Early Life
Donna Douglas was born Doris Smith near Pride La, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Louisana. She was the only daughter of Emmett Ratcliff Smith Sr. (1907–1988)] and his wife, the former Elma Robinson (1910–2003).
Douglas attended St. Gerard High School where she played both softball and basketball. She was a member of the school's first graduating class. She married Roland Bourgeois in 1949 but they divorced several years later after their son's birth. She was a “Miss Baton Rouge” and was named "Miss New Orleans" in 1957.
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