| Donna Michelle | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| December 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Terre Tucker |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Rogers |
| Playmate of the Year | |
| 1964 | |
| Preceded by | June Cochran |
| Succeeded by | Jo Collins |
| Born | December 8, 1945 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, 2004 (aged 58) |
| Measurements | Bust: 38" Waist: 22" Hips: 37" |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Weight | 118 lb (54 kg; 8.4 st) |
Donna Michelle (December 8, 1945, Los Angeles, Calif. – April 9, 2004, Ukiah, Calif.) was the adopted name of Donna M. Ronne, an American model, actress, and photographer. She was Playboy magazine's December 1963 Playmate of the Month and 1964 Playmate of the Year. Her playmate-of-the-month pictorial was by Pompeo Posar and Edmund Leja.
As a girl, Michelle studied ballet and had danced with the New York City Ballet. She was seventeen years old when she was photographed as a Playmate of the Month. At eighteen years of age, Donna Michelle remains the youngest Playmate of the Year.
She was born Donna Michelle Fick on December 8, 1945, in Los Angeles County. Her mother's maiden name was Baron. On February 9, 1963, at 17, she married David M. Ronne, 19, in Los Angeles. They were divorced in April, 1967, in Los Angeles. Thus, she was married when Playmate of the Month in December, 1963 and Playmate of the Year for 1964.
At university, Michelle studied theater arts and briefly was an actress before becoming a photographer, publishing the pictorial "Donna Clicks" in the April 1974 issue of Playboy magazine. In 2003, Grenada honoured Playboy magazine's fiftieth anniversary with a postage stamp series. Donna's May 1964 cover photograph is in a stamp. Donna Michelle died on April 9, 2004 in Ukiah, California, on suffering a heart attack in a supermarket.
Film and Television Work
- Company of Killers (1970) .... Gloria
- Bal des voyous, Le (1968) .... Karine
- Nuit la plus chaude, La (1967)
- I Spy - "Lori" (1966) .... Millicent
- The Big Valley - "Barbary Red" (1966) .... Dolly
- Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966) .... Marian
- Mickey One (1965) .... The Girl
- Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) .... Animal
- Goodbye Charlie (1964) .... Guest on yacht
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Double Affair (1964) .... Nina
See also
External links
- Donna Michelle at Playboy.com
- Donna Michelle at the Internet Movie Database
- "Hef's Special Ladies: Donna Michelle". Playboy.com. http://www.playboy.com/worldofplayboy/hmh/hefsladies/michelle.html. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
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