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Both nominee and presenter
Donna Reed was both a nominee and a presenter at the 11th Emmy Awards in 1959 to honor the best in television of the year.
Happy Cinco de Mayo
Happy Cinco de Mayo from The Donna Reed Foundation.
She sang on the last episode
Singer and songwriter Lesley Gore appears in the last episode of The Donna Reed Show singing her hit song, "It's My Party."
He was worried
Producer Tony Owen made six films and "all of them stink but they made money." But he worried about the good one made with wife Donna Reed.
He was a box office draw
Glenn Ford appears with Donna Reed in Ransom (1956). Reviews said the plot was implausible, and the performances fabricated and theatrical.
The blue-eyed cowboy
Mark Slade, best known as Blue Cannon in the western series, The High Chaparral (1967), also appeared on The Donna Reed Show (S8, E10).
Another Iowa native
Cloris Leachman won eight Emmy awards, tying with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She guests on The Donna Reed Show in Season 4 in Mouse at Play.
His own radio show
Walter Pidgeon had his own radio show which featured 26 of the most popular female film stars of the era, including Donna Reed.
Leading man to horror and sci-fi
The Man From Down Under was a film in which Richard Carlson and Donna Reed found themselves cast in a helpless, foolish situation.
The villainous Mr. Potter
Lionel Barrymore played the radio role of the miserly Scrooge from 1934 to 1953. It led to his role as Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life.
The neighbor from Mr. Ed
Florence MacMichael, known for her roles in My Three Sons, Mister Ed, and The Andy Griffith Show, also appeared on The Donna Reed Show.
Her frumpy role.
Donna Reed appears with Cecilia Parker in The Courtship of Andy Hardy. Donna later complained to MGM's Louis B. Mayer about her frumpy role.
Will he convince her?
The Bob Hope Show was one of the longest-running radio programs in the golden age of American radio. Donna Reed appears in this episode.
A rejected photo
Here's a rarely published photograph of Donna Reed taken by Bob Landry during a photo shoot for Life Magazine.
Donna the friend
Donna Reed had a 48-year pen pal correspondence with Violet Lindsay. Vi saved 82 letters and donated them to the Donna Reed Museum/Archive.
She was the 975th to audition
Lori Martin, who played Velvet Brown on the NBC version of National Velvet, also appears in All Women are Dangerous on The Donna Reed Show.
Her role lasted a decade
Barbara Hale, best known for her role in the television series Perry Mason (1957–1966) appears with Donna Reed in The Far Horizons (1955).
Mary's boyfriend was a drag racer
Tommy Ivo, an actor and drag racer, appeared in five episodes of The Donna Reed Show as Mary's boyfriend, Herbie Bailey.
On-Demand Video Fundraiser
Creative Center of America teamed up with The Donna Reed Foundation to present 20+ on-demand videos from worldwide noted speakers.
Donna Reed blew her mind!
View a webinar in this lively discussion to show that the character of Donna Stone embodies maternal feminism.
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