Donna Reed
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Donna Reed (January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986) was an American film and television actress. She received the 1953 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lorene, a prostitute, in From Here to Eternity, and received the 1963 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female for her performance as Donna Stone, an American middle class wife and mother, in The Donna Reed Show. In 1984, she replaced Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie in the television melodrama, Dallas, and sued the production company for breach of contract when she was abruptly fired upon Bel Geddes's decision to return to the show. Reed was married three times and the mother of four children. She died of pancreatic cancer.
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- Born:
- Jan 27, 1921 In Denison - Iowa - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 56
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Get-Away 1941-06-13
- Latest Project:
- Movie Say Hey, Willie Mays! 2022-10-27
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
| Movie | Say Hey, Willie Mays! | Self (archive video) | 2022-10-27 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | Mary Bailey (archive footage) | 1997-12-01 |
| Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 1993-11-14 |
| Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
| Movie | Deadly Lessons | Miss Wade | 1983-03-07 |
| Movie | The Best Place to Be | Sheila Callahan | 1979-05-27 |
| Series | Dallas | Miss Ellie Ewing | 1978-04-02 |
| Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self (archive footage) | 1963-07-01 |
| Movie | Pepe | Donna Reed | 1960-12-21 |
| Movie | The Whole Truth | Carol Poulton | 1958-07-29 |
| Series | The Donna Reed Show | Donna Stone | 1958-09-24 |
| Movie | Ransom! | Edith Stannard | 1956-01-24 |
| Movie | The Benny Goodman Story | Alice Hammond | 1956-02-02 |
| Movie | Backlash | Karyl Orton | 1956-03-14 |
| Movie | Beyond Mombasa | Ann Wilson | 1956-10-29 |
| Movie | The Far Horizons | Sacajawea | 1955-07-04 |
| Movie | The Big Moment | Debbie | 1954-03-07 |
| Movie | Three Hours to Kill | Laurie Mastin | 1954-11-04 |
| Movie | They Rode West | Laurie MacKaye | 1954-12-04 |
| Movie | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Marion Ellswirth | 1954-11-18 |
| Movie | Trouble Along the Way | Alice Singleton | 1953-04-04 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Raiders of the Seven Seas | Alida | 1953-05-27 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Movie | The Caddy | Kathy Taylor | 1953-08-10 |
| Movie | Gun Fury | Jennifer Ballard | 1953-10-09 |
| Movie | From Here to Eternity | Alma 'Lorene' Burke | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | Scandal Sheet | Julie Allison | 1952-01-16 |
| Movie | Hangman's Knot | Molly Hull | 1952-11-15 |
| Movie | Saturday's Hero | Melissa McCabe | 1951-03-01 |
| Movie | Screen Actors | Self (uncredited) | 1950-05-13 |
| Movie | Chicago Deadline | Rosita Jean D'Ur | 1949-11-03 |
| Movie | Beyond Glory | Ann Daniels | 1948-08-03 |
| Movie | Green Dolphin Street | Marguerite Patourel | 1947-01-15 |
| Movie | Faithful in My Fashion | Jean "Chunky" Kendrick | 1946-08-21 |
| Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Mary Hatch | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gladys Hallward | 1945-03-03 |
| Movie | They Were Expendable | Lt. Sandy Davyss | 1945-12-07 |
| Movie | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
| Movie | Gentle Annie | Mary Lingen | 1944-12-05 |
| Movie | See Here, Private Hargrove | Carol Holiday | 1944-03-18 |
| Movie | The Human Comedy | Bess Macauley | 1943-03-02 |
| Movie | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Marcia Bradburn | 1943-05-08 |
| Movie | Thousands Cheer | Customer in Red Skelton Skit | 1943-09-13 |
| Movie | The Man from Down Under | Mary Wilson | 1943-08-04 |
| Movie | The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Melodie Nesbit | 1942-03-03 |
| Movie | The Bugle Sounds | Sally Hanson | 1942-01-30 |
| Movie | Mokey | Anthea Delano | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | Apache Trail | Rosalia Martinez | 1942-09-01 |
| Movie | Calling Dr. Gillespie | Marcia Bradburn | 1942-08-01 |
| Movie | Eyes in the Night | Barbara Lawry | 1942-10-16 |
| Movie | The Get-Away | Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly | 1941-06-13 |
| Movie | Babes on Broadway | Secretary (uncredited) | 1941-12-31 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Thin Man | Molly Ford | 1941-11-21 |