Their first professional collaboration
Beyond Mombasa stars Donna Reed and Cornel Wilde. Her husband, Tony Owen, produced it and it was their first professional collaboration.
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His push toward stardom
Gregory Harrison, known for the CBS series Trapper John, M.D.(1979–86), appears with Donna Reed in the TV movie The Best Place To Be (1979)
She cut a beautiful figure
A Variety review calls Raiders of the Seven Seas a "good Pirate adventure" with an "entertaining" plot and refers to Donna Reed's costumes.
Donna returns to television
The Best Place to Be not only marked Donna Reed's TV movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence.
Donna Reed Foundation
A Memorial Day salute from The Donna Reed Foundation.
Two Iowa natives
John Wayne, born in Winterset, Iowa, appears with Donna Reed in two films - They Were Expendable (1945) and Trouble Along the Way (1953).
Ben Rappaport To Headline NBC Pilot
Ben Rappaport has been cast as the lead of NBC‘s untitled drama pilot based on the award-winning Dutch series Adam & Eva.
Now you see it, now you don't
John Payne appears with Donna Reed in the pirate film Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953). The film has a number of continuity problems.
He preferred being behind the camera
Robert Montgomery directed a few scenes, uncredited, in They Were Expendable (1954) when director John Ford took ill.
The censors objected
Jimmy Stewart was nervous about the phone kiss in It's a Wonderful Life but filmed it in one take. Part of it was cut as far too passionate.
A low budget film
Donna Reed once campaigned to have Sacajawea, the role she played in the film The Far Horizons, elected to the Hall of Fame.
Funny Girl star Jared Grimes to host Chita Rivera Awards
Jared Grimes will host the Chita Rivera Awards. See who is nominated, who will perform, and learn more about the awards!
Mary's dilemma
Watch Bobby Burgess, one of Disney's original Mouseketeers, play a football player in “Mary’s Double Date” on The Donna Reed Show.
2024 Iowa Merit Awards for Dramatic Performance
Submission deadline for application materials is May 31, 2024. Each year, the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts grants...
Barbara edged her out
Barbara Stanwyck edged out Donna Reed on the 13th Annual Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series.
They refused to bail
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.
He kept coming back
Richard Deacon is known for playing recurring roles on television shows. Watch him in four episodes of The Donna Reed Show.
Hear Donna on radio
Donna Reed, John Lund, and Glenn Langan guest-star in Song for a Long Road, the story of American poet Joyce Kilmer. Hear the broadcast.
Another radio appearance
Donna Reed appeared in a broadcast of "A Letter from Rio" on the CBS radio anthology, Stars over Hollywood.
Donna Reed: My Mom, My Mother
Actor Paul Petersen of THE DONNA REED SHOW and Mary Owen, daughter of Donna Reed, discuss memories of their respective mothers.
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