Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon despatched a shockwave via Hollywood in April 2022 by saying that they have been going their separate methods after 39 years collectively. The pair, who bought hitched means again in 1983, made a joint assertion, saying that they may stay legally married. “After 39 years as a pair we are actually on separate life paths. We stay legally married, co-parents, co-workers and enterprise companions,” the previous couple informed Folks. “That is our selection in loving friendship.”
Discover out the whole lot there may be to know concerning the lady who stole Dan’s coronary heart for nearly 4 many years, beneath.
Donna started her profession as a mannequin.
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Donna bought her begin as a mannequin, working for Wilhelmina Modeling Company earlier than competing in varied magnificence pageants. She was named Miss Virginia USA in 1976 and Miss District of Columbia World in 1977. She additionally competed in each Miss USA 1976 and Miss World USA 1977. After her pageant days have been over, Donna determined to attempt her hand at performing and rapidly discovered success in tv, touchdown the function of Sonny Lumet on the Eighties sitcom Bossom Buddies, alongside Tom Hanks.
She met the ‘SNL’ funnyman on a film set.
Donna and Dan first ran into one another whereas they have been engaged on the 1983 film Physician Detroit. They’d go on to marry that very same yr. The lovely couple went on to seem collectively in a smorgasbord of different characteristic movies, together with Twilight Zone: The Film (1983), Spies Like Us (1985), The Sofa Journey (1988) and Exit to Eden (1994). Donna’s final film look was in 2014 when she portrayed Ms. Blair in Da Candy Blood of Jesus.
Donna & Dan are the proud dad and mom of three daughters.
The pair share daughters Belle, Stella and singer Danielle, who is understood professionally as singer-songwriter Vera Sola.
Dan referred to her because the ‘White Goddess.’
In an interview with Tampa Bay Occasions again in 2014, Dan gushed about his spouse. “You gotta discover the precise particular person — look them within the eye, have them look again, and know their soul. She’s a Southern lady who is knowing and doesn’t thoughts coping with the boys every now and then. I name her the White Goddess. And I’m the Inexperienced Demon.”
Donna was as soon as engaged to a member of the band KISS.
Earlier than Donna and Dan turned star-crossed lovers, the sweetness stated “I do” to KISS bandmember Paul Stanley after they dated for just a few years. They broke it off shortly earlier than Donna started work on Physician Detroit. Dan was additionally beforehand engaged. He and the late Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher have been able to stroll down the aisle collectively after assembly on the set of Blue Brothers. Nevertheless, they known as it off after Carrie reconciled with singer/songwriter Paul Simon.
