FrameThrower · Actors · Donna Reed
Donna Reed
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1945–1946
Born 27 January 1921 · Denison, Iowa, USA · died 14 January 1986
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donna Reed was an American film and television actress and producer. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. She is well known for her role as Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. In 1953 she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lorene Burke in the war drama From Here to Eternity.
Reed is known for her work in television, notably as Donna Stone in the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–66). She received numerous Emmy Award nominations for this role and the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star in 1963.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1945–1946
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress1954
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama1962
- Iowa Women's Hall of Fame2021
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Donna takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 65% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Donna takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 130 frames from Donna Reed's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.