Donna Reed

Donna Reed

Birthday: 1921-01-27

Place of Birth: Denison, Iowa, USA

Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986) was an American film and television actress and producer. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. She is well known for her role as Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. In 1953 she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lorene Burke in the war drama From Here to Eternity. Reed is known for her work in television, notably as Donna Stone in the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–66). She received numerous Emmy Award nominations for this role and the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star in 1963.

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It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people...

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Calling Dr. Gillespie
Calling Dr. Gillespie

Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from menta...

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From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's...

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The Get-Away
The Get-Away

A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him....

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Babes on Broadway
Babes on Broadway

Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any ch...

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Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet

A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself....

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Chicago Deadline
Chicago Deadline

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a ...

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Trouble Along the Way
Trouble Along the Way

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams fi...

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Shadow of the Thin Man
Shadow of the Thin Man

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigatin...

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The Benny Goodman Story
The Benny Goodman Story

Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of...

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Gun Fury
Gun Fury

After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's notorious gang leave Ben Warren for dead and head off wit...

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Thousands Cheer
Thousands Cheer

Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the ...

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Backlash
Backlash

Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is search...

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The Caddy
The Caddy

Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is to...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his ...

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The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family ...

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Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

Christmas abounds with traditions, from neighborhood carolers to lovingly decorated trees, but from ...

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They Were Expendable
They Were Expendable

After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat...

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The Courtship of Andy Hardy
The Courtship of Andy Hardy

While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter....

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Pepe
Pepe

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director b...

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Hangman's Knot
Hangman's Knot

In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers led by Major Matt Stewart attack the wagon of gold escorted...

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Eyes in the Night
Eyes in the Night

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an o...

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Deadly Lessons
Deadly Lessons

A psycho is stalking the students at an exclusive girls' school....

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The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ell...

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Beyond Mombasa
Beyond Mombasa

An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died....

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Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Say Hey, Willie Mays!

Follow Willie Mays’ life both on and off the field over five decades as he navigated the American sp...

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The Far Horizons
The Far Horizons

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from Fra...

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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challe...

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See Here, Private Hargrove
See Here, Private Hargrove

Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his t...

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The Bugle Sounds
The Bugle Sounds

An old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post....

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Beyond Glory
Beyond Glory

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky vi...

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They Rode West
They Rode West

A young cavalry doctor treats very sick Indians against orders, whom are forced to stay on unhealthy...

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Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street

Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years l...

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Ransom!
Ransom!

A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers....

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The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth

On the French Riviera, movie producer Max Poulton is on location shooting a film starring his lover,...

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Raiders of the Seven Seas
Raiders of the Seven Seas

After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa takes hostage a spiri...

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Saturday's Hero
Saturday's Hero

A talented high school football player encounters trouble in a college program....

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Three Hours to Kill
Three Hours to Kill

After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In a fla...

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The Man from Down Under
The Man from Down Under

An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII....

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Rat Pack
Rat Pack

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Fran...

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Apache Trail
Apache Trail

The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous A...

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Gentle Annie
Gentle Annie

The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the c...

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Faithful in My Fashion
Faithful in My Fashion

A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, i...

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Mokey
Mokey

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild....

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Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclus...

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Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then ...

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The Best Place to Be
The Best Place to Be

A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life....

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Personalities
Personalities

In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts f...

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The Big Moment
The Big Moment

Three individual stories that give an account of crucial moments in the lives of three different peo...

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Screen Actors
Screen Actors

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy ...

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Sucker Bait
Sucker Bait

Military training film exposing the means used by Nazi agents to extract military information from t...

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Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

Two singers step in to help an aspiring actress whose grandmother opposes her bid to launch a show-b...

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