Donna McKechnie Autographs
Donna McKechnie (born November 16, 1942) is an American musical theater dancer, singer, actress, and choreographer. She is known for her professional and personal relationship with choreographer Michael Bennett, with whom she collaborated on her most noted role, the character of Cassie Ferguson in the musical A Chorus Line. She earned the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical at the 30th Tony Awards for this performance in 1976. She is also known for playing Amanda Harris/Olivia Corey on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows from 1969 to 1970.
Donna McKechnie was born in 1942 in Pontiac, Michigan, the daughter of Donald Bruce McKechnie and Carolyn Ruth Johnson. She began ballet classes at age five. Her earliest influence was the classic British ballet film The Red Shoes (1948), which prompted her, at age eight, to plan a career as a ballerina. She studied for many years at the Rose Marie Floyd School of Dance in Royal Oak. Despite her parents' strong misgivings, she moved to New York City when she was 17. Rejected after an audition for the American Ballet Theatre, she found employment in the corps de ballet at Radio City Music Hall but walked off the job on the day of dress rehearsal to do summer stock at the Carousel Theater in Framingham, Massachusetts. She studied theatre at HB Studio in New York City.
After doing a Welch's grape juice commercial and the first L'eggs stockings commercial, McKechnie was cast in a touring company of West Side Story. In 1961, she made her Broadway debut in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, where she met choreographer Bob Fosse and his wife, Gwen Verdon. A stint in a Philadelphia production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (as Philia) was followed by the NBC music series Hullabaloo, on which she was a featured dancer. While working on Hullabaloo, she met Michael Bennett, who became her husband and a guiding force in her life and career. She also appeared as Philia in the national tour of Forum, starring Jerry Lester (Pseudolus), with Paul Hartman (Senex), Erik Rhodes (Marcus Lycus), Arnold Stang (Hysterium) and Edward Everett Horton (Erronius), produced by Martin Tahse.
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Traded items with a signature of Donna McKechnie
The most expensive item with a signature of Donna McKechnie (DONNA MCKECHNIE Signed 8x10 DARK SHADOWS AMANDA HARRIS Photograph - To Justin) was sold in June 2026 for $189.95 while the cheapest item (DONNA MCKECHNIE Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo -BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS- DARK SHADOWS) found a new owner for $1.32 in January 2023. The month with the most items sold (7) was January 2026 with an average selling price of $49.99 for an autographed item of Donna McKechnie. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2026 with $189.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.99 was March 2017. In average, an autographed item from Donna McKechnie is worth $9.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Donna McKechnie were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | DONNA McKECHNIE (Dark Shadows TV Show) Signed/Autographed 8x10 Photograph | $46.30 |  |
| DONNA McKECHNIE (Dark Shadows TV Show) Signed/Autographed 8x10 Photograph | $46.30 | |
| DONNA McKECHNIE (Dark Shadows TV Show) Signed/Autographed 8x10 Photograph | $36.29 | |
| DONNA McKECHNIE (Dark Shadows TV Show) Signed/Autographed 8x10 Photograph | $36.29 | |
| DONNA McKECHNIE (Dark Shadows TV Show) Signed/Autographed 8x10 Photograph | $55.99 | |
| DONNA McKECHNIE (Dark Shadows TV Show) Signed/Autographed 8x10 Photograph | $55.99 | |
| DONNA McKECHNIE (Dark Shadows TV Show) Signed/Autographed 8x10 Photograph | $80.99 | |
| Donna McKechnie Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - Chorus Line Dark Shadows - w/COA | $44.99 | |
| Donna McKechnie Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - Chorus Line Dark Shadows - w/COA | $44.99 | |
 | Donna McKechnie Dark Shadows Eternal Actress Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed BAS 4 | $43.99 | |
| Donna McKechnie Dark Shadows Eternal Actress Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed BAS 4 | $43.99 | |
 | DONNA MCKECHNIE Signed 8x10 DARK SHADOWS AMANDA HARRIS Photograph - To Justin | $189.95 | |
| DONNA MCKECHNIE Signed 8x10 DARK SHADOWS AMANDA HARRIS Photograph - To Justin | $189.95 | |
 | Donna McKechnie Signed 8x10 Photo - A Chorus Line Star - Tony Winner - Vintage | $34.95 | |
| Donna McKechnie Signed 8x10 Photo - A Chorus Line Star - Tony Winner - Vintage | $34.95 | |
