Donna Garrett
Born: 1942-11-17 in Santa Ana, California, USA
Known For: Crew
Biography
Stuntwoman, stunt coordinator, and actress Donna Garrett was born Donna Lee Funk on November 17, 1942 in Santa Ana, California. Garrett grew up in suburban Los Angeles and attended L.A. Valley Junior College as a physical education major. Donna met her husband Ralph Garrett at a rehearsal for the acrobatic square dance troupe Homer Garrett's Why-Not Twirlers in 1961; the couple got married three years later in 1964. She began performing stunts in movies in the mid-1960's. Among the notable actresses that Garrett has doubled for are Raquel Welch, Jacqueline Bisset, Angie Dickinson, Barbra Streisand, and Ali MacGraw. Outside of performing stunts, Donna also played small parts in a handful of films and TV shows as well as served as the V.P. of the Stuntwomen's Association of Motion Pictures in the 1970's which she co-founded in 1967.
Filmography
1995
- The Tie That Binds ... (Stunts)
1994
- The Puppet Masters as Miss Haines
- Cagney & Lacey: The Return ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1992
- Hero ... (Stunts)
1991
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear ... (Stunts)
- Dead Silence ... (Stunts)
1990
- Kindergarten Cop ... (Stunts)
1989
- Ghostbusters II ... (Stunts)
- Pet Sematary ... (Stunts)
1988
- Twins ... (Stunts)
- Maniac Cop ... (Stunts)
1987
- Throw Momma from the Train ... (Stunts)
- Strange Voices ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1986
- Wildcats ... (Stunts)
- The Golden Child ... (Stunts)
1984
- Footloose ... (Stunts)
- Her Life as a Man ... (Stunt Double)
1982
- The Entity ... (Stunts)
- Deathtrap ... (Stunts)
- Mortuary as Mrs. Andrews
1981
- Halloween II ... (Stunts)
- Deadly Blessing ... (Stunts)
- Zorro, The Gay Blade ... (Stunts)
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen ... (Stunt Double)
- Lovely But Deadly ... (Stunts)
1980
- When Time Ran Out... ... (Stunts)
- The Gong Show Movie as Woman Being Beaten
1979
- The Streets of L.A. ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1977
- Man from Atlantis as Student
1976
- Drum as Mrs. Gassaway
1974
- Wonder Woman as Cass
- Earthquake ... (Stunts)
1972
- The Getaway ... (Stunts)
- The Poseidon Adventure ... (Stunts)
- What's Up, Doc? ... (Stunts)
- Stand Up and Be Counted as Demonstrator
- Portnoy's Complaint ... (Stunts)
1971
- Star Spangled Girl ... (Stunts)
1970
- Airport ... (Stunt Double)
- Myra Breckinridge ... (Stunts)
1969
- Flareup ... (Stunt Double)
1967
- Fathom ... (Stunt Double)
1965
- Lost in Space ... (Stunt Double)