Donna Reed first husband: Who is William J. Tuttle?

William J. Tuttle was an American make-up artist born on April 13, 1912, in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. He worked as a make-up artist for several movies and was the head of MGM’s make-up department from 1950 to 1970.

William J. Tuttle won an Oscar for his work on “7 Faces of Dr. Lao” (1964). Tuttle was married five times. He was the first husband of Donna Reed, and they were married from 1943 to 1945.

William J. Tuttle passed away on July 27, 2007, at the age of 95 in Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. Donna Reed’s career spanned more than 40 years.

Donna Reed won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Fred Zinnemann’s war drama film From Here to Eternity (1953). Reed had a supporting role in Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) and in Wallace Beery’s The Bugle Sounds (1942).

Donna Reed played opposite Mickey Rooney in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) and starred in Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) and Apache Trail (1942).