Suzy Parker

She publicly condemned the use of alcohol and cigarettes, and suggested that marriage killed all romance. 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 was especially well known for her laidback and honest style. 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 children are Georgia (from the first marriage), Dinah, Charles and Christopher (from the third marriage). The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts was organized after her death in 1986. Married three times, she took her third husband's name and was known as Suzy Parker Dillman after she retired from celebrity life. 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.

Her other acting credits included Kiss Them for Me, Ten North Frederick and appearances in the TV series Tarzan and The Twilight Zone. She sued the show's production company and received an undisclosed seven-figure settlement. Her acting debut was in the 1957 film Funny Face with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. When Bel Geddes was well enough to return to the role, Reed was fired. She is often called the 'original supermodel'. In her later years she temporarily replaced Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie in the television series Dallas in the 1984-1985 season. She was the first model to earn more than $US100 per hour and $100,000 per year, and at one point she was the highest paid model in the industry at $US200 per hour. She won an Academy Award for playing a prostitute in From Here to Eternity.

She was a successful model during the 1950s and was the 'signature face' for Coco Chanel during much of that period. 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. Dorian introduced her to Eileen Ford, a famous modelling agent, at the age of 15. Donna Reed (January 27, 1921 - January 14, 1986) was an American actress. The sister of model Dorian Leigh, she grew up and attended school in Highland Park, New Jersey. She died on May 3, 2003 in Montecito, California at the age of 69.

Suzy Parker was an American model and actress, born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker on October 28, 1932 on Long Island, New York, USA.