- Born
- Birth namePatricia Diana Petersen
- Patty Petersen was written into the cast of the Donna Reed Show as Trisha, an adopted child, shortly before Shelley Fabares left the series. She stayed with the show until it ended in 1966. She is the real-life sister of Paul Petersen, who portrayed Jeff Stone on the show.
After several commercials and industrial films, she retired to raise her own family. Now known as Patti Petersen Mirkovich, she is the founder of an Internet company for novice authors and is also a teacher of computer studies for elementary and high-school students and also adults. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts. She has two children, Tim and Melissa.- IMDb Mini Biography By: MPP
- SpousesSteven James Mirkovich(September 29, 1973 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)?
- ChildrenTim MirkovichMelissa Mirkovich
- RelativesPaul Petersen(Sibling)
- In addition to playing siblings "Trisha" and "Jeff" on The Donna Reed Show (1958), she is the real-life younger sister of teen heartthrob Paul Petersen.
- As of May 2005, she is a wife and mom and has a company called Internovel, an internet company for novice authors.
- Board Member of the Donna Reed Foundation, and works at the Donna Reed Festival in Denison, IA, the third week in June every year.
- Has two children: Tim and Melissa.
- The youngest of three children, her brother Paul Petersen is nine years her senior.
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