- Known For
- Crew
- Born
- November 17, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Santa Ana, California, USA
Donna Garrett
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
movieThe Tie That Binds
1995 · Stunts
movieCagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Puppet Masters
1994 · Miss Haines
movieHero
1992 · Stunts
movieDead Silence
1991 · Stunts
movieThe Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991 · Stunts
movieKindergarten Cop
1990 · Stunts
movieGhostbusters II
1989 · Stunts
moviePet Sematary
1989 · Stunts
movieTwins
1988 · Stunts
movieManiac Cop
1988 · Stunts
movieThrow Momma from the Train
1987 · Stunts
movieStrange Voices
1987 · Stunt Coordinator
movieDisorderlies
1987 · Stunts
movieThe Golden Child
1986 · Stunts
movieWildcats
1986 · Stunts
movieHer Life as a Man
1984 · Stunt Double
movieFootloose
1984 · Stunts
movieThe Entity
1982 · Stunts
movieMortuary
1982 · Mrs. Andrews
movieDeathtrap
1982 · Stunts
movieHalloween II
1981 · Stunts
movieDeadly Blessing
1981 · Stunts
movieZorro, The Gay Blade
1981 · Stunts
movieLovely But Deadly
1981 · Stunts
movieCharlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981 · Stunt Double
movieThe Gong Show Movie
1980 · Woman Being Beaten
movieWhen Time Ran Out...
1980 · Stunts
movieThe Streets of L.A.
1979 · Stunt Coordinator
tvMan from Atlantis
1977 · Student
movieDrum
1976 · Mrs. Gassaway
movieEarthquake
1974 · Stunts
movieWonder Woman
1974 · Cass
movieThe Getaway
1972 · Stunts
movieThe Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Stunts
moviePortnoy's Complaint
1972 · Stunts
movieStand Up and Be Counted
1972 · Demonstrator
movieWhat's Up, Doc?
1972 · Stunts
movieStar Spangled Girl
1971 · Stunts
movieMyra Breckinridge
1970 · Stunts
movieAirport
1970 · Stunt Double
movieFlareup
1969 · Stunt Double
movieFathom
1967 · Stunt Double
tvLost in Space
1965 · Stunt Double