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series I never had a mother.” pened One Christmas.” H
Her show was a quiet domes- ever, in a reversal of cha
tic comedy where there was no ters, Mario Thomas played
crisis greater than hurtling the James Stewart role and Wa
roast. Some critics panned it, Rogers played Miss Reed’s.
ird,’” she says. "I’d love to
play Gregory Peck’s role —
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tal heart attack. age her family. That was offen-
“I sense that things are rive to a lot of people.”
changing for women,” she Of changes in TV comedy
says. “A lot. Five years ago since then, she replies, “I’ve
this property would never have enjoyed ‘All in the Family’ and
been considered for television. .‘Maude.’ I can’t say that I like
“As most actresses who pass - I call it emotional violence
40 know, television is a vast against each other. I can’t say
wastelahd fqr women. It’s a that I like that.”
golden age for men between 40 Miss Reed doubts that a show
hnd 'see if they’d call it soap
hqme in Hancock Park. She
wears a dark blue dress, and
her blonde hair is pulled back
in an elegant coif.
When “The Donna Reed
Show” ended its eight-year run
in. }966, Miss Reed also had 40-
odd movies behind her. She qui-
etly stole away to lead the life
of; wife and mother, a role she
found more exciting and fulfill-
ing- than anything she was
isn’t for women. The “great “I don’t know what we could
roles and performances happen do,” she says. “We tried on one
in that time." ' \ show to have a small black
It was the lack of meaningful boy. It was axed by ABC. They
roles that drove Miss Reed said if we shot it, it Would nev-
from Hollywood. The offers er get on the air.”
that came her way, she says, The drug problem was just
were for women who were pas- developing and her show touch-
sive, in jeopardy, or.monsters, ed on it. “We didn’t talk about
Art Mart
JOTS & CRAFTS
MICHAEL L. Elmore, son of
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Westerman of Baytown and
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THI BAYTOWN RUN
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In her comeback, she plays a
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 77, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 7, 1979, newspaper, January 7, 1979; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1075061/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.