Donna Reed invited Gale Gordon to guest star on two different episodes of The Donna Reed Show during season 4.

Character actress Kathleen Freeman plays the riotous neighbor, Mrs. Wilgus, in four episodes of The Donna Reed Show during season 1 and 6.

Harvey Korman, known for his sketch performances on The Carol Burnett Show, appears in three episodes of The Donna Reed Show.

Stuart Erwin, known for the television series, Trouble with Father, guest-stars on The Donna Reed Show in "The Playmate" (S6, E1).

Allan Hunt, best known as Crewman Stuart Riley from ABC's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, appears in four episodes of The Donna Reed Show.

Eddie Foy III served as a casting director for The Donna Reed Show and was a long-time instructor at the annual Donna Reed Festival.

Gigi Perreau appears with Donna Reed in the film Green Dolphin Street (1947) and on The Donna Reed Show in "Mary's Campaign" (S1, E26).

Actress Ida Lupino is widely regarded as one of the most prominent female filmmakers working in Hollywood during the 1950s.

John Fiedler, voice of Piglet in Disney's Winnie the Pooh productions, guest-stars in "Painter, Go Home" (S7,E19) of The Donna Reed Show.

Writers of the Donna Reed show stretched the medium by bringing real sports figures into the show like Willie Mays (San Francisco Giants).

John Banner, best known as Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes, guest stars on The Donna Reed Show in "Moon Shot" (Season 6, Episode 14).

Howard McNear made two guest appearances, along with Kathleen Freeman, on The Donna Reed Show in Season 1.

Estelle Winwood appears in the role of Miss Lovelace in Miss Lovelace Comes To Tea (Season 1, Episode 34) of The Donna Reed Show.

DeForest Kelley, known for his role on the series Star Trek (1966–1991), appears in Uncle Jeff Needs You on The Donna Reed Show (Season 8).

Arte Johnson, a regular on television's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-1973), appears in "Is There a Small Hotel" on The Donna Reed Show.

Watch Shelley Fabares perform her #1 hit record, "Johnny Angel," in "Donna’s Primadonna" (Season 4, Episode 20) of The Donna Reed Show.

Donna Reed accepts keys to her new Thunderbird. A celebrity endorsement. According to the Journal of Marketing Managemen t, celebrity...

January is National Soup Month! Campbell Soup Company was the main sponsor of The Donna Reed Show and stuck by it in spite of low ratings.

Character actor Dabney Coleman guest-stars in The Donna Reed Show episode, Rally Round the Girls, Boys (Season 8, Episode 12).

Jesse White, the lonely Maytag repairman, appears in The Donna Reed Show in April Fool (Season 1, Episode 28) with James Darren.