Danielle von Zerneck

Danielle von Zerneck

1966-12-21 North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA 35 Credits

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Danielle von Zerneck (born December 21, 1965) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, is an American film and television actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Donna, Ritchie Valens blonde girlfriend in La Bamba (1987). She is the daughter of Frank von Zerneck, a well known television film producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danielle von Zerneck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Faith in the Flames: The Nichole Jolly Story

2025

Executive Producer

Producing

Nichole Jolly is a nurse at the town’s hospital, who begins her day as usual, only to face an unimaginable crisis when a wildfire rapidly engulfs the ...

Friday Night Sext Scandal

Friday Night Sext Scandal

2024

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

High school football players conspire to post nude images of their female classmates on a covert website. When the site is discovered, members of the ...

Designing Christmas

Designing Christmas

2022

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

Follows Stella, who has worked for the past six years with Pablo as co-hosts of a house renovation show, but as they work together more closely than e...

Under the Christmas Tree

Under the Christmas Tree

2021

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

Marketing whiz Alma Beltran and Christmas tree whisperer Charlie Freemont cross paths when Charlie finds the perfect tree for the Maine Governor's Hol...

A Clüsterfünke Christmas

A Clüsterfünke Christmas

2021

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

A celebratory parody of the traditional TV holiday romance that follows Holly, a go-getter real estate exec from New York City who heads to a small to...

An Ice Wine Christmas

An Ice Wine Christmas

2021

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

A big-city sommelier, Camila returns to her hometown and family-run business for the annual ice wine harvest that coincides with the holidays. But the...

Dying to Belong

Dying to Belong

2021

Executive Producer

7.2
Producing

When journalism major Olivia is encouraged to join a sorority by her shy friend Riley, she senses an opportunity to go undercover and write a story ab...

The Christmas Setup

The Christmas Setup

2020

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

Follows the story of New York lawyer Hugo who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn to spend the holidays with his brother Aiden and his mom...

Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story

Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story

2020

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

Stacey Ruth Castor weathered the storm of her first husband's death and managed to find love again with her boss, David. But when David is discovered ...

Christmas 9 to 5

Christmas 9 to 5

2019

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Jennifer is a tough crime beat reporter who gets the assignment of her life: to find the true meaning of Christmas. When she goes undercover in a depa...

Christmas Around the Corner

Christmas Around the Corner

2018

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a quaint town in Vermont for the holidays and becomes a gue...

Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane

Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane

2018

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

Emma Reynolds returns to Oliver's Well to celebrate Christmas for the last time with her siblings in the home they grew up in. After their parents rec...

No One Would Tell

No One Would Tell

2018

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Single mom Laura Collins has had a history of rocky relationships, so when her daughter Sarah begins dating the popular and charismatic Rob, Laura is ...

Acceptable Risk

Acceptable Risk

2001

as Gloria

4.7
Acting

An ambitious medical researcher discovers a mold that he believes could be the foundation of a miracle cure for degenerative disease.

Holiday in Your Heart

Holiday in Your Heart

1997

as Photographer

10.0
Acting

LeAnn Rimes plays herself from her childhood in Nashville to her performing around the country as a country-western singer, until she has to make a ch...

God's Lonely Man

God's Lonely Man

1996

Producer

7.0
Producing

As each relentless night turns towards day, Ernest Rackman turns towards violence to escape thoughts of loneliness and suicide. Then he poses as a pol...

Living in Oblivion

Living in Oblivion

1995

as Wanda

7.2
Acting

Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalom...

Living in Oblivion

Living in Oblivion

1995

Associate Producer

7.2
Producing

Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalom...

Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

1995

as Linda

4.6
Acting

When bees attack an isolated country house, a family must stick together to survive.

Beyond Suspicion

Beyond Suspicion

1993

10.0
Acting

Joyce thought she had made the dream marriage. Her husband, Stan, is a successful, handsome dentist, and Joyce, who grew up in poverty, cannot believe...

Deuce Coupe

Deuce Coupe

1992

as Virginia

Acting

Two brothers are seperated by the love for the same woman - but they get united again by their fascination for speed and racing cars.

Woman With a Past

Woman With a Past

1992

as Tammy

4.8
Acting

A woman lives a normal life with her second husband and her two sons of the first marriage. One day she is caught by her past and the film reveales in...

Survive the Savage Sea

Survive the Savage Sea

1992

as Susan

4.8
Acting

After their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the six members of the Robertson family spend 37 days adrift in the Pacific with ...

Opposites Attract

Opposites Attract

1990

as Sky

Acting

A mayoral candidate (Barbara Eden) for a California town gets romantically involved with her opponent (John Forsythe), a former cowboy star.

By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

1990

as Radnor's Wife

6.6
Acting

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race...

Tale of Two Sisters

Tale of Two Sisters

1989

as Adult Bug Girl

3.2
Acting

Two sisters reunite after not having seen each other for five years. While catching up on each others' lives, they relive childhood experiences, both ...

Under the Boardwalk

Under the Boardwalk

1989

as Allie

4.2
Acting

It is the final weekend of summer and a group of Californian teenagers are looking forward to an upcoming surf contest. Rival gangs the 'Vals' and the...

Dangerous Curves

Dangerous Curves

1988

as Michelle West

2.9
Acting

A college graduate is offered a deal of a lifetime - deliver a Porsche for a client and join the company of your dreams in return. When the car gets s...

Date Rape

Date Rape

1988

as Samm Matian

Acting

Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.

La Bamba

La Bamba

1987

as Donna Ludwig

7.3
Acting

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his g...

A Fighting Choice

A Fighting Choice

1986

as Susie Fratelli

7.0
Acting

Bright teenager afflicted with epilepsy sues his parents for the right to have "split brain" surgery in order to cure his seizures.

My Science Project

My Science Project

1985

as Ellie Sawyer

6.2
Acting

His high school teacher issues an ultimatum: turn in a science project or flunk. So Mike Harlan scavenges a military base's junk pile for a suitable g...

Summer Fantasy

Summer Fantasy

1984

as Denise Biaggi

5.8
Acting

After graduating high school, Carrie needs something to do for the summer. She goes to lifeguard try-outs and gets the job. In this hot Los Angeles su...

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress

1977

as Heather

3.0
Acting

A woman's inability to make a lasting commitment results in her having a string of affairs with married men.

Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision

1976

as Daughter

4.5
Acting

A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you na...