Biography
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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Complete Filmography
Faith in the Flames: The Nichole Jolly Story
2025
Executive Producer
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
2024
Executive Producer
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
2022
Executive Producer
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
2021
Executive Producer
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
2021
Executive Producer
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
2021
Executive Producer
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
2021
Executive Producer
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
2020
Executive Producer
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
2020
Executive Producer
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
2019
Executive Producer
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
2018
Executive Producer
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
2018
Executive Producer
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
2018
Executive Producer
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
2001
as Gloria
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
1997
as Photographer
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
1996
Producer
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
1995
as Wanda
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
1995
Associate Producer
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
1995
as Linda
When bees attack an isolated country house, a family must stick together to survive.

Beyond Suspicion
1993
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
1992
as Virginia
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
1992
as Tammy
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
1992
as Susan
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
1990
as Sky
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
1990
as Radnor's Wife
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
1989
as Adult Bug Girl
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
1989
as Allie
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
1988
as Michelle West
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
1988
as Samm Matian
Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.

La Bamba
1987
as Donna Ludwig
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
1986
as Susie Fratelli
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
1985
as Ellie Sawyer
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
1984
as Denise Biaggi
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
1977
as Heather
A woman's inability to make a lasting commitment results in her having a string of affairs with married men.

Tunnel Vision
1976
as Daughter
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you na...