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name: "Donna Martell"
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born: "24 December 1927"
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updated: "2026-09-20T02:56:30.914665+00:00"
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# Donna Martell

Actor. Born 24 December 1927 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 24 December 1927, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Martell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16090535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94991

## Biography

Donna Martell is an American actress born on 24 December 1927 in Los Angeles, California. She began her film career in 1947 with a role in the western *Apache Rose* and appeared in several films during the late 1940s and early 1950s, including *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947), *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff* (1949) and *The Egyptian* (1954). She attended Los Angeles City College.

Martell is known for her work in westerns and on television, with appearances in series such as *Bonanza* (1959), *Bat Masterson* and *Cheyenne*. In 1955 she played Suchen, Suyin's sister, in *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing*. Her acting career largely ended in 1963, though she returned briefly for a role in the 1983 television film *Grace Kelly*. In 2002 she received a Golden Boot Award for her contributions to the western genre.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Fi1m 60, as Suchen, Suyin's sister — [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Grace Kelly* (1983), as Mrs. Austin
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Esther Callan
- *House of Numbers* (1957), as Lois
- *Hell on Devil's Island* (1957), as Giselle Renault
- *Last of the Desperados* (1955), as Alita
- *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), as Suchen, Suyin's sister — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md)
- *Ten Wanted Men* (1955), as Maria Segura
- *The Egyptian* (1954), as Lady in Waiting
- *Give a Girl a Break* (1953), as Janet Hallson
- *Project Moon Base* (1953), as Col. Briteis
- *A Star Shall Rise* (1952), as Mary
- *The Golden Hawk* (1952), as Emilie Savonez
- *Death Valley Days* (1952), series, as Rosie Winters
- *Ghost Buster* (1952), as Laura
- *Elephant Stampede* (1951), as Lola
- *Hills of Utah* (1951), as Nola French
- *Peggy* (1950), as Contestant
- *Coyote Canyon* (1949), as Jane Barlow
- *Illegal Entry* (1949), as Maria
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff* (1949), as Betty Crandall
- *Big Town Scandal* (1948), as Marion Harrison
- *The Woman from Tangier* (1948), as Flo-Flo
- *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947), as Young Mexican Girl (uncredited)
- *Robin Hood of Monterey* (1947), as Lolita (as Donna DeMario)
- *Twilight on the Rio Grande* (1947), as Operator Talking to Gene
- *Apache Rose* (1947), as Rosa Vega

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