Donna Reed Net Worth

She starred as Mary Hatch in the 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Lorene Burke in the 1953 film From here to Eternity. Reed won a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star in 1963. She took over for Barbara Bel Geddes playing Miss Ellie Ewing on Dallas and then sued the production company after she was fired when Geddes decided to return to the program. She settled out of court and received over $1 million. Reed received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 at 1612 Vine Street. Donna Reed passed away on January 14, 1986 at 64 years old from pancreatic cancer.