Angelique Pettyjohn (born Dorothy Lee Perrins; March 11, 1943 – February 14, 1992) was an American actress and burlesque queen.[1] She appeared as the drill thrall Shahna in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion".
Angelique Pettyjohn | |
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Angelique Pettyjohn in 1980s publicity photo | |
| Born | Dorothy Lee Perrins March 11, 1943 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | February 14, 1992 (aged 48) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Other names | Angelique, Heaven St. John, Angel St. John |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model, adult entertainer |
| Years active | 1967–1992 |
Acting career
editPettyjohn was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her first credited film appearances were in 1967 under the name Angelique. They include The Touch of Her Flesh and The Love Rebellion.[1] Her big break came that same year in the Elvis Presley film Clambake.
Pettyjohn was one of the go-go dancers in the opening scene of the comedy film The Odd Couple (1968), starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, and she also tested for the role of Nova in Planet of the Apes the same year (Linda Harrison accepted the role).
In 1968, Pettyjohn appeared in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion" as Shahna, the thrall trainer of Captain James T. Kirk. She also appeared on other 1960s television series such as Mister Terrific; The Green Hornet; Batman; Love, American Style; The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.; and as male CONTROL agent Charlie Watkins (a "master of disguise" who is able to appear convincingly female) in two episodes of Get Smart: "Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho" and "Pussycats Galore" (1967).[2]
In 1969, she starred in the horror film The Mad Doctor of Blood Island, appeared as Cherry in the biker film Hell's Belles, played a saloon girl in the Glenn Ford Western Heaven with a Gun, and starred in Childish Things, co-directed by John Derek.
Her 1970s films included Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970) starring Liza Minnelli, the sci-fi exploitation film The Curious Female (1970), and the low-budget crime drama The G.I. Executioner (1971) where she played a topless dancer.[3] She played a stripping nun in the comedy film Good-bye, Cruel World (1983), and appeared in such cult classic features as The Lost Empire (1984), Repo Man (1984), Biohazard (1985), and Mike Jittlov's film The Wizard of Speed and Time (1989), where she played an assistant to a movie executive (and designed her own costumes).
During the early 1980s, she made use of her buxom figure in such hardcore adult films as Titillation, Stalag 69, and Body Talk (all 1982) under the pseudonyms Angelique, Heaven St. John, and Angel St. John.[1][4]
Burlesque
editDuring the 1970s, she worked as a burlesque star in Las Vegas.[1] In 1970, she appeared in Barry Ashton's Burlesque Show at the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and Saloon.[5] She later was a featured showgirl in the Vive Paris Vive show at the Aladdin Hotel. She also was featured in the Maxim Hotel & Casino Burlesque Show, and in 1978 teamed with Bob Mitchell and Miss Nude Universe in "True Olde Tyme Burlesque" at the Joker Club.[6] She was photographed by Robert Scott Hooper for the February 1979 Playboy pictorial "The Girls of Las Vegas".[7]
Pettyjohn became quite popular at the Star Trek conventions and in 1979 Hooper photographed her in her costume from the episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion". They produced two posters that she sold at the conventions: one in her complete costume and one partially nude with the costume.[8]
Death
editOn February 14, 1992, Pettyjohn died in Las Vegas from cervical cancer at age 48.[1]
Filmography
edit| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1967 | Hotel | 1st Stripper | Uncredited |
| 1967 | The Cool Ones | Girl on Tony's Staff | Uncredited |
| 1967 | The Touch of Her Flesh | Claudia Jennings | |
| 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man | Girl on Wilshire Blvd. | Uncredited |
| 1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Lady of the Evening | Uncredited |
| 1967 | Clambake | Gloria | |
| 1967 | The Love Rebellion | Pam Carpenter | |
| 1967 | Professor Lust | ||
| 1968 | The Odd Couple | Go-Go Dancer | Uncredited |
| 1968 | For Singles Only | Apartment hunter | Uncredited |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Girl | Uncredited |
| 1968 | The Curse of Her Flesh | Claudia Jennings – Flashback | Uncredited |
| 1968 | The Mad Doctor of Blood Island | Sheila Willard | |
| 1968 | Cargo of Love | Prostitute | Uncredited |
| 1969 | Hell's Belles | Cherry | |
| 1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Emily | |
| 1969 | Childish Things | Angelique | |
| 1969 | The Love God? | Model | Uncredited |
| 1970 | Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon | Melissa | |
| 1970 | The Curious Female | Susan Rome | |
| 1970 | Up Your Teddy Bear | Miss Honeysuckle | |
| 1971 | The G.I. Executioner | Bonnie | |
| 1979 | Going in Style | Woman at crap table | Uncredited |
| 1982 | Titillation | Brenda Weeks | |
| 1982 | Stalag 69 | Nazi Interrogator | |
| 1983 | Good-bye, Cruel World | Dancing Nun | |
| 1984 | Repo Man | Repo Wife #2 | |
| 1984 | The Lost Empire | Whiplash | |
| 1984 | Body Talk | Cassie | |
| 1985 | Takin' It Off | Anita Little | |
| 1985 | Biohazard | Lisa Martyn | |
| 1988 | The Wizard of Speed and Time | Dora Belair | (final film role) |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1967 | Batman (TV series) | 1st Model | Episode: "A Piece of the Action" |
| 1967 | Get Smart | Charlie Watkins | Episodes: "Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho", "Pussycats Galore" |
| 1968 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Shahna | Episode: "The Gamesters of Triskelion" |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Lisanti, Tom (2003). "Angelique Pettyjohn". Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1575-5.
- ^ Get Smart: Scenes from "Pussycats Galore", November 28, 2008, archived from the original on July 7, 2019, retrieved December 27, 2017
- ^ Hosoda, Craig (1998). The Bare Facts Video Guide. Santa Clara, CA: Bare Facts. ISBN 978-0-9625474-8-5.
- ^ Hopwood, Jon C. (2009). "Angelique Pettyjohn". Super Strange Video. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
- ^ Vegas Visitor August 7, 1970: P1
- ^ Vegas Visitor September 22, 1978: P1
- ^ "The Girls of Las Vegas". Playboy. February 1979. Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
- ^ Original poster