Donna Reed Autographs
Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986) was an American actress. Her career spanned more than 40 years and included appearances in over 40 films. She is best known for playing Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra's holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and for her Academy Award–winning performance as Lorene in Fred Zinnemann's war drama From Here to Eternity (1953).
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 (1958–1966) 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 1963. Later in her career, Reed replaced Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow in the 1984–1985 season of the television melodrama Dallas; she successfully sued the production company for breach of contract when she was abruptly fired upon Bel Geddes' decision to return to the show.
Reed was born Donna Belle Mullenger on January 27, 1921, in Denison, Iowa, the daughter of Hazel Jane (née Shives) and William Richard Mullenger. The eldest of five children, she was raised as a Methodist. She had two brothers, William Lee (1927–1993) and Keith Mullenger, and two sisters, Lavone "Heidi" Flynn (1924–2019) and Karen Moreland (born 1942). In 1936, while she was a sophomore at Denison High School, her chemistry teacher gave her the book How to Win Friends and Influence People. The book is said to have greatly influenced her life. Upon reading it she won the lead in the school play, was voted Campus Queen and was in the top 10 of the 1938 graduating class.
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Traded items with a signature of Donna Reed
The most expensive item with a signature of Donna Reed (Donna Reed Signed 8 x 10 Photo) was sold in September 2025 for $904.00 while the cheapest item (Paul Petersen Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo Donna Reed Show Actor Auto) found a new owner for $0.01 in March 2023. The month with the most items sold (4) was August 2021 with an average selling price of $17.49 for an autographed item of Donna Reed. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2025 with $242.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2024. In average, an autographed item from Donna Reed is worth $25.75.
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