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.

Watch Rhys Williams on The Donna Reed Show in The Busy Body (S1, E13) as Donna's uncle suddenly drops by for an unexpected visit.

The ‘60s Family Sitcom That Caused a Stir With Viewers. In the 1960s, the United States was in a period of tumultuous change. Cold War...

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Charles Herbert (December 23, 1948 – October 31, 2015). Charles Herbert was an American child actor of the 1950s and 1960s. Before...

Paul Winchell made two guest appearances on The Donna Reed Show during Season 5, but neither involved the use of a ventriloquist dummy.

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Fay Bainter played Donna Reed's mother in the film The Human Comedy (1943). Donna later invited her as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show.

John Como visits with Paul Petersen in an exclusive and heartfelt interview about his work on The Donna Reed Show.