Donna Martell

See Donna's Appearances Dates at bottom of this page:	Donna Martell Real name: Irene De Mario
	Donna Martell, initially using a screen name of Donna De Mario, began her Hollywood career around 1947, and her first major role was as the ingenue in APACHE ROSE (Republic, 1947) which, starred Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. In addition to APACHE ROSE, Donna's western film credits include: HILLS OF UTAH and TWILIGHT ON THE RIO GRANDE with Gene Autry, TEN WANTED MEN with Randolph Scott, LAST OF THE DESPERADOES with James Craig, and ROBIN HOOD OF MONTEREY with Gilbert Roland (as the Cisco Kid).
Donna was offered a contract at Republic, but opted to sign with Universal. During the late 1940s - early 1950s, she appeared in a variety of female leads, supporting roles and bits --- she was at Monogram with Johnny Sheffield in a Bomba, the Jungle Boy flick ... with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in a couple of their later comedies ... with western singer/musician Tex Williams at Universal ... at 20th Century Fox as the sister to Jennifer Jones in the big budget LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING (1955) ... and as the female lead in the low budget sci-fi PROJECT MOONBASE (1953).		While many remember Donna for those movie roles, I fondly recall her work in dozens of TV shows of the 1950s through early 1960s period, where she seemed to be one of the more prolific female performers (and durn pretty too). She did work with Gene Barry in Bat Masterson, Jock Mahoney in The Range Rider, Clint Walker in Cheyenne, Efrem Zimbalist on 77 Sunset Strip ... and lots more.
Donna was married to baseball player Gene Corso. In later years, she did a variety of TV commercials. And most recently, Donna has been attending some of the film festivals and conventions (See below).

Donna's up coming appearances at festivals & conventions:

		Contact Donna for Info or Photos at: P. O. Box 3335 Granada Hills, Ca. 91394 $10.00 Black & White and $15.00 Color Photos