Born As: Donna Belle Mullenger Nationality: US - United States of America Date of Birth: January 21, 1921 Place of Birth: Denison, Iowa, USA Date of Death: January 14, 1986 Place of Death: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Learned of her firing from "Dallas" from a reporter while on a vacation to Paris. She was in the process of suing the shows producers before her death in January, 1986.
Children: Penny, Tony, Timothy, and Mary.
Measurements: 34B-24-34 (measured in 1954), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
In the scene from "It's a Wonderful Life" 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 Shelly Faberes, 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.
