Person Details

Birthday: 1948-12-31 23:47:20

Death: 2012-05-17 23:47:20

Aliases: LaDonna Adrian Gaines

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 24

TV Involvements: 12


Most Famous Work

Biography

Donna Summer was the Queen of Disco in the 1970s with a pop/dance/rock sound that was a hybrid of American soul and European synthesizer based music. Summer's musical career was launched on stage in Munich, Germany, in productions of Hair and Porgy & Bess. In Germany, she hooked up with producers, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and delivered the orgasmic "Love to Love You Baby" which brought her worldwide fame. Summer was the first female artist to garner back-to-back multi-platinum double albums and the first female artist to incorporate synthesizers as well as the first artist to create an extended play song. Musically, she diversified into pop and rock, while career-wise, she appeared in the disco dud, Thank God It's Friday (1978), for which the song, "Last Dance" won an Academy Award for Best Song, as well as numerous American TV music specials.

Most Famous Work

Where Are They Now?
Average
8

Where Are They Now?

(1999) Self
Numéro un
Average
0

Numéro un

(1975) Self
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Average
2

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

(1963) Self - Musical Guest
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Average
7

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

(2022) Self (archive footage)
The Early Show
Average
6

The Early Show

(1999) Self
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Average
6
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Average
6

70 Years of Youth Revolt

(2020) Self (archive footage)
VH1 Presents Donna Summer: Live and More Encore!
Average
10

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self (archive footage)
Self
2022 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2020 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2019 Self - Singer (archive footage)
Self - Singer (archive footage)
2016 Self (archive footage)
2012 Self (archive footage)
2011 Self
2008 N/A
2007 N/A
Self
Self
2006 Self
Self
2005 Self
Self
2000 Self
1999 Self
Self
Self
N/A
1998 Self
1997 Self
1993 Self
1992 Self (archive footage)
1989 Aunt Oona
1987 Self
1985 Self
1984 Self
1983 Self
1982 Self
1980 Self
Self (archive footage)
1979 N/A
1978 Nicole Sims
1975 Self
Self
1974 Self
1972 Self
1971 Self
1968 Self
1963 Self - Musical Guest
1961 Self
1959 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

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