Shelley Fabares

I think the years on 'The Donna Reed Show,' the years from 14 to 19, were so incredibly important. Donna Reed was…

— Shelley Fabares

I can't think of my life without Donna Reed. She has been such an enormous influence on my life.

— Shelley Fabares

They had to match blood type and meet all sorts of things I don't know about.

— Shelley Fabares

I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift.

— Shelley Fabares

I had to have a complete liver transplant.

— Shelley Fabares

There is a bedrock decency to people in the Midwest. They are thoughtful and ready to help you if something needs to…

— Shelley Fabares

This is the kind of situation that can tear people apart. It tears at the fabric of your soul and can certainly…

— Shelley Fabares

I was not a Mouseketeer, but a lot of people think I was.

— Shelley Fabares

One can't change one's life experience, but even if I could, I wouldn't change it because of all the wonderful things that…

— Shelley Fabares

The chances of a child coming through as I did... the world is too hard. On the other hand, I would always…

— Shelley Fabares

I didn't have a dysfunctional childhood or young adulthood, but I was somebody who was very much raised to do what other…

— Shelley Fabares

We need to appreciate how precious life is.

— Shelley Fabares

I had to have a complete liver transplant. I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift.

— Shelley Fabares

I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living.

— Shelley Fabares

It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been.

— Shelley Fabares