Editing Donna Garrett

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| character=[[Jamie Hamilton]] (stunts)
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| born_day= 17
| born_year= 1942
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| nationality= US
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'''Donna Lee Garrett''', neé Funk (born 17 November 1942) is a stunt performer and actress, doubling for [[Robyn Douglass]] in the ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' television series<ref name="robyn">{{cite_book|last=Douglass|first=Robyn|authorlink=Robyn Douglass|authorlinkurl=|year=2020|title=Messages for the Future: The ''Galactica 1980'' Memoirs|url=Messages for the Future: The Galactica 1980 Memoirs|publisher= Explore Multimedia |location=Chapter 8: Special Effects|id=}}</ref>. 

Garrett performed stunts in a variety of other genre productions from the 1960s through the 1990s, including ''[[w:Lost in Space|Lost in Space]]'' (for [[w:June Lockhart|June Lockhart]]<ref name="hspbook">{{cite_book|last=Freese |first=Gene Scott |authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|year=1 April 2014|title= Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed. |publisher=McFarland|pages=101-102|url=https://amzn.to/2ODdLoA}}</ref>, the mother of [[Anne Lockhart]]; [[Sheba]] from ''{{TOS|Battlestar Galactica}}''), ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[w:TRON|TRON]]'', and ''[[w:Ghostbusters II|Ghostbusters II]]''.

== Personal Life ==

While studying for her major in physical education at [[w:L.A. Valley Junior College|L.A. Valley Junior College]], Donna Funk met her future husband, [[memoryalpha:Ralph Garrett|Ralph Garrett]] at a rehearsal of "Homer Garrett's Why-Knot Twirlers" (Homer Garrett was Ralph's father). Ralph had been on leave from the U.S. Army at the time, and was coincidentally in attendance to the rehearsal: "I picked Donna out of a crowd of 40 and walked right up to her to dance." The future Mrs. Garrett also recalls that "The moment he walked in, I couldn't take my eyes off him. I thought I couldn't possibly catch a man like that."<ref name="people1974">{{cite_web|url=https://people.com/archive/a-hollywood-stunt-pair-enjoys-many-happy-landings-so-far-vol-2-no-26/|title=People Magazine - A Hollywood Stunt Pair Enjoys Many Happy Landings—so Far
|date=23 December 1974|accessdate=08 February 2020|last=Boorstin|first=Paul}}</ref>

They married on 14 September 1964<ref name="familysearch">"California Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6NJ-88Q : 27 November 2014), Ralph L Garrett and Donna L Funk, 19 Sep 1964; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.</ref>, and have two children, Damon (born 25 January 1971<ref>"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLSW-7VV : 27 November 2014), Damon A Garrett, 25 Jan 1971; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.</ref>) and Nicole (born 10 July 1973<ref>"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGX7-YHH : 27 November 2014), Nicole L Garrett, 10 Jul 1973; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.</ref>).<ref name="people1974"/>

Their careers in Hollywood afforded them a five-bedroom house worth $75,000 USD, a motor-home, a camper, a speedboat and four motorcycles, per a December 1974 ''People'' magazine article. They reportedly invested in apartment buildings.<ref name="people1974"/>

== Career ==

[[File:Donna Garrett, Yesterdays Enterprise.jpg|thumb|Garrett performing the stunt leading to the death of the "Yesterday's Enterprise" character with a similar name (Rachel Garrett). ]]

Following the Garretts' marriage ceremony, Ralph Garrett received a job offer to work on [[w:Raquel Welch|Raquel Welch]]'s ''[[w:A Swingin' Summer|A Swingin' Summer]]'' &mdash; at 6 A.M. on the first day of their honeymoon. While initially shocked at this, Donna Garrett was recruited the following day as a background performer. This kickstarted her career as a stunt performer, where her husband taught her about stunt work, while using her own training as a gymnast and diver.<ref name="people1974"/> 

She quickly surpassed her husband as a performer; in 1974, she averaged six months worth of work a year, while her husband averaged only half that.<ref name="people1974"/> 

Her career lead to parts into films of note, particularly ''[[w:Earthquake (film)|Earthquake]]'' (1974) along side 141 stunt performers<ref name="stuntwomen296">{{cite_book|last=Gregory|first=Mollie|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|date=20 October 2015|title=Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (Screen Classics) Hardcover|publisher= University Press of Kentucky |pages=296|url=https://amzn.to/39hI6Ro}}</ref>, ''[[w:The Poseidon Adventure|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1972) alongside 41 stunt performers<ref name="stuntwomen295">{{cite_book|last=Gregory|first=Mollie|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|date=20 October 2015|title=Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (Screen Classics) Hardcover|publisher= University Press of Kentucky |pages=295|url=https://amzn.to/39hI6Ro}}</ref>, ''[[w:Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]'' (1976) as well as a variety of films doubling for Raquel Welch<ref name="hspbook"/>. 

In ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', Garrett worked as the stunt double for [[Robyn Douglass]], and Douglass' contracts later stipulated that Garrett perform any stunts in her productions<ref name="robyn"/>, including the TV movie "[[w:Her Life as a Man|Her Life as a Man]]."  

She is also known for her stunt work portraying "Bambi" in the 1971 [[w:James Bond|James Bond]] film ''[[w:Diamonds are Forever|Diamonds are Forever]]'', a role portrayed by [[imdb:nm1009477|Lola Larson]]. While both performers were uncredited in the film, Garrett is believed to be responsible for the stunts where Bambi fights [[w:Sean Connery|Sean Connery]]'s Bond.<ref name="hspbook"/>

Garrett's career concluded in 1995, having worked in two different ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]''{{'|s}} as a stunt performer that nearly bookend her credits of over 30 years: the ''[[memoryAlpha:TOS|Original Series]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> "[[memoryAlpha:The Cloud Minders|The Cloud Minders]]" and [[memoryalpha:TNG|''The Next Generation'']]{{'|s}} "[[memoryalpha:Yesterday's Enterprise|Yesterday's Enterprise]]." For "Yesterday's Enterprise," she performed the stunts for the character of "[[memoryalpha:Rachel Garrett|Rachel Garrett]]," and can be seen when the bridge explodes leading to that character's death.

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