Angelique Pettyjohn
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Angelique Pettyjohn was an actress and costume designer born in Los Angeles, California in 1943. She began modeling and studying acting at a young age, and made her movie debut in 1967. She went on to appear in A-list films such as Clambake (1967) and Get Smart (1965), and is most remembered for her role as Shahna in the Star Trek episode, Star Trek: The Gamesters of Triskelion (1968). She later appeared in exploitation films and transitioned to hardcore porn in the early 1980s. However, her fame as a thespian was revived when she began appearing in Star Trek conventions, and she went on to appear in indie films such as Repo Man (1984) and The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988). Pettyjohn eventually overcame her alcoholism and drug abuse, and was performing as an exotic dancer in Las Vegas when she died of cervical cancer in 1992.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Costume Department
Birth Day March 11, 1943
Birth Place  Los Angeles, California, United States
Age 77 YEARS OLD
Died On February 14, 1992(1992-02-14) (aged 48)\nLas Vegas, Nevada, USA
Birth Sign Aries
Cause of death cervical cancer
Other names Angelique, Heaven St. John, Angel St. John
Occupation actress, model, adult entertainer
Years active 1967–1992

💰 Net worth: $1.6 Million (2024)

Angelique Pettyjohn, a renowned actress and costume department professional based in the United States, is expected to have a net worth of approximately $1.6 million by 2024. With her outstanding talent and contributions to the entertainment industry, it comes as no surprise that she has accumulated a significant wealth throughout her career. Angelique Pettyjohn's dedication and expertise have earned her a place of admiration among her peers and fans, making her a prominent figure in the entertainment world.

Biography/Timeline

1960

Apart from her role in Star Trek, Pettyjohn also made appearances on other 1960s television shows 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 episodes of Get Smart, "Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho" and "Pussycats Galore" (1967).

1967

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. Her big break came that same year in the Elvis Presley film, Clambake.

1968

Pettyjohn was one of the go-go Dancers in the opening scene of the comedy 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 got the part).

1969

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.

1970

During the 1970s, she worked as a burlesque star in Las Vegas. In 1970, she appeared in Barry Ashton's Burlesque Show at the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and Saloon. 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. She was photographed by Robert Scott Hooper for the February 1979 Playboy pictorial "The Girls of Las Vegas". 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.

1992

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

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