---
name: "Donna Dixon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donna-dixon"
fi1m_id: "donna-dixon"
imdb_id: "nm0001146"
tmdb_id: 56933
wikidata_id: "Q452169"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 July 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:02:41.243795+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."
---

# Donna Dixon

## Identity

Donna Dixon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donna-dixon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donna-dixon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001146
- **TMDB ID:** 56933
- **Wikidata ID:** Q452169
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Dixon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56933

Actor. Born 20 July 1957 in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 July 1957, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
- **Active:** 1983–1992
- **Also known as:** 도나 딕슨
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 64 (3), 1990s 72 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $273m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Dixon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56933

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Wayne's World*](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md) (72)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Spies Like Us*](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md) (47)

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

## Biography

Donna Dixon is an American actress and former model. Born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1957, she began her career as a model and was named Miss Virginia USA in 1976 and Miss Washington DC World in 1977. She attended George Washington University after graduating from Groveton High School in 1975.

Dixon gained early recognition for her role as Sonny Lumet in the television series *Bosom Buddies* (1980–1982), opposite Tom Hanks. Her film credits include *Doctor Detroit* (1983), *Spies Like Us* (1985), *The Couch Trip* (1988) and *Wayne's World* (1992), in which she played Dreamwoman. She has also appeared in *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), *Nixon* (1995) and guest roles in series such as *Moonlighting* and *The Nanny*.

Dixon married actor Dan Aykroyd in 1983; the couple have collaborated on several projects.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Wayne's World* (1992), Fi1m 72, as Dreamwoman — [page](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, as Joan Teniwitch — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), Fi1m 47, as Karen Boyer — [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Fi1m 63, as Jr. Stewardess — [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Da Sweet Blood of Jesus* (2015), as Ms. Blair
- *Nixon* (1995), as Maureen Dean
- *Exit to Eden* (1994), as Bonnie
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Monica Baker
- *Wayne's World* (1992), as Dreamwoman — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md)
- *It Had to Be You* (1989), as Dede
- *Speed Zone* (1989), as Tiffany
- *Lucky Stiff* (1988), as Cynthia Mitchell
- *The Couch Trip* (1988), as Laura Rollins
- *Beverly Hills Madam* (1986), as Wendy Benton
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), as Karen Boyer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Joan Teniwitch — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Berrenger's* (1985), series, Actor
- *Who's the Boss?* (1984), series, Actor
- *No Man's Land* (1984), as Sarah Wilder
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), as Jr. Stewardess — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *Doctor Detroit* (1983), as Monica McNeil
- *Margin for Murder* (1981), as Daisy
- *Bosom Buddies* (1980), series, as Sonny Lumet
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Dr. Jill McGraw
- *Charmed Lives*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Donna Dixon](https://film.one/media/person/81424/gallery-6ba78c208847.jpg) Donna Dixon — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Donna_Dixon_at_the_62nd_Annual_Academy_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. S](https://film.one/media/person/81424/gallery-40d6a4a6f0f4.jpg) 1990 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. S — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Donna_Dixon_%282105858151%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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