Leslie Parrish

Parrish married Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, in 1981; they have since divorced. The performing arts center was formerly an opera house built in 1914, and later rennovated into the Ritz Movie Theater where Donna Reed first fell in love with movies. She has numerous television appearances, including her role in the Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonis?" where Parrish played Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas, who becomes the lust object of the god Apollo. The non-profit organization grants scholarships for performing arts students, runs an annual festival of performing arts workshops, and operates The Donna Reed Center for the Performing Arts. Her two most notable roles are as Daisy Mae in Li'l Abner (1959) and as Jocie Jordan in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts was organized after her death in 1986. Leslie Parrish (born March 18, 1935) is an American actress who starred under her birth name, Marjorie Helen, until she changed it in 1959. She died at age 64 in Beverly Hills, California from pancreatic cancer and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

1974 "McCloud" (1970) playing "Lynne O'Connell" in episode: "The Gang That Stole Manhattan" (episode # 5.2) 13 October. She sued the show's production company and received an undisclosed seven-figure settlement. 1967 "Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964) playing "Leslie Welling" in episode: "The Master's Touch Affair" (episode # 4.6) 16 October. When Bel Geddes was well enough to return to the role, Reed was fired. 1967 "Star Trek" (1966) playing "Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas" in episode: "Who Mourns for Adonis?" (episode # 2.2) 22 September. In her later years she temporarily replaced Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie in the television series Dallas in the 1984-1985 season. 1967 "Batman" (1966/II) playing "Glacia Glaze" in episode: "The Duo Defy" (episode # 2.60) 30 March. She won an Academy Award for playing a prostitute in From Here to Eternity.

1967 "Batman" (1966/II) playing "Glacia Glaze" in episode: "Ice Spy" (episode # 2.59) 29 March. Born Donna Belle Mullenger, Reed is probably best remembered for her roles as the wholesome housewife Donna Stone on American television's The Donna Reed Show and as Mary Bailey in Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. 1966 "Wild Wild West, The" (1965) playing "Morn" in episode: "The Night of the Flying Pie Plate" (episode # 2.6) 21 October. Donna Reed (January 27, 1921 - January 14, 1986) was an American actress. 1966 "Batman" (1966/II) playing "Dawn Robin" in episode: "The Penguin's a Jinx" (episode # 1.4) 20 January. 1966 "Batman" (1966/II) playing "Dawn Robin" in episode: "Fine Feathered Finks" (episode # 1.3) 19 January.

1965 "Wild Wild West, The" (1965) playing "Greta Lundquist" in episode: "The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth" (episode # 1.3) 1 October. 1976 Invisible Strangler. 1975 The Giant Spider Invasion. 1963 For Love or Money.

1962 The Manchurian Candidate. 1959 Li'l Abner. 1958 Missile to the Moon.