The Donna Reed Show 65 years old
The Donna Reed Show is an American situation comedy starring Donna Reed as the upper-middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children, Mary and Jeff. The show originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1958 to March 19, 1966. When Fabares left the show in 1963, Petersen's little sister, Patty Petersen, joined the cast as adopted daughter Trisha. Patty Petersen had first appeared in the episode, "A Way of Her Own", on January 31, 1963. Bob Crane and Ann McCrea appeared in the last seasons as the Kelseys, friends of the Stones, and Darryl Richard became a near regular as Smitty, Jeff's best buddy. The show featured a variety of celebrity guests including Esther Williams as a famous dress designer, baseball superstars Don Drysdale and Willie Mays as themselves, teen heartthrob James Darren as a pop singer with the measles, canine superstar Lassie as herself, and young Jay North of CBS's Dennis the Menace. The series was created by William S. Roberts and developed by Reed and her then husband, producer Tony Owen. Episodes revolved around typical family problems of the period such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children. Edgy themes such as women's rights and freedom of the press were occasionally explored.
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Dobkin He was 39 , 83 years old when he died | |
| John Fiedler He was 33 , 80 years old when he died | |
| Swoosie Kurtz She was 14 , now 79 years old | |
| DeForest Kelley He was 38 , 79 years old when he died | |
| Cloris Leachman She was 32 , now 97 years old | |
| Barbara Luddy She was 50 , 70 years old when she died | |
| Buster Keaton He was 62 , 70 years old when he died | |
| Hans Conried He was 41 , 64 years old when he died | |
| Mimsy Farmer She was 13 , now 79 years old | |
| Hal Smith He was 42 , 77 years old when he died | |
| Paul Winchell He was 35 , 82 years old when he died | |
| Brooke Bundy She was 14 , now 79 years old | |
| William Windom He was 34 , 32 years old when he died | |
| Naomi Stevens She was 32 , 92 years old when she died | |
| Robert Ellenstein He was 35 , 87 years old when he died | |
| Hayden Rorke He was 47 , 76 years old when he died | |
| Stuart Erwin He was 55 , 64 years old when he died | |
| Kim Darby She was 11 , now 76 years old | |
| Ellen Corby She was 47 , 87 years old when she died | |
| Shelley Fabares She was 14 , now 80 years old | |
| Bert Remsen He was 33 , 74 years old when he died | |
| Ludwig Stössel He was 75 , 89 years old when he died | |
| Donna Reed She was 37 , 64 years old when she died | as Donna Stone |
| James Stacy He was 21 , 79 years old when he died | |
| John Astin He was 28 , now 94 years old | |
| Diane Brewster She was 27 , 60 years old when she died | |
| Marge Redmond She was 33 , now 99 years old | |
| Richard Conte He was 48 , 65 years old when he died | |
| Will Wright He was 1 , 2 years old when he died | |
| James Hong He was 29 , now 95 years old | |
| Betsy Jones-Moreland She was 28 , 76 years old when she died | |
| Dave Willock He was 49 , 81 years old when he died | |
| Paul Picerni He was 35 , 88 years old when he died | |
| Harvey Lembeck He was 35 , 58 years old when he died | |
| Johnny Crawford He was 12 , now 78 years old | |
| Vladimir Sokoloff He was 68 , 72 years old when he died | |
| Robert Lansing He was 93 , 64 years old when he died | |
| Dabney Coleman He was 26 , now 92 years old | |
| Arthur Malet He was 31 , 85 years old when he died | |
| Ann Rutherford She was 40 , 94 years old when she died | |
| Ann Doran She was 47 , 89 years old when she died | |
| Binnie Barnes She was 55 , 95 years old when she died | |
| Jeanne Bates She was 40 , 89 years old when she died | |
| Richard Deacon He was 37 , 63 years old when he died | |
| Harold Gould He was 34 , 86 years old when he died | |
| Marlo Thomas She was 20 , now 86 years old | |
| Fay Bainter She was 64 , 74 years old when she died | |
| Esther Williams She was 37 , 91 years old when she died | |
| Leonard Stone He was 34 , 87 years old when he died | |
| Bob Hastings He was 33 , 89 years old when he died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Barry Shear Directing He was 35 , 56 years old when he died | Director |
| Earl Bellamy Directing He was 41 , 86 years old when he died | Director |
| Seaman Jacobs Writing He was 46 , 96 years old when he died | Writer |
| Norman Tokar Directing He was 38 , 59 years old when he died | Director |
| Alan Rafkin Directing He was 30 , 73 years old when he died | Director |
| Lee Philips Directing He was 31 , 72 years old when he died | Director |
| Gene Reynolds Directing He was 35 , 96 years old when he died | Director |
| Jerry Davis Writing He was 34 , 82 years old when he died | Writer |
| Lawrence Dobkin Directing He was 39 , 83 years old when he died | Director |
| Gene Nelson Directing He was 38 , 76 years old when he died | Director |
| Laurence Marks Writing He was 9 , 44 years old when he died | Writer |
| Frederick de Cordova Directing He was 47 , 90 years old when he died | Director |
| Ida Lupino Directing She was 40 , 77 years old when she died | Director |
| Hy Averback Directing He was 37 , 76 years old when he died | Director |
| James V. Kern Directing He was 49 , 57 years old when he died | Director |
The Donna Reed Show (65 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1958-09-24
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 274
