Caption: Joan Bennett, Anabel Shaw, Donna Martell, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere and Natalie Schafer in Secret Beyond the Door... (1947)
Actress
Born: December 24, 1927
Star sign: Capricorn
Known for: Project Moon Base (1953), Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949), Ten Wanted Men (1955)
Source: IMDB
A native of Los Angeles, Donna Martell was first "spotted" at L.A. City College by a fellow student who worked for a Hollywood talent scout. Just 17, she made her motion picture debut (acting under the name Donna DeMario) in the Republic Western Apache Rose (1947) with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, her first of over two dozen movie credits. Later ...