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name: "Danielle von Zerneck"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danielle-von-zerneck"
fi1m_id: "danielle-von-zerneck"
imdb_id: "nm0903272"
tmdb_id: 82220
wikidata_id: "Q11837528"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:19:00.653256+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danielle von Zerneck

## Identity

Danielle von Zerneck

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danielle-von-zerneck
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danielle-von-zerneck
- **IMDb ID:** nm0903272
- **TMDB ID:** 82220
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11837528
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_von_Zerneck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11837528, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0903272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82220

Actor. Born 21 December 1966 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 December 1966, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Danielle Frances von Zerneck
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_von_Zerneck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11837528, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0903272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82220

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*La Bamba*](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Danielle von Zerneck is an American actress and film producer. She is known for her role as Donna Ludwig in the 1987 film *La Bamba*.

She began acting in the 1970s with early credits including *Tunnel Vision* (1976) and *My Science Project* (1985). Other notable roles include appearances in *Living in Oblivion* (1995) and the television series *General Hospital*. She is the daughter of television producer Frank von Zerneck and actress Julie Mannix.

Von Zerneck has worked as a producer on films and series including *Recovery Road* and various Lifetime productions. She married musician James Fearnley in 1989.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *La Bamba* (1987), Fi1m 72, as Donna Ludwig — [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Faith in the Flames: The Nichole Jolly Story* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Friday Night Sext Scandal* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Designing Christmas* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Under the Christmas Tree* (2021), Executive Producer
- *A Clüsterfünke Christmas* (2021), Executive Producer
- *An Ice Wine Christmas* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Dying to Belong* (2021), Executive Producer
- *The Christmas Setup* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Christmas 9 to 5* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Christmas Around the Corner* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane* (2018), Executive Producer
- *No One Would Tell* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Acceptable Risk* (2001), as Gloria
- *Holiday in Your Heart* (1997), as Photographer
- *God's Lonely Man* (1996), Producer
- *Living in Oblivion* (1995), as Wanda · Associate Producer
- *Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare* (1995), as Linda
- *Beyond Suspicion* (1993), Actor
- *Deuce Coupe* (1992), as Virginia
- *Woman With a Past* (1992), as Tammy
- *Survive the Savage Sea* (1992), as Susan
- *Opposites Attract* (1990), as Sky
- *Dream On* (1990), series, as Kat
- *By Dawn's Early Light* (1990), as Radnor's Wife
- *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (1989), series, as Shannon Nichols
- *Tale of Two Sisters* (1989), as Adult Bug Girl
- *Under the Boardwalk* (1989), as Allie
- *Dangerous Curves* (1988), as Michelle West
- *Date Rape* (1988), as Samm Matian
- *La Bamba* (1987), as Donna Ludwig — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)
- *A Fighting Choice* (1986), as Susie Fratelli
- *My Science Project* (1985), as Ellie Sawyer
- *Summer Fantasy* (1984), as Denise Biaggi
- *Family Ties* (1982), series, as June
- *Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress* (1977), as Heather
- *Tunnel Vision* (1976), as Daughter

## Gallery

- ![Danielle von Zerneck](https://film.one/media/person/5551224/gallery-34531b1d8c29.jpg) Danielle von Zerneck — Rob DiCaterino, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Danielle_von_Zerneck_at_the_Chiller_Theatre_Expo_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Danielle von Zerneck](https://film.one/media/person/5551224/gallery-44073e94d2a4.jpg) Danielle von Zerneck — Image via TMDB

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