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Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon sent a shockwave through Hollywood in April 2022 by announcing that they were going their separate ways after 39 years together. The pair, who got hitched way back in 1983, made a joint statement, saying that they’ll remain legally married. “After 39 years as a pair we at the moment are on separate life paths. We remain legally married, co-parents, co-workers and business partners,” the previous couple told People. “That is our alternative in loving friendship.”
Discover all the things there’s to know concerning the woman who stole Dan’s heart for nearly 4 a long time, below.
Donna began her profession as a model.
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Donna got her start as a model, working for Wilhelmina Modeling Agency before competing in various beauty pageants. She was named Miss Virginia USA in 1976 and Miss District of Columbia World in 1977. She also competed in each Miss USA 1976 and Miss World USA 1977. After her pageant days were over, Donna decided to try her hand at acting and quickly found success in television, landing the role of Sonny Lumet on the Nineteen Eighties sitcom Bossom Buddies, alongside Tom Hanks.
She met the ‘SNL’ funnyman on a movie set.
Donna and Dan first bumped into one another while they were working on the 1983 movie Doctor Detroit. They might go on to marry that very same yr. The cute couple went on to look together in a smorgasbord of other feature movies, including Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Spies Like Us (1985), The Couch Trip (1988) and Exit to Eden (1994). Donna’s last movie appearance was in 2014 when she portrayed Ms. Blair in Da Sweet Blood of Jesus.
Donna & Dan are the proud parents of three daughters.
The pair share daughters Belle, Stella and singer Danielle, who is thought professionally as singer-songwriter Vera Sola.
Dan referred to her because the ‘White Goddess.’
In an interview with Tampa Bay Times back in 2014, Dan gushed about his wife. “You gotta find the best person — look them in the attention, have them look back, and know their soul. She’s a Southern woman who is knowing and doesn’t mind coping with the boys sometimes. I call her the White Goddess. And I’m the Green Demon.”
Donna was once engaged to a member of the band KISS.
Before Donna and Dan became star-crossed lovers, the wonder said “I do” to KISS bandmember Paul Stanley after they dated for a number of years. They broke it off shortly before Donna began work on Doctor Detroit. Dan was also previously engaged. He and the late Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher were able to walk down the aisle together after meeting on the set of Blue Brothers. Nevertheless, they called it off after Carrie reconciled with singer/songwriter Paul Simon.