Donna Reed Net Worth is
$900,000

Mini Biography

Donna Reed was created in the midwestern city of Denison, Iowa, on January 27, 1921, as Donna Belle Mullenger. A little city – a inhabitants of significantly less than 3,000 people – Denison was located with the Boyer River, and was the state chair of Crawford State. Donna was raised as a plantation girl, very much like many girls in traditional western Iowa, aside from a very important factor – Donna was extremely gorgeous. That wasn’t to state that others weren’t as fairly, it’s that Donna’s beauty stood out from the rest of the local girls, a lot in order that she received a beauty competition in Denison. Upon graduation from senior high school Donna remaining for university in LA, in the expectations of eventually getting into films. While at LA City University, she pursued her desire by taking part in many university stage productions. As well as the takes on, she also received the name of Campus Queen. At one particular stage takes on Donna was noticed by an MGM skill scout and was authorized to a agreement. Her 1st film was a part in MGM’s The Escape (1941). That was accompanied by a small component in Babes on Broadway (1941), with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland like a secretary. Later on, MGM began providing her better parts, in movies like the Bugle Seems (1942), The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) and THE PERSON from RIGHT HERE (1943). In 1944 she received second billing playing Carol Halliday in Discover Here, Personal Hargrove (1944), a humor in regards to a reporter drafted in to the military who eventually fits up with Donna’s personality as an employee in the canteen. The next season Donna starred in The Picture of Dorian Grey (1945), her greatest role to time. It had been a love tale occur London in 1890. It got blended critical testimonials but do well on the box-office. Donna was today among the leading girls of Hollywood. In 1946 she starred in what’s most likely her best-known function, as the wife of Adam Stewart in the traditional It’s an excellent Lifestyle (1946). This classic story is any occasion staple even today. The film also starred Lionel Barrymore and Thomas Mitchell. Another 12 months Donna starred as Ann Daniels in Paramount’s Beyond Glory (1948) with Alan Ladd, which do well in the box-office. Her following part was the most powerful she had experienced yet–Chicago Deadline (1949), once again with Ladd. It had been one of the better secret dramas to emerge from Hollywood in quite a while, and did perfectly at the package workplace. As the 1940s died out as well as the 1950s stormed in, Donna’s functions got larger but were primarily from the wholesome, girl-next-door type. In 1953, nevertheless, she starred as the hostess Alma in the broadly acclaimed From Right here to Eternity (1953). She was so excellent for the reason that film she was nominated for and received the Academy Honor for Best Assisting Actress, defeating out such veterans as Thelma Ritter and Marjorie Rambeau. The film itself received for Greatest Picture and continues to be a classic even today. Later that 12 months Donna starred in The Caddy (1953), a humor with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. 3 years afterwards she arrived the function of Sacajawea in The Considerably Horizons (1955), the storyplot from the Lewis and Clark Expedition, starring Charlton Heston and Fred MacMurray. After completing THE COMPLETE Truth (1958), Donna started her own Television series (made by her hubby), The Donna Reed Present (1958), popular that went for eight years. She was therefore effective in the present that she was nominated for TV’s esteemed Emmy Prize as Best Celebrity each year from 1959-1962. She was a lot more well-known in Television than in the screen. Following the operate of this program, Donna required some time from display business before returning in several made-for-TV films (in 1974, she experienced made an attribute called Yellow-Headed Summer time (1974), nonetheless it was by no means released). She do get the part of Ellie Ewing Farlow in the strike Television series Dallas (1978) through the 1984-85 time of year. It was to become her final general public overall performance. On January 14, 1986, significantly less than fourteen days before her 65th birthday, she passed away of pancreatic malignancy in Beverly Hillsides, California. Grover Asmus, her spouse, produced the Donna Reed Basis for the Performing Arts in her hometown of Denison. The building blocks helps other people who desire a profession in the arts. Donna hardly ever forgot her root base. She was still a plantation girl in mind.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Donna Reed
Date Of Birth	January 27, 1921
Died	January 14, 1986, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Height	1.61 m
Profession	Actor
Education	Denison High School, Los Angeles City College
Nationality	American
Spouse	Grover Asmus (m. 1974–1986), Tony Owen (m. 1945–1971), William J. Tuttle (m. 1943–1945)
Children	Anthony Owen, Mary Anne Owen, Penny Jane Owen, Timothy Owen
Parents	Hazel Jane Mullenger, William Richard Mullenger
Awards	Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female, Golden Apple Award for Most Cooperative Actress
Nominations	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, TV Land for The Most Irreplaceable Replacement Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support)
Movies	It's a Wonderful Life, From Here to Eternity, They Were Expendable, Green Dolphin Street, The Far Horizons, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Shadow of the Thin Man, Gun Fury, The Benny Goodman Story, See Here, Private Hargrove, Trouble Along the Way, Hangman's Knot, Chicago Deadline, The Human Comedy, The Courtship of Andy Hardy, The Caddy, Three Hours to Kill, They Rode West, Raiders of the Seven Seas, Eyes in the Night, Scandal Sheet, The Man from Down Under, Beyond Mombasa, Deadly Lessons, Calling Dr. Gillespie, Apache Trail, Beyond Glory, The Bugle Sounds, Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case, Faithful in My Fashion, Mokey, Backlash, Saturday's Hero, Gentle Annie, Ransom!, Elizabeth Taylor Triad, 27. By-Line: Jeffrey Stone, 26. What Price Home?, 25. So You Really Think You're Young at Heart