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American actress (–)

Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; January 27, – January 14, ) was an American actress.

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Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. She is 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 drama film From Here to Eternity ().

Reed is 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