Donna Reed certainly does deserve to be in the Classic Actress Territory! There is no other Female Actress like her...
So many Films that Donna Reed appeared in were all very memorable due to Miss Reed's Performances!!! For example, in "It's a Wonderful Life" I couldn't imagine any other Film Star playing the Role of 'James Stewart's Wife' better than Donna Reed had portrayed her character "Mary Hatch." She has such a unique screen appearance with her Unmatched Beauty and Charm. And she can be very Sweet Acting, but when she loses her temper (usually for good reason), Watch Out!!!!! One cannot begin to believe how Voice Tress she can become! The fact that she can raise her voice to such a very Loud Volume, is Truly Amazing!!!!! Hearing her talk in her normal sweet voice, it doesn't seem possible that Donna Reed could suddenly sound like she is talking through a Bullhorn! lol. I wonder if she had to practice yelling with a Vocal Coach or was it just in her to do this? In the movie, "From Here To Eternity" when the character of 'Alma Burke' that Donna Reed was portraying in this particular movie, becomes upset with her Boyfriend 'Private Robert E. Lee Pruett' because he wants to go back to fighting in the war, after he had barely recovered from being Critically Injured-- WOW!!!!! What a Powerfully Strong Emotional Performance Donna Reed does GIVE!!!!!! TRULY OUTSTANDING!!!!!! I still hear her Hysterical Piercing Voice from that scene in that Movie to this day!!!!!!!! No wonder why she had Won an Academy Award for that Incredibly Moving Performance!!!!! And I loved her in the movie that she did about three years later entitled, "Ransom" where she had played the role of 'Edith' who was a very distraught mother of a son that had been Kidnapped. Donna Reed was 'Superb' in that movie! Not to mention the movie she had made the year before: which is entitled, "The Far Horizons" where she had played the Very Beautiful and Strong Willed Indian Girl "Sacajawea."
Furthermore, Donna Reed's very Successful TV Series entitled, "The Donna Reed Show" is truly a Classic Sitcom that people still adore to this very day!!!!! Just watching this series gives one the feeling that there getting a never ending Big Hug!!!!!! In watching that Wonderful Series, I never had a doubt in my mind that the 'Donna Stone Character' that she had portrayed, was an extension of her own (Real Life Personality) with the 'Gentle Kindness and Extreme Warmth' that she very generously extends to the many other characters that appeared on that show! If this isn't True, then Donna Reed must be the Greatest Actress this World has Ever Known! Donna Reed may be gone, but she will Never Be Forgotten!!!!!