Victoria Vetri
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| Angela Dorian | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| September 1967 | |
| Preceded by | DeDe Lind |
| Succeeded by | Reagan Wilson |
| Playmate of the Year | |
| 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Lisa Baker |
| Succeeded by | Connie Kreski |
| Born | September 26, 1944 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 21" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Weight | 109 lb (49 kg/7.8 st) |
Victoria Vetri (born September 26, 1944) is an American model and actress.
Vetri was born in San Francisco, California to parents who were immigrants from Italy. She attended Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California between 1959 amd 1963 and later studied art at Los Angeles City College. She began acting and modelling in her teens. Vetri is a singer and dancer who once turned down the voice dub for Natalie Wood in West Side Story (1961). Of this she remarked I did not want to be known as a standby. She also auditioned for the title role in the Stanley Kubrick adaptation of Lolita but lost the role to Sue Lyon. She also writes poetry and plays guitar. Using the name Angela Dorian, she was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for the September 1967 issue and subsequently was the 1968 Playmate of the Year. Her centerfold was photographed by Carl Gunther. Vetri won $20,000 in prizes when she was selected Playmate of the Year. Among these were a new car (an all pink AMC AMX), gold watch, skis and a ski outfit, a complete wardrobe, a movie camera, a typewriter, a tape recorder, a stereo, and a guitar. Her centerfold photo (along with Leslie Bianchini, Reagan Wilson and Cynthia Myers) was scanned and inserted into Apollo 12 Extra-vehicular activity astronaut cuff checklists by pranksters at NASA.[1][2]
She appears briefly in Rosemary's Baby, credited as "Angela Dorian". In one scene Rosemary remarks that she resembles the actress Victoria Vetri. In January 1969, she signed a multi-picture contract with Warner Seven Arts. Vetri was given a starring role in When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth. She refused to have her hair turned blonde from its natural auburn for the film. The story required a blonde so Vetri demanded a wig instead. Columnist Hy Gardner nominated Vetri as a new sex symbol on the Hollywood horizon in March 1971.
Vetri posed topless for the April 1984 Playboy pictorial "Playmates Forever! Part Two". In Tom Clancy's 2004 biography of Gen. Tony Zinni, USMC (Ret.), Battle Ready (Chapter 2), Zinni remarks on having received a copy of the September 1967 Playboy Centerfold foldout from a group of other advisers for his birthday. He still has it as a memento of his time in Vietnam.
The heroine of Da Vinci Code prequel Angels & Demons, published in 2000, is called Vittoria Vetra. A scientist working at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland, the character's name and physical description are both based on Victoria Vetri's. Author Dan Brown has acknowledged in various interviews that he is a long-time admirer of the actress and intentionally modelled Angels & Demons' Italian physicist and marine biologist on Vetri. Vittoria Vetra is being played by Naomi Watts in the film adaptation of the novel being directed by Ron Howard.
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[edit] Filmography
- Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
- Group Marriage (1973)
- Incident in San Francisco (1971) (TV)
- Night Chase (1970) (TV)
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
- The Pigeon (1969) (TV)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968) (Terry Gionoffrio)
- Chuka (1967) (as Angela Dorian)
- Kings of the Sun (1963)
- The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
[edit] TV guest appearances
- Lucas Tanner playing "Connie" in episode: "Bonus Baby" (episode # 1.12) 8 January 1975
- Mission: Impossible playing "Eve Zembra" in episode: "Squeeze Play" (episode # 5.12) 12 December 1970
- Daniel Boone playing "Susan Pepper" in episode: "Noblesse Oblige" (episode # 6.22) 26 March 1970
- Land of the Giants playing "Lisa" in episode: "The Marionettes" (episode # 2.23) 1 March 1970
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father playing "Dolly" in episode: "Mrs. Livingston, I Presume" (episode # 1.1) 17 September 1969
- Star Trek playing "Isis" in human form in the episode "Assignment: Earth" in 29 March 1968
- Batman playing "Florence of Arabia" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle" (episode # 3.23) 22 February 1968
- Death Valley Days playing "Sacajawea" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "The Girl Who Walked the West" (episode # 16.5) 4 November 1967
- Hogan's Heroes playing "Carla" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "The Crittendon Plan" (episode # 3.1) 9 September 1967
- The Big Valley playing "Teresa" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "Legend of a General: Part 2" (episode # 2.3) 26 September 1966
- The Big Valley playing "Teresa" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "Legend of a General: Part 1" (episode # 2.2) 19 September 1966
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. playing "Charisma Highcloud" in episode: "The Indian Affairs Affair" (episode # 2.30) 15 April 1966
- Run for Your Life playing "Carmen" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "Carnival Ends at Midnight" (episode # 1.16) 10 January 1966
- Perry Mason playing "Debbie Conrad" in episode: "The Case of the Golden Girls" (episode # 9.14) 19 December 1965
- Bonanza playing "Essie" in episode: "Devil on Her Shoulder" (episode # 7.6) 17 October 1965
- Wagon Train playing "Marie" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "The Jarbo Pierce Story" (episode # 8.26) 2 May 1965
- Wagon Train playing "Maria" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "The Zebedee Titus Story" (episode # 7.31) 20 April 1964
- Destry playing "Malya" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "Ride to Rio Verde" (episode # 1.9) 10 April 1964
- Combat! playing "Teresa Borrelli" in episode: "Next of Kin" (episode # 1.19) 9 February 1963
- The Gallant Men playing "Sister Catherine" in episode: "A Place to Die" (episode # 1.12) 21 December 1962
- Cheyenne playing "White Bird" (as Angela Dorian) in episode: "Johnny Brassbuttons" (episode # 7.11) 3 December 1962
[edit] See also
[edit] Further reading
- The Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gazette, Hollywood Picks Playmate Angela, January 26, 1969, Page 69.
- Lima, Ohio News, Miss Mooney Movie Stars Repeats Vows Following New Pattern, August 10, 1969, Page 12E.
- Long Beach, California Independent, Miss Dorian Makes Debut as Playmate, April 11, 1968, Page 18.
- Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram, AMX To Playmate, April 28, 1968, Page 81.
- Long Beach Press-Telegram, Southland Sunday, March 7, 1971, Page 106.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Victoria Vetri at Playboy.com
- Victoria Vetri at the Internet Movie Database
- Victoria Vetri Fan Club
- Victoria Vetri article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Hammer Glamour's Victoria Vetri Biography
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