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Victoria Vetri (born September 26, 1944; also known as Angela Dorian and Victoria Rathgeb) is an American model and actress.[2]

Victoria Vetri
Vetri in When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Born	(1944-09-26) September 26, 1944 (age 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Angela Dorian
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1962-1975
Spouse(s)	Hugh Whettam (1963-1966; divorced); 1 child John Lee Hage (1966-1967; divorced) Heinz Gottfried Schwetz (1978-1983; divorced) Bruce Rathgeb (1986-2016; divorced)
Children	1[1]

Early life and education

Vetri was born in the Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles, California, to parents who were immigrants from Italy.[3] She attended Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California between 1959 and 1963 and later studied art at Los Angeles City College. She began acting and modeling in her teens.[2]

Career

Television and films

While Vetri was in high school director Robert Wise considered casting her as Maria in the 1961 film West Side Story, but the studio selected Natalie Wood.[2]

In her early career Vetri often was cast in ethnic roles on television "due to her Italian heritage",[4] such as a Native American in Cheyenne and a Mexican in Wagon Train. She also landed ethnic roles in film, including a member of an ancient Maya civilization in the 1963 film Kings of the Sun and a Mexican in the 1967 film Chuka.[4]

Vetri appeared briefly in the 1968 film Rosemary's Baby, where she was credited as Angela Dorian. In one scene, Rosemary (Mia Farrow) remarks to Vetri's character, Teresa, that she resembles the actress Victoria Vetri.[5]

In January 1969, Vetri signed a multi-picture contract with Warner Bros.-Seven Arts and 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 1971.[6] In 2018, Vetri reportedly claimed she plans to return to acting.[7]

Star Trek

Vetri has been incorrectly identified in numerous sources as playing the role of the "human form of a shape-shifting cat" in the Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth" (a role actually played by April Tatro[8]). Vetri emphatically states she never appeared on Star Trek, saying, "I was never in an episode of STAR TREK. I know that people think I was [...] I am not sure who she was. Look close enough and you can see that she has blue eyes and I, of course, have brown."[9]

Playboy

Using the name Angela Dorian, Vetri was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for the September 1967 issue and subsequently was the 1968 Playmate of the Year. Vetri won $20,000 and a new car (an all pink 1968 AMC AMX) when she was selected Playmate of the Year.[10] A nude photo of her (along with fellow playmates Leslie Bianchini, Reagan Wilson, and Cynthia Myers) was inserted into Apollo 12 Extra-vehicular activity astronaut cuff checklists by pranksters at NASA.[11][12]

Thinking it would give her the pick of acting roles, Vetri took on modelling for Playboy.[4] However, she said that posing actually hindered her career by limiting the roles she was offered. She felt she was typecast because of her beauty.[13]

Vetri posed topless for the April 1984 Playboy pictorial Playmates Forever! Part Two.[14] In Tom Clancy's 2004 biography of Gen. Tony Zinni, USMC (Ret.), Zinni remarks on receiving a copy of the September 1967 Playboy centerfold from his advisers for his birthday, which he kept as a memento of his time in Vietnam.[15]

Personal life

Vetri, aged 18, married Hugh Terry Whettam on April 7, 1963. Their son was born on September 8, 1963. They were divorced in 1966. She then married John Lee Hage on December 29, 1966, and they were divorced in 1967. Vetri married Heinz Gottfried Schwetz on November 13, 1978 and they were divorced on February 25, 1983. In 1986, she and Bruce Rathgeb were married.[2]

Vetri was charged with attempted murder after shooting husband Bruce Rathgeb from close range inside the Hollywood apartment they were sharing after an argument on Saturday, October 16, 2010.[16][17]

The Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Division arrested Vetri. She was jailed on US$1.53 million bail. The judge refused to reduce it, pending the trial. In January 2011, the judge also denied her attorney's request for a reduction of the charge of attempted murder. She was ordered to stand trial on that charge.[18]

Between January and September 2011, the charge against Vetri was reduced to attempted voluntary manslaughter. She entered a plea of no contest. The judge sentenced her to nine years in state prison.[19] She and Rathgeb divorced in 2016. She was released on parole in April 2018, aged 73.[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	The Pigeon That Took Rome
1963	Kings of the Sun	Ixzubin
1967	Chuka	Helena Chavez
1968	Rosemary's Baby	Terry Gionoffrio
1970	When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth	Sanna
1973	Group Marriage	Jan
1973	Invasion of the Bee Girls	Julie Zorn

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	Member of wedding party	"The Maid Of Honor"
1962	Going My Way	Carmel	"The Father"
1962	Cheyenne	White Bird	"Johnny Brassbuttons" S7:E11
1962	Hawaiian Eye	Kini	"To See, Perchance to Dream"
1962–63	The Gallant Men	Sister Catherine / Teresa Borrelli	"A Place to Die", "Next of Kin"
1964	Destry	Maiya	"Ride to Rio Verde"
1964	The Tenderfoot: Part 2	Margarita	Disney TV film
1964	The Bill Dana Show	Maria	"Jose on the Ledge or the Crystal Room"
1964–65	Wagon Train	Maria / Marie	"The Zebedee Titus Story", "The Jarbo Pierce Story"
1965	McHale's Navy	Gina	"Marriage, McHale Style"
1965	Bonanza	Essie	"Devil on Her Shoulder"
1965	Perry Mason	Debbie Conrad	"The Case of the Golden Girls"
1966	Run for Your Life	Carmen	"Carnival Ends at Midnight"
1966	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Charisma Highcloud	"The Indian Affairs Affair"
1966	The Big Valley	Teresa	"Legend of a General: Parts 1 & 2"
1967	Hogan's Heroes	Carla	"The Crittendon Plan"
1967	Death Valley Days	Sacagawea	"The Girl Who Walked the West"
1968	Batman	Florence of Arabia	"I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle"
1969	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Dolly Daly	"Mrs. Livingston, I Presume"
1969	The Pigeon	Barbara Hagen	TV film
1970	Land of the Giants	Lisa	"The Marionettes"
1970	Daniel Boone	Susan	"Noblesse Oblige"
1970	Night Chase	Beverly Dorn	TV film
1970	Mission: Impossible	Eve Zembra	"Squeeze Play"
1970	To Rome with Love	Christina	"Doctor Andy"
1971	Incident In San Francisco		TV film
1975	Lucas Tanner	Connie	"Bonus Baby"

See also

• List of people in Playboy 1960–1969

References

Bibliography

• "Hollywood Picks Playmate Angela". The Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gazette. 26 January 1969. p. 69.
• "Miss Mooney Movie Stars Repeats Vows Following New Pattern". Lima, Ohio News. 10 August 1969. p. 12E.
• "Miss Dorian Makes Debut as Playmate". Long Beach, California Independent. 11 April 1968. p. 18.
• "AMX To Playmate". Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram. 28 April 1968. p. 81.
• "Southland Sunday". Long Beach Press-Telegram. 7 March 1971. p. 106.

External links

• Victoria Vetri at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Victoria Vetri

Victoria Vetri, auch Angela Dorian oder Victoria Rathgeb (* 26. September 1944 in San Francisco), ist ein US-amerikanisches Model und eine Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Victoria Vetri

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[ru] Ветри, Виктория

Викто́рия Сеси́лия Ве́три (англ. Victoria Cecilia Vetri), ранее Vetry, так же известна как Анжела Дориан, в настоящее время юридически — Ра́тджеб (англ. Rathgeb; 26 сентября 1944, Сан-Франциско, Калифорния, США) — американская актриса и фотомодель.

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