Patti Petersen Mirkovich (born December 2, 1954) is a retired American child actress.[1]
Petersen's brother costarred on ABC's The Donna Reed Show.[2] She was written into the cast as Trisha, an adopted child after Shelley Fabares left the series.[3] She stayed with the show until it ended in 1966.
After many commercials and industrial films, she semi-retired to marry and rear a family of her own. She was a country songwriter/singer for a while.[1] Now known as Patti Petersen Mirkovich, she is the founder of an Internet company for novice authors.[1] She has two children.[1]
She also serves on the board of the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts.[4]