Jeri Lynn Mooney (born January 28, 1944), better known as Susan
Howard, is an American actress, writer, and political activist. She is
perhaps best known for portraying the character Donna Culver Krebbs on
the prime time serial Dallas (1979â€"87), and as a co-star of the
series Petrocelli (1974â€"76). She is also a screenwriter and member
of the Writers Guild of America.Jeri Lynn Mooney was born on January
28, 1944 in Marshall, Texas to parents Cassell C. and Melba Ruth "Peg"
Mooney. She had an older brother, James. Her family is of Irish
ancestry from Cork. Mooney was recognized for her acting talent while
growing up in Marshall. She won a University Interscholastic League
award for Best Actress while in high school. Upon graduating from
Marshall High School in 1960, she attended the University of Texas for
two years, where she studied drama and was a member of the Gamma Phi
Beta sorority, before leaving for Los Angeles to become an acting
student at the Los Angeles Repertory Company. She later took the stage
name Susan Howard, as her father had nicknamed her 'Susie' and Howard
was a family name.Howard had a number of notable guest appearances on
major television shows during the 1960s and early 1970s: The Flying
Nun (1967), I Dream of Jeannie (1968), Star Trek (1968), Bonanza
(1969), Mannix (1969), Mission: Impossible (1972), and Columbo (1972).
She played the first female Klingon ("Mara") on the original Star Trek
series and the only one to ever speak. Susan Howard Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter