Donna Michelle

{{Short description|American actor, model and photographer (1945–2004)}}

{{Infobox Playboy Playmate

| name = Donna Michelle

| image =

| image_size =

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| issue = December 1963

| birth_name = Donna Michelle Fick

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|12|8}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|4|9|1945|12|8}}

| death_place = Ukiah, California, U.S.

| height = 5 ft 4 in

| preceded = Terre Tucker

| succeeded = Sharon Rogers

| pmoy-year = 1964

| pmoy-preceded = June Cochran

| pmoy-succeeded = Jo Collins

}}

Donna Michelle Ronne (née Fick; December 8, 1945 – April 9, 2004) was an American model, actress, and photographer. Known professionally as Donna Michelle, she was Playboy magazine's December 1963 Playmate of the Month and 1964 Playmate of the Year. She was the youngest Playmate of the Year ever at just 18 years old. Pompeo Posar and Edmund Leja photographed her centerfold images.{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=michelle%2C+donna&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=February 7, 2010}}

Personal life

The maiden name of Michelle's mother was Baron.{{cite web |title=California, Birth Index, 1905-1995 |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VGKR-PZ6 |publisher=Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento}} On February 9, 1963, Michelle married David M. Ronne in Los Angeles; they divorced in April 1967.{{cite web |title=California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985 |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V68P-RH4 |publisher=Los Angeles, California, Center for Health Statistics, Department of Health Services, Sacramento}}{{cite web |title=California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984 |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VP5J-BX1 |publisher=Los Angeles City, California, Center for Health Statistics, Department of Health Services, Sacramento}} 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.{{cite book |title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood |first=Tom |last=Lisanti |year=2007 |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=139 |isbn=978-0786431724}}

Filmography

Company of Killers (1971) .... Gloria
Le Bal des voyous (1968) .... Karine
La Nuit la plus chaude (1967)
I Spy (TV) – "Lori" (1966) .... Millicent
One Spy Too Many (1966) .... Princess Nicole
The Big Valley (TV) – "Barbary Red" (1966) .... Dolly
Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966) .... Marian
Mickey One (1965) .... The Girl
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) .... Animal
Goodbye Charlie (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) .... Nina