Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 1954
Donna Reed From Here to Eternity 1954
SEX WORKER ROLE
Wins Oscar For Playing A Prostitute
Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity 1954
“From Here to Eternity” follows three soldiers and the women in their lives. Donna Reed plays Lorene Burke, a “hostess” (aka prostitute) who yearns to escape her dreary existence of turning tricks – dreaming of a husband and family, complete with the white picket fence and house. She is so close to her dreams as she falls in love with one of the soldiers. But tragically, he is killed in the line of duty. Devastated, Lorene decides to move away. Leave the sex-trade profession and begin a new life to find happiness.
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