American actress best remembered for roles in films such as From Here to Eternity, It's a Wonderful Life, The Picture of Dorian Gray, They Were Expendable, The Last Time I Saw Paris and Beyond Glory. On tv she appeared in The Donna Reed Show and Dallas. In the 1998 book 'In Search of Donna Reed' it mentioned that she stood "only five feet, three and a half inches" and her weight was "125 [pounds]"Donna Reed
I once saw myself on the plump side when I first came to California. I'm only five feet four and it didn't look well. After I got it off I never let it return.
-- San Antonio Express, 13th Sep 1964