Donna Reed

Donna Reed (Denison (Iowa), 1921 - January 27, Beverly Hills (California), January 14, 1986), born as Donna Belle Mullenger, was an American actress.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Reed in The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945)Reed was born on a farm in Iowain Denison . Her parents were William Richard Mullenger and Hazel Jane Shives. She wanted to be a teacher but was not paid for her studies and moved to Los Angeles. She began acting there, but had no interest in a career as an actress. She was nonetheless noticed and eventually got a contract offered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1941 she starred in her first film, The Getaway with Robert Sterling. Initially she took the stage name Donna Adams, but MGM not accepted this and changed the name in Donna Reed. There followed multiple movies and by her natural look, she was a popular pin-up for American soldiers during the Second World War. They personally answered letters she got from the soldiers overseas. In 1946, she was loaned out toRKO Pictures by MGM for the role of Mary Bailey in the film it's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra. The film is considered as one of the best ever and is the eleventh in the [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAFI%2527s_100_Years..._100_Movies AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies], who put up by the American Film Institute. In the United States the film is often around the Christmas period retransmitted. The following years, there were several films. In 1953, she played Lorene Burke, the girlfriend of actor Montgomery Clift in From Here to Eternitythe war classic, for which she received anAcademy Award for best supporting actress.
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From 1958 to 1966, she played the lead role in the popular family series ' The Donna Reed Show ' in Netherlands broadcast under the name ' mother ' is everything. In 1963, she won the Golden Globe Award for best female tv star. She was also nominated for an Emmy Awardfour times, but could never win.After the end of the show, she was back and she spent time with her family gas and political ambitions. In 1979 and 1983, she played in a made-for-television film and in 1984 she appeared in two episodes of The Love Bost.

In 1984 she took the role of Miss Ellie about by Barbara Bel Geddes in the popular soap opera Dallas. Geddes had been a part of the seventh season missed by health reasons. Reed only appeared in the seventh episode of the eighth season. After rival Dynasty more ratings got than Dallas tried to recover and production to Geddes given its improved health she accepted the role. Reed was abruptly fired and she filed a breach of contract committed to process because there was struck and later a settlement for $ 1 million. She died of pancreatic cancer in 1986, the cancer was established three months before her death. ===Private life[ Edit] === Reed married in 1943 with William Tuttle and separated from him two years later. In 1945, she married producer Tony Owen and raised four children with him: Penny Jane, Anthony, Timothy and Mary Anne. The oldest two were adopted. After twenty-six years of marriage, the couple broke up in 1971. Three years later she married the retired military Grover w. Asmus. ==Filmography[ Edit] ==