Patty Petersen

Patti Petersen Mirkovich (born December 2, 1954) is a retired American child actress.^[1]

Petersen and Donna Reed in 1963

Petersen's brother costarred on ABC's The Donna Reed Show.^[2] She was written into the cast as Trisha, an adopted child after Shelley Fabares left the series.^[3] She stayed with the show until it ended in 1966.

After many commercials and industrial films, she semi-retired to marry and rear a family of her own. She was a country songwriter/singer for a while.^[1] Now known as Patti Petersen Mirkovich, she is the founder of an Internet company for novice authors.^[1] She has two children.^[1]

She also serves on the board of the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts.^[4]

Filmography

• The Donna Reed Show (1963–66) (Trisha Stone) (99 episodes)
• Television: The First Fifty Years (1999) (Trisha Stone, archive footage)
• Real People with Stephanie Allensworth (2018) (Self) (Interview)