Donna Reed
American film and television actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1921 to 1986 · aged 64
Donna Reed was an American actress. Her career spanned more than 40 years and included appearances in over 40 films.
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DallasSeries, Miss Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow1977
The Love BoatSeries, Polly Sullivan1962Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series DramaAward1960
PepeFilm, Donna Reed1958
The Donna Reed ShowSeries, Donna Stone
The Whole TruthFilm, 1958Carol Poulton1957
SuspicionSeries, Letty Jason1955
MGM ParadeSeries
The Far HorizonsFilm, 1955Sacajawea1954Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward
The Last Time I Saw ParisFilm, 1954Marion Ellswirth1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Rayna
The OscarsSeries, 1953
From Here to EternityFilm, 1953Alma 'Lorene' Burke1949
Chicago DeadlineFilm, Rosita Jean D'Ur1948
Beyond GloryFilm, Ann Daniels1947
Green Dolphin StreetFilm, Marguerite Patourel1945
The Picture of Dorian GrayFilm, Gladys Hallward1944
Gentle AnnieFilm, Mary Lingen1942
Apache TrailFilm, Rosalia Martinez1941
Babes on BroadwayFilm, Secretary (uncredited)1921Born27 January 1921People around Donna
Fred Zinnemann Directed From Here to Eternity (1953)
George Sidney Produced Pepe (1960)- Phil Karlson Directed Scandal Sheet and They Rode West
- Sidney Salkow Directed Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
- Harry Joe Brown Produced Hangman's Knot and Three Hours to Kill
Aaron Rosenberg Produced Backlash and The Benny Goodman Story- Edward Small Produced Scandal Sheet (1952)
- Roy Huggins Directed Hangman's Knot (1952)
- Lewis J. Rachmil Produced Gun Fury and They Rode West
Judy Garland Also in Pepe and Thousands Cheer
Ava Gardner Also in Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Mickey Rooney Also in The Human Comedy and Thousands Cheer
Frank Morgan Also in The Human Comedy and Thousands Cheer
Barry Nelson Also in The Human Comedy (1943)
Harry Morgan Also in Backlash, Scandal Sheet and Gentle Annie
Margaret O'Brien Also in Thousands Cheer and Babes on Broadway
Hank Mann Also in The Caddy and Raiders of the Seven Seas
Herbert Stothart Wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Franklyn Farnum Also in Pepe, The Caddy and Three Hours to Kill
Henry O'Neill Also in The Human Comedy and Scandal Sheet
Roy Roberts Also in Backlash and They Rode West- Paul Sawtell Wrote Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
Carey Wilson Produced Green Dolphin Street (1947)- J. Walter Ruben Produced The Bugle Sounds (1942)
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
From Here to Eternity 1953
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945
Scandal Sheet 1952
Shadow of the Thin Man 1941
Filmography 40
63 credits on file
Television 8
Media & music
Photos 5
Reed with James Stewart in the classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
For her performance in From Here to Eternity, Reed (at left, beside co-star Frank Sinatra) received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Reed, Tony Owen, and their four children in 1959
Plaque on Donna Reed's grave until 2025 when a new plaque was installedAwards
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She is best known for playing Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra's Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and for her Academy Award-winning performance as Lorene in Fred Zinnemann's war drama From Here to Eternity (1953).
