temperance Corp, signing pledges not to drink alcoholic beverages or smoke.
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- Donna Reed: (as her ABC television series, 'The Donna Reed Show,' entered its fifth season) I hate the term. To me the phrase "situation comedy" conjures up inane plots, blundering husbands, and overbearing TV wives. It's everything we try to avoid on our show.
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- Donna Reed: I'm fed up to here with stories about kooky, amoral or sick women. Hollywood and Broadway haven't always been so absorbed with these misfits. Greer Garson, Norma Shearer, Irene Dunn all played "unsick" women. But with the producers today, it has to be BUtterfield 8. I just don't believe the public wants a diet of these sick females. (1961)
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- Donna Reed: I hear "Donna Reed" and I get a picture of a tall, chic, austere blond, which isn't me. I've never liked that name. It has a cold sound. Donna Reed.
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