Donna Reed
from the trailer for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Born	Donnabelle Mullenger January 27, 1921(1921-01-27) Denison, Iowa USA
Died	January 14, 1986 (aged 64) Beverly Hills, California
Spouse(s)	William Tuttle (1943-1945) Tony Owen (1945-1971) Grover Asmus (1974-1986)
Awards won Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 1953 From Here to Eternity

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Biography

Personal life

Reed was born Donnabelle Mullenger on a farm near Denison, Iowa. Denison Iowa now hosts the Donna Reed Festival every year. The trees that Reed's father planted still stand and the route to their home, southeast of Denison, is named Donna Reed Drive. This route is now paved to the north corner of the old Mullenger farm.^[1] Reed was the daughter of Hazel Jane (née Shives) and William Richard Mullenger.^[2][3] She was the eldest of five children.^[4] and was raised as a Methodist.^[5] Reed was the mother of four children with husband Tony Owen, two of whom the couple adopted at The Cradle in Evanston, Illinois. She and Owen divorced in 1972. Reed married retired U. S. Army Col. Grover Asmus in 1976. Denison is a city located in Crawford County, Iowa. ... Née redirects here. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Incorporated City in 1872. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

She was committed to both motherhood and gender equality. In 1967, in opposition to the Vietnam War, she co-founded Another Mother for Peace. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...

Reed attended Denison High School and graduated in the top ten of a class of 85. After high school, in 1938, she left for Los Angeles, California to live with her Aunt Mildred. Reed was ecstatic to discover that for five dollars a semester she could enroll in radio and secretarial courses at Los Angeles City College.^[6] Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... The LACC location in 1922, when it was the campus of UCLA. Los Angeles City College, known as LACC, is a public community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. ...

Career

Reed in It's a Wonderful Life

Reed is probably best remembered for her roles as the wholesome housewife Donna Stone on television's The Donna Reed Show and as Mary Bailey in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). However, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing a prostitute in From Here to Eternity (1953). In later years Reed sometimes complained that she was denied more challenging roles similar to her Oscar-winning part in From Here to Eternity.^[7] Download high resolution version (1024x768, 87 KB)Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in Its a Wonderful Life. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 87 KB)Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in Its a Wonderful Life. ... For other uses, see Its a Wonderful Life (disambiguation). ... The Donna Reed Show was a situation comedy which aired on ABC from 1958 to 1966. ... For other persons named Frank Capra, see Frank Capra (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Its a Wonderful Life (disambiguation). ... Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of film or theatre professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... From Here to Eternity is a 1953 movie based on a James Jones novel in which characters work through ordinary bouts of intimidation and infidelity on a military base in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor. ...

In her later years she temporarily replaced Barbara Bel Geddes who had decided to step down from her role as "Miss Ellie" in the television series Dallas in the 1984-85 season. When Bel Geddes agreed to return to the role for the 1985-86 season, Reed was fired. She sued the show's production company for breach of contract and received an undisclosed seven-figure settlement shortly before her death from cancer. During a 2007 TV special, "Bring Back...Dallas", on the UK's Channel 4 it was revealed that Larry Hagman got Bel Geddes back, an action which left Reed jobless. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Barbara Bel Geddes as Ellie Ewing Farlow on the main title caption from the TV Series Dallas. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Breach of contract is a legal concept in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other partys performance. ... Bring Back. ... This article is about the British television station. ... Larry Hagman (born on September 21, 1931) is a popular American actor who is famous for playing J.R. Ewing in the 1980s television soap opera Dallas and Major Anthony Nelson on the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. ...

Death

Reed died at the age of sixty-four in Beverly Hills, California from pancreatic cancer and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Reed was survived by her four children; Mary Owen, Timothy Owen, Penny Owen Stigers, and Tony Owen Jr.^[8] Beverly Hills redirects here. ... The pancreas is a gland organ in the digestive and endocrine systems of vertebrates. ... Cemetery view looking South-East. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts, based in Reed's hometown of Denison, was organized after Reed's death in 1987 by her husband, Grover Asmus, actresses Shelley Fabares and Norma Connolly, and numerous friends, associates, and family members.^[9] The non-profit organization grants scholarships for performing arts students, runs an annual festival of performing arts workshops, and operates "The Donna Reed Center for the Performing Arts". Some of the workshops offered include theater performance, children's musical theater, methods of theater arts coaching, private coaching, and writing for screen and stage.^[10] The performing arts center was formerly an opera house built in 1914, and later renovated into the Ritz Movie Theater where the young Reed first fell in love with movies.

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

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References

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Further reading

• Fultz, Jay In Search of Donna Reed. University of Iowa Press, 1988.
• Tucker, David C. The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2007.

External links

• Donna Reed at the Internet Movie Database
• Donna Reed at TV.com
• The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts
• Donna Reed at Find A Grave