Patty Petersen

Background

Petersen was born in Glendale, California, the youngest of three children.

Career

Paul Petersen costarred on American Broadcasting Company"s The Donna Reed Show. Patty was written into the cast as Trisha, an adopted child after Shelley Fabares left the series. 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. She is also a teacher of English and computer science at a Roman Catholic school and a volunteer coach for the girls" softball team

She has two children, Tim and Melissa.

Achievements

• Now known as Patti Petersen Mirkovich, she is a writer and founder of Internovel, an Internet company for novice authors.