Profile
Donna Reed
Actress
Female
Born
Jan 27, 1921
Hometown
Denison, Iowa
Died
Jan 14, 1986
Death Place
Beverly Hills, Ca...
Other Names
Mullenger, Donna ...
Donna Reed was an American film and television actress. With appearances in over 40 films, Reed received the 1953 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lorene in the war drama From Here to Eternity. She is noted for her role… Read More
Romance
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Grover AsmusMarried 1974 - 1986
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Tony OwenMarried 1945 - 1971
Family
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Donna Reed
d.1986
parents
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William Richard MullengerFather
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Hazel Jane Shives MullengerMother
children
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Anthony OwenSon
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Timothy OwenSon
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Mary Anne OwenDaughter
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Penny Jane OwenDaughter
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1921
Birth
Born on January 27, 1921.
TWENTIES
1941
20 Years Old
After signing with MGM in 1941, Reed made her film debut that same year in The Get-Away, opposite Robert Sterling.
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In 1943, she appeared in The Human Comedy with Mickey Rooney, followed by roles in The Picture of Dorian Gray and They Were Expendable, both in 1945.
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In 1945, she married producer Tony Owen (1907–1984) with whom she raised four children: Penny Jane, Anthony, Timothy, and Mary Anne (the two older children were adopted).
1946
25 Years Old
In 1946, she was lent to RKO Pictures for the role of Mary Bailey in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life.
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THIRTIES
In 1953, she played the role of Alma "Lorene" Burke, a prostitute, and girlfriend of Montgomery Clift's character in the World War II drama From Here to Eternity.
1958
37 Years Old
Beginning in 1958, she starred in The Donna Reed Show, a television situation-comedy series that featured her as Donna Stone, the idealized housewife of pediatrician Dr. Alex Stone (Carl Betz) and mother of Jeff (Paul Petersen) and Mary Stone (Shelley Fabares).
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FORTIES
1966
45 Years Old
After The Donna Reed Show ended its run in 1966, Reed took time off from acting and helped form the advocacy group, Another Mother For Peace in 1967.
1968
47 Years Old
Reed also became an opponent of the Vietnam War and the use of nuclear weapons, supporting anti-war Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential election.
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FIFTIES
1971
50 Years Old
Reed and Owen divorced in 1971, and three years later, she married retired U. S. Army Colonel Grover W. Asmus (1926–2003).
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1984
63 Years Old
In 1984, she 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.
1985
64 Years Old
When Bel Geddes agreed to return to the role for the 1985-86 season, Reed was abruptly fired.
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1986
65 Years Old
Reed died of pancreatic cancer in Beverly Hills, California, on January 14, 1986, thirteen days short of her 65th birthday.
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