Ten Reasons Why Shelley Fabares Is a National Treasure

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The Donna Reed Show (1958)

As Mary Stone, Shelley Fabares was the Marcia Brady of the 1950s: smart, popular, pretty, well behaved, and just a little full of herself. She and Donna Reed created one of the most supportive and likeable mother-daughter relationships on TV, and they looked so much alike some viewers probably believed they were actually related. Fabares left the series after its fifth season, and the show was never the same.



“Johnny Angel” (1962)

Shelley Fabares never aspired to be a singer, especially as she knew she wasn’t very good at it. But every TV series wanted its own Ricky Nelson after he began performing hits on The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. So Shelly and her sitcom brother Paul Petersen were both ordered to cut a record, and Shelley sang “Johnny Angel” on a season four episode of The Donna Reed Show called “Donna’s Prima Donna.” The song reached #1 on the Billboard chart in March of 1962. I don’t know how anyone could watch this two-minute clip and not fall a little in love.