Angelique Pettyjohn

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
Angelique Pettyjohn in 1980s publicity photo
Born
Dorothy Lee Perrins

(1943-03-11)March 11, 1943
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedFebruary 14, 1992(1992-02-14) (aged 48)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Other namesAngelique, Heaven St. John, Angel St. John
OccupationActress, model, adult entertainer
Years active1967–1992

Acting career

Pettyjohn 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 cult 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 (1983), 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 (1982), Stalag 69 (1982) and Body Talk (1982) under the pseudonyms Angelique, Heaven St. John, and Angel St. John.[1][4]

Burlesque

During 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, one in her complete costume and one nude without the costume that she sold at the conventions.[8]

Death

On February 14, 1992, Pettyjohn died in Las Vegas, Nevada, of cervical cancer.[1]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1959SabalerosBlonde in US sex insertUncredited
1961The Phantom PlanetJurorUncredited
1967Hotel1st StripperUncredited
1967The Cool OnesGirl on Tony's StaffUncredited
1967The Touch of Her FleshClaudia Jennings
1967A Guide for the Married ManGirl on Wilshire Blvd.Uncredited
1967Rough Night in JerichoLady of the EveningUncredited
1967ClambakeGloria
1967The Love RebellionPam Carpenter
1967Professor Lust
1968The Odd CoupleGo-Go DancerUncredited
1968For Singles OnlyApartmenter hunterUncredited
1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?GirlUncredited
1968The Curse of Her FleshClaudia Jennings – FlashbackUncredited
1968The Mad Doctor of Blood IslandSheila Willard
1968Cargo of LoveProstituteUncredited
1969Hell's BellesCherry
1969Heaven with a GunEmily
1969Childish ThingsAngelique
1969The Love God?ModelUncredited
1970Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie MoonMelissa
1970The Curious FemaleSusan Rome
1970Up Your Teddy BearMiss Honeysuckle
1971The G.I. ExecutionerBonnie
1979Going in StyleWoman at crap tableUncredited
1982TitillationBrenda Weeks
1982Stalag 69Nazi Interrogator
1983Good-bye, Cruel WorldDancing Nun
1984Repo ManRepo Wife #2
1984The Lost EmpireWhiplash
1984Body TalkCassie
1985BiohazardLisa Martyn
1988The Wizard of Speed and TimeDora Belair(final film role)
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1967 Get Smart Charlie Watkins Episodes: "Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho", "Pussycats Galore"
1968Star Trek: The Original SeriesShahnaEpisode: "The Gamesters of Triskelion"

References
  1. 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.
  2. GetSmartCONTROL (2008-11-28), Get Smart: Scenes from "Pussycats Galore", retrieved 2017-12-27
  3. Hosoda, Craig; 387 (1998). The Bare Facts Video Guide. Santa Clara, CA: Bare Facts. ISBN 978-0-9625474-8-5.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Hopwood, Jon C. (2009). "Angelique Pettyjohn". Super Strange Video. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  5. Vegas Visitor 7 Aug. 1970: P1
  6. Vegas Visitor 22 Sep. 1978: P1
  7. "The Girls of Las Vegas". Playboy. February 1979. Archived from the original on 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  8. Original poster
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