Donna Reed was an American actress whose career spanned more than 40 years and is well known for her portrayal of Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra’s fantasy holiday film It’s a Wonderful Life.
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Donna Reed played the role of a nurse in John Ford’s They Were Expendable (1945), opposite John Wayne. Donna Reed starred in See Here, Private Hargrove (1944) and Gentle Annie (1945), and was in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945).

Donna Reed received several Emmy Award nominations for her role as Donna Stone in the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966), and the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star in 1963.
Donna Reed Movies and TV Shows
- Convicted Woman
- The Get-Away
- Shadow of the Thin Man
- Babes on Broadway
- The Bugle Sounds
- The Courtship of Andy Hardy
- Mokey
- Calling Dr. Gillespie
- Apache Trail
- Eyes in the Night
- Personalities
- The Human Comedy
- Dr. Gillespie’s Criminal Case
- The Man from Down Under
- Thousands Cheer
- See Here, Private Hargrove
- Gentle Annie
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- They Were Expendable
- Faithful in My Fashion
- It’s a Wonderful Life
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- Green Dolphin Street
- Beyond Glory
- Chicago Deadline
- Saturday’s Hero
- Scandal Sheet
- Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder
- Hangman’s Knot
- Trouble Along the Way
- Raiders of the Seven Seas
- From Here to Eternity
- The Caddy
- Gun Fury
- They Rode West
- Three Hours to Kill
- The Last Time I Saw Paris
- The Far Horizons
- The Benny Goodman Story
- Ransom!
- Backlash
- Beyond Mombasa
- The Whole Truth
- Pepe
- The Best Place to Be
- Deadly Lessons
- Ford Television Theatre
- Tales of Hans Anderson
- General Electric Theater
- Suspicion
- The Donna Reed Show
- The Love Boat
- Dallas
Donna Reed Height
Donna Reed’s height is 5 feet 3 inches / 161 cm.
Donna Reed Last Photo


Donna Reed Death
Donna Reed passed away on January 14, 1986, in Beverly Hills, California, United States of America at the age of 64. She had been diagnosed with the illness three months earlier and was told it was at a terminal stage.
Donna Reed Funeral
Donna Reed’s remains are interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.


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