<P> The Donna Reed Show is an American situation comedy starring Donna Reed as the middle - class housewife Donna Stone . Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone , and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children , Mary and Jeff . The show originally aired on ABC from September 24 , 1958 to March 19 , 1966 . When Fabares left the show in 1963 , Petersen 's younger sister , Patty Petersen , joined the cast as adopted daughter Trisha . Patty Petersen had first appeared in the episode , `` A Way of Her Own '' , on January 31 , 1963 . Actress Janet Landgard was a series regular from 1963 - 1965 as Karen Holmby . </P>
<P> The Donna Reed Show is an American situation comedy starring Donna Reed as the middle - class housewife Donna Stone . Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone , and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children , Mary and Jeff . The show originally aired on ABC from September 24 , 1958 to March 19 , 1966 . When Fabares left the show in 1963 , Petersen 's younger sister , Patty Petersen , joined the cast as adopted daughter Trisha . Patty Petersen had first appeared in the episode , `` A Way of Her Own '' , on January 31 , 1963 . Actress Janet Landgard was a series regular from 1963 - 1965 as Karen Holmby . </P>
when did mary leave the donna reed show
when did mary leave the donna reed show
1963
1963