No sitcom defined mid-century motherhood quite like The Donna Reed Show. Over the course of eight seasons, from 1958 to 1966, the show and its cast won over audiences with its picture-perfect ...

Despite criticism over the show perpetuating homemaker stereotypes, The Donna Reed Show was more feminist than it seemed as it featured a strong, independent housewife who made choices for her family.

She played a former babysitter for Burt Lancaster’s character in the Frank Perry classic and the girlfriend of Paul Petersen’s Jeff Stone on TV. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Janet Landgard, who ...

Janet Landgard, who co-starred with Burt Lancaster in the 1968 film “The Swimmer” and appeared for three seasons on “The Donna Reed Show,” died Nov. 6. She was 75. Landgard died of brain cancer, actor ...