Angelique Pettyjohn

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name = Angelique Pettyjohn


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caption = Angelique Pettyjohn (right) as Shahna in "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
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birthdate = birth date|1943|3|11|mf=y
location = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
deathdate = death date and age|1992|2|14|1943|3|11|mf=y
deathplace = Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
othername = Angelique, Heaven St. John
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yearsactive = 1965-1992
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notable role = Shahna in "" episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
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Angelique Pettyjohn (March 111943- February 141992) was an American actress and burlesque queen Tom Lisanti, " [http://books.google.com/books?id=hwFbcgV_LDgC&pg=PA299&sig=6esOhmPl432DJmDt4SAz2WV19G4&dq=angelique+pettyjohn+%22March+10,+1943%22+%22Angelique+Pettyjohn+was+born+on+March+10,+1943,+in+California+and+raised+in+Salt+Lake+City,+Utah.+%22+%22Not+much+is+known+about+Pettyjohn%27s+early+life.+%22#PPA302,M1 Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties] ", McFarland & Co Inc Pub, 2003, ISBN 0786415754] . She is best known for her appearance in the "Star Trek" episode, "The Gamesters of Triskelion". Pettyjohn has appeared under a number of pseudonyms, including Angelique and Heaven St. John.

Pettyjohn was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in in Salt Lake City, Utah. . Her first film appearances were in 1967 under the name "Angelique". They include"The Touch Of Her Flesh" and then "The Love Rebellion" [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1430818 Angelique] "imdb" ] . Her big break came that same year in the Elvis Presley film, "Clambake". She also tested for the role of Nova in the 1968 version of "Planet of the Apes" (Linda Harrison got the part).

Pettyjohn is probably best known for her guest appearances in various 1960s television shows. In addition to "Star Trek", Pettyjohn appeared on "Mister Terrific", "The Green Hornet", "Get Smart", "Batman", "Love, American Style" and "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E."

During the 1970's, 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 [ "Vegas Visitor" 7 Aug. 1970: P1] . 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 [ "Vegas Visitor" 22 Sep. 1978: P1 ] . She also posed in the February 1979 Playboy article "The Girls of Las Vegas" [ [http://www.mopublishing.com/playboy1979.htm The Girls of Las Vegas] , "Playboy Magazine", Feb. 1979 ] . During the early 1980's, she appeared in some hardcore adult films including "Titillation" (1982), "Stalag 69" (1982), and "Body Talk" (1982) using the pseudoynms Angel St. John, Heaven St. John, or under her old moniker Angelique. [ [http://www.superstrangevideo.com/section.asp?sectionID=97&categoryID=11 superstrange video] ] . She later 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).

On St. Valentine's Day 1992, Pettyjohn died in Las Vegas, Nevada of cervical cancer.

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*imdb name|id=1430818|name=Angelique