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The Final Resting Place of Donna Reed.

Donna Reed   
17th.January 1921 - 14th.January 1986.
Actress who appeared in many films, stared with James Stewart in "It's A Wonderful Life" and won an Oscar for her part in "From Here To Eternity". Starred in her own TV series "The Donna Reed Show" in the 1950s and 60s. She also appeared in the TV series "Dallas" as Miss Eli for a series.
Located in the lawned center section near the center.

Donna Reed was born Donnabelle Mullenger on a farm near Denison, Crawford County, Iowa. Her parents are William Richard Mullenger (whose paternal grandparents were born in England) and Hazel Jane Shives . Reed is probably best remembered for her roles as the wholesome housewife "Donna Stone" on television's The Donna Reed Show and as "Mary Bailey" in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing a call girl in From Here to Eternity (1953). In her later years she temporarily replaced an ailing Barbara Bel Geddes as "Miss Ellie" in the television series Dallas in the 1984-1985 season. When Bel Geddes was well enough to return to the role, Reed was fired. She sued the show's production company and received an undisclosed seven-figure settlement, but this settlement came shortly before her death from cancer.