Donna Michelle Ronne (née Fick; December 8, 1945 – April 9, 2004) was an American model, actress, and
photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographers
As in oth ...
. Known professionally as Donna Michelle, she was ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...
'' magazine's December 1963
Playmate of the Month
A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Play ...
and 1964
Playmate of the Year.
Pompeo Posar and Edmund Leja photographed her
centerfold
The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
images.
Personal life
The maiden name of Michelle's mother was Baron. On February 9, 1963, Michelle married David M. Ronne in Los Angeles; they divorced in April 1967. Michelle was seventeen years old and married when she was named Playmate of the Month.
Michelle died of a heart attack in Ukiah, California, at the age of 58.
Filmography
* ''Company of Killers'' (1971) .... Gloria
* ''
Le Bal des voyous'' (1968) .... Karine
* ''La Nuit la plus chaude'' (1967)
* ''
I Spy
I spy is a guessing game where one player (the ''spy'' or ''it'') chooses an object within sight and announces to the other players that "I spy with my little eye something beginning with...", naming the first letter of the object. Other players a ...
'' (TV) – "Lori" (1966) .... Millicent
* ''
One Spy Too Many
''One Spy Too Many'' starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum is the 1966 feature-length film version of ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''s two-part season two premiere " Alexander the Greater Affair". It is the third such feature film that used as its ...
'' (1966) .... Princess Nicole
* ''
The Big Valley
''The Big Valley'' is an American Western drama television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969 on ABC. The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The one-hour ...
'' (TV) – "Barbary Red" (1966) .... Dolly
* ''
Agent for H.A.R.M.
''Agent for H.A.R.M.'' is a 1966 science fiction spy thriller directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Mark Richman, one of a number of spy thrillers of the era having conspicuous sci-fi elements. Here it is the deadly spores which turn human flesh ...
'' (1966) .... Marian
* ''
Mickey One'' (1965) .... The Girl
* ''
Beach Blanket Bingo
''Beach Blanket Bingo'' is a 1965 American beach party film directed by William Asher. It is the fifth film in the Beach Party film series. The film stars Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Linda Evans, Deborah Walley, Paul Lynde, and Don Rickl ...
'' (1965) .... Animal
* ''
Goodbye Charlie
''Goodbye Charlie'' is a 1964 American comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds and Pat Boone. The film is about a callous womanizer who gets his just reward. It was adapted from George Axelrod's 1959 pl ...
'' (1964) .... Guest on yacht doing the Twist
* ''
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' (TV) – "The Double Affair" (1964) (released as a film called ''
The Spy with My Face
''The Spy with My Face'' is a 1965 spy-fi spy film based on ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' television series. Robert Vaughn and David McCallum reprised their roles as secret agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin respectively. THRUSH tries to steal ...
'') .... Nina
See also
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List of people in Playboy 1960–1969
References
External links
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American film actresses
20th-century American photographers
1960s Playboy Playmates
Playboy Playmates of the Year
Actresses from Los Angeles
1945 births
2004 deaths
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
20th-century American women photographers
21st-century American women photographers
21st-century American photographers