Donna Loren (born March 7, 1947) is an American singer and actress. A very prolific performer in the 1960s, starting while still attending Venice High School in western Los Angeles, she was the Dr Pepper spokesperson from 1963 to 1968, frequent vocalist on ABC-TV's Shindig, and a cast member of the American International Pictures Beach Party movie series. Loren regularly performed live, and appeared on numerous variety and musical shows. She guest starred on episodic television series including Dr. Kildare, Batman, and The Monkees. In 1968 she retired to marry and raise a family. She recorded again in the 1980s and ran her own fashion business ADASA Hawaii throughout the 1990-2000s. In 2009 Loren returned to performing, and her most recent releases include the album Love It Away (2010), the EP Donna Does Elvis in Hawaii (2010), and the compilation These Are the Good Times: The Complete Capitol Recordings (2014).
After retiring from show business in 1969, she married and devoted herself to raising a family.
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In 1995 she moved to Hawaii with her husband and started a successful fashion-design/retail business, putting out her own line of clothing under the ADASA label.
Gained fame in the 1960s as the one and only "Dr Pepper Girl".
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She released two singles in the early 1980s including a country version of Dusty Springfield's "Wishin' and Hopin'".
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She was one of the few "teenagers" in the AIP "Beach Party" movies who actually was a teenager, having been 17 when she made her first one. Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello were in their mid-20s, and Jody McCrea was 31.