Donna Reed Trivia

Do you like Donna Reed?

•  
• 
•  
• Favorite

Learned of her firing from "Dallas" (1978) from a reporter while on a vacation to Paris. She was in the process of suing the show's producers before her death in January, 1986. (imdb.com)

Measurements: 34B-24-34 (measured in 1954), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine). (imdb.com)

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 725-727. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. (imdb.com)

Although she is generally associated with the image of the the squeaky-clean and conservative 1950s, she won her Oscar for From Here to Eternity (1953) for playing a prostitute. (imdb.com)

Despite her association with the squeaky-clean and conservative 1950s, Reed became an anti-nuclear activist and anti-Vietnam protester. She also founded the group Another Mother for Peace. (imdb.com)

The woman on the cover of Rush's 'Permanent Waves' album is modeled after her. (imdb.com)

In the scene from It's a Wonderful Life (1946) where she and James Stewart throw rocks at the old Granville house, director Frank Capra had originally planned to use a double in Donna's place to throw the rock. Miss Reed, however, was an accomplished baseball player in high school and threw very well, as evidenced by her toss in the movie. (imdb.com)

In Italy, a great deal of her films were dubbed by Renata Marini and Dhia Cristiani (most notably From Here to Eternity (1953)). Occasionally she was also dubbed by Miranda Bonansea (in Green Dolphin Street (1947)), Rosetta Calavetta and Micaela Giustiniani. The great Lidia Simoneschi also lent her voice to Reed in Frank Capra's much celebrated It's a Wonderful Life (1946). (imdb.com)

Her last husband Grover Asmus started a program called the Donna Reed Foundation that led to the Donna Reed festival held yearly in Denison, IA. It's a celebration of Donna, and includes classes, performances. Many stars attend such as Shelley Fabares, Debbie Reynolds, and Loren Janes. (imdb.com)

Four children by husband/producer 'Tony Owen' (III): Penny, Tony, Timothy, and Mary. Two were adopted. Mary, their last child, was born to them in 1957, a year before the start of Donna's classic TV show, which Tony executive produced. (imdb.com)

She is buried in Westwood Memorial Park, where her neighbors include Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood and Dean Martin.

The woman on the cover of Rush`s `Permanent Waves` album is modeled after her.

Learned of her firing from "Dallas" (1978) from a reporter while on a vacation to Paris. She was in the process of suing the show`s producers before her death in January, 1986.

In the scene from It`s a Wonderful Life (1946) where she and James Stewart throw rocks at the old Granville house, director Frank Capra had originally planned to use a double in Donna`s place to throw the rock. Miss Reed, however, was an accomplished baseball player in high school and threw very well, as evidenced by her toss in the movie.

Her last husband Grover Asmus started a program called the Donna Reed Foundation that led to the Donna Reed festival held yearly in Denison, IA. It`s a celebration of Donna, and includes classes, performances. Many stars attend such as Shelley Fabares, Debbie Reynolds, and Loren Janes.

Despite her association with the squeaky-clean and conservative 1950s, Reed became an anti-nuclear activist and anti-Vietnam protester. She also founded the group Another Mother for Peace.