Portrait of Donna Reed

Acting

Donna Reed

Titles
58movies8TV shows
Career

Active from 1941 to 2025, with a break from 1998 to 2019, busiest in 1942 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
37
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Donna Reed Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.2
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 4
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Revenge 3
  • Classic Thriller 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Intriguing Plot 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

5
TypeAllMovies52TV shows5
RoleAnyActing5Appearances3
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1950s31970s2
GenreAnyDrama4Comedy3Family2Crime1Mystery1Soap1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

1970s

2 titles · average score 69
GoodWatch69
Poster for Dallas

TV show · as Miss Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow

Poster for The Love Boat

TV show · as Polly Sullivan

1950s

3 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch68
Poster for The Donna Reed Show

TV show · as Donna Stone

GoodWatch69
Poster for Suspicion

TV show · as Letty Jason

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