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:
- 48
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Get-Away 1941-06-13
- Latest Project:
- Movie And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01
Known For
Filmography
| 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 |
| Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
| Movie | Deadly Lessons | Miss Wade | 1983-03-07 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Ransom! | Edith Stannard | 1956-01-24 |
| Movie | Beyond Mombasa | Ann Wilson | 1956-10-29 |
| Movie | Backlash | Karyl Orton | 1956-03-14 |
| Movie | The Far Horizons | Sacajawea | 1955-07-04 |
| Movie | They Rode West | Laurie MacKaye | 1954-12-04 |
| Movie | Three Hours to Kill | Laurie Mastin | 1954-11-04 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Caddy | Kathy Taylor | 1953-08-10 |
| Movie | From Here to Eternity | Alma 'Lorene' Burke | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | Gun Fury | Jennifer Ballard | 1953-10-09 |
| 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 | It's a Wonderful Life | Mary Hatch | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | Faithful in My Fashion | Jean "Chunky" Kendrick | 1946-08-21 |
| Movie | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gladys Hallward | 1945-03-03 |
| Movie | They Were Expendable | Lt. Sandy Davyss | 1945-12-07 |
| Movie | Gentle Annie | Mary Lingen | 1944-12-05 |
| Movie | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
| 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 | Calling Dr. Gillespie | Marcia Bradburn | 1942-08-01 |
| Movie | Eyes in the Night | Barbara Lawry | 1942-10-16 |
| Movie | Apache Trail | Rosalia Martinez | 1942-09-01 |
| 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 |