Birth Name: Donna Belle Mullenger
Date of Birth: January 27, 1921
Place of Birth: Denison, Iowa
Date of Death: January 14, 1986
Place of Death: Beverly Hills, California
Ethnicity: English, some German, Irish
Donna Reed was an American actress. She was of English, and some German and Irish, ancestry.
Donna’s paternal grandparents were William George Mullenger (the son of William Reform Mullenger and Mary Tyler) and Mary Ann Johnston (the daughter of Richard Bartley Johnston and Elizabeth Herner). Donna’s great-grandparents William and Mary were English.
Donna’s maternal grandparents were Charles Shives (the son of Charles Alexander Shives and Eliza Ann Coffin) and Mary Etta Petty (the daughter of William Henry Petty and Sarah Jane Hoyt).
Source: Genealogy of Donna Reed – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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