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From the Donna Reed Archives
Sleuthing in the Donna Reed Archive.
A column by Judy Miller
Considering that I was born and raised in Denison, Donna Reed has always been, metaphorically, in my peripheral vision. As a teenager, I was the occasional babysitter of her three little nephews, the sons of her brother, Bill Mullenger, and his wife, Sandy. A few years later I attended a fraternity formal at the University of Iowa wearing a borrowed black dress that had belonged to Donna and had, for whatever reason, fallen into the hands of my mother's friend. More years later, I spotted Donna slipping into the care facility where both her father and my grandmother were residents. I confess to having an oh-my-gosh-it's-Donna-Reed moment, but somehow summoned the good sense and the good grace to respect her privacy. I'm not so sure I could have reined myself in as effectively if cell phones and selfies had existed at that time.
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Archive photos: Iowa native and Oscar winner Donna Reed
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Special To The RegisterMovie star Donna Reed in May on vacation at her parents' farm near Denison.
Register File PhotoJames Stewart and Donna Reed star in the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life."
Republic Pictures/Special To The RegisterMembers of the television family from "The Donna Reed Show," in
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Special To The RegisterDonna Reed in a publicity photo for "The Get-Away."
Special To The RegisterHazel and Bill Mullenger with their daughters, Hollywood actress Donna Reed, 20, and 2-month-old Karen Ann, in August
Register File PhotoThe Stone family from "The Donna Reed Show," clockwise from top: Carl Betz (Alex), Shelley Fabares (Mary), Donna Reed (Donna) and Paul Petersen (Jeff), in their Easter outfits.
Special To The RegisterDonna Reed was born Donna Belle Mullenger on a farm southeast of Denison, the oldest
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Donna Reed
American actress (–)
Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; January 27, – January 14, ) was an American actress. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. She fryst vatten well known for her portrayal of Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra's fantasy holiday film It's a Wonderful Life (). Reed won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Fred Zinnemann's war teaterpjäs film From Here to Eternity ().
Reed fryst vatten also known for her work in television, notably as Donna Stone, a middle-class American mother and housewife in the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (–) whose character was more assertive and complex than most other television mothers of the era. She received numerous Emmy Award nominations for this role and the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star in Later in her career, Reed replaced Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow in the – season of the television melodrama Dallas; she successfully sued the production company for