From Farm To Screen
! Pretty Donna Reed was a faim. . girl from Iowa. .She first went to ^ California ihtending to become a stenographer, but was noticed for films after being chosen Queen of the Los Angeles Business College in 1940. Making her debut in "The Getaway," she appeared in several M.-G.-M. films, including the j Andy Hardy an'd Dr. G'illespie ' series, before graduating to better I roles in movies. like "The Picture of j Dorian Gray" and "Mrs. Parkington." Las't year Frank Capra bor- \ rowed her for "It's a Wonderful j Life," after which she returned to her home studio for a star part in ! "Green Dolphin Street" and has been chosen for "The Life of Dosloevski" with Spencer Tracy She was married to Toj^y Owens . - 1945, after divorcing her first hus- 1 band. Her birthday is on Jarmary 4 & I •
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 March 1948, Page 7
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141From Farm To Screen Chronicle (Levin), 27 March 1948, Page 7
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