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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.
Born
November 17, 1942 (age 83)
Birthplace
Santa Ana, California, USA
Filmography
43 films, 2 shows


The Tie That Binds
1995 · 1h 39m · US
A young couple adopts a traumatized child, unaware that her parents are fugitives and murderers who will do anything to get her back.


Hero
1992 · 1h 57m · US
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.


Dead Silence
1991 · 1h 32m · US
Three friends on spring break hit and kill a transient in the California desert. Will they keep silent or turn on each other?


The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991 · 1h 25m · US
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.


Kindergarten Cop
1990 · 1h 51m · US
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.


Ghostbusters II
1989 · 1h 48m · US
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.


Pet Sematary
1989 · 1h 43m · US
After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.


Twins
1988 · 1h 47m · US
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.


Maniac Cop
1988 · 1h 25m · US
A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.


Throw Momma from the Train
1987 · 1h 28m · US
Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.


Disorderlies
1987 · 1h 26m · US
As not-quite-orderlies who're downright Disorderlies, rap-music favorites The Fat Boys rule. Playing the freewheeling caretakers of the frail Dennison, they stir up a comedic culture clash in Palm Beach society that only proves laughter is the best medicine this side of a tax refund.


The Golden Child
1986 · 1h 34m · US
After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."


Wildcats
1986 · 1h 46m · US
High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.


Footloose
1984 · 1h 47m · US
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.


The Entity
1982 · 2h 5m · US
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.


Deathtrap
1982 · 1h 56m · US
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.


Halloween II
1981 · 1h 32m · US
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.


Deadly Blessing
1981 · 1h 44m · US
When a former member of a religious cult dies in a mysterious accident, Martha, who now lives alone and close to the cult's church, begins to fear for her life and the lives of her visiting friends.


Zorro, The Gay Blade
1981 · 1h 33m · MX
In 19th century Mexico, legendary swordsman Zorro has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego, a dashing swashbuckler like his father. But after an injury sidelines Diego, he is forced to hand the mask over to his twin, Ramon.


Lovely But Deadly
1981 · 1h 35m · US
A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.


When Time Ran Out...
1980 · 2h 1m · US
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.


Earthquake
1974 · 2h 3m · US
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.


The Getaway
1972 · 2h 3m · US
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.


The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · 1h 57m · US
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.


Portnoy's Complaint
1972 · 1h 41m · US
During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.


What's Up, Doc?
1972 · 1h 34m · US
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.


Star Spangled Girl
1971 · 1h 33m · US
A pair of 60's hippies fall in love with the girl next door, who is exactly the kind of square that they are fighting against.


Myra Breckinridge
1970 · 1h 34m · US
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.