- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDonna Arlene Atwood
- Nickname
- The Sweetheart of the Ice
- Donna Atwood was born on February 14, 1925 in Newton, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Ice Capades Revue (1942), Perry Mason (1957) and The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950). She was married to John H. Harris. She died on December 20, 2010 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
- SpouseJohn H. Harris(October 1949 - 1959) (divorced, 3 children)
- One of two human models used for the ice-skating sequence with Bambi and Thumper in Bambi (1942).
- Signed by her future husband to the Ice Capades, which he owned, days after winning the 1941 U.S. Figure Skating Junior Ladies Championship and the Senior Pairs Championship with Eugene Turner. Retired in 1956.
- Figure skating coach at the (now defunct) Ice Capades Chalet in Santa Monica, CA during the 1970s.
- Often partnered with fellow Ice Capades star Bobby Specht.
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