TV Radio Mirror (Jul - Dec 1962)

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vwm baby to be confused by this new image: Mary's very own mother acting as mother to two other children . . . and as wife to another man, called Dr. Alex Stone. Finally, Mary did see the show. And Donna's fears were more than justified. Mary was completely bewildered by Donna's "other life." One day. as Donna was leaving for the studio, Mary asked her wistfully : "Are you going to see your other two children today, Mummy?" Donna felt as though someone had struck her. Suppressing sudden tears, she sat down and carefully explained that the children played by Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen were part of Mummy's pretend world — just like the boys and girls in the fairy stories Donna read to Mary. And Alex, portrayed by actor Carl Betz, was just her makebelieve husband. . . . Mary listened, wide-eyed and silent. "I understand," she said at last. "Shelley and Paul are going home with Alex tonight." Donna knew she had failed. Another remark, about the same time, showed just how much the situation still needed clarifying! "Do you know," Mary told a friend excitedly, "my mother's going steady with Alex?" "Fortunately," Donna sighs with relief, "this kind of confusion ended after a while!" It hasn't been just "good luck." however, that Donna's children haven't suffered from her work on TV. From the start. Donna Reed Owen planned everything carefully so they wouldn't have to pay {Continued on page 80) 35