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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 335490" data-attributes="member: 7">What's sad is that Donna Reed was such a prolific and respected screen actress. She was in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, won an Oscar for FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, and had practically a decade-long run on THE DONNA REED SHOW, where she was a prototype TV mom and won a few more awards.What makes her turn on DALLAS so sad is that it was a dismal end to a cerebral career. CBS and the producers apparently knew and respected Reed's stature, at least at first, but then treated her poorly. We can all agree Reed was a inadequate substitute for the beloved Bel Geddes, but that doesn't dismiss Reed's treatment by the DALLAS team. Her co-stars were reportedly hostile (with Hagman being a strong mouthpiece that Bel Geddes needed to come back, or that his real-life mother, Mary Martin, should've gotten the recast gig) and the camera men gave her the most awful lighting --- which, as some have said, was because "they" (whomever that was) wouldn't let Reed have her own key light. I just don't like how Donna Reed was handled nor do I like that her prolific career ended quite sourly. [ATTACH=full]40009[/ATTACH]</blockquote>