Trivia: WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH

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TRIVIA---actress/model Victoria Vetri was PLAYBOY's Playmate Of The Year in 1968, appeared in ROSEMARY'S BABY and starred in Hammer Films's WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH. Vetri appeared in tv shows including BATMAN, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, PERRY MASON, BONANZA, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., HOGAN'S HEROES, McHALE'S NAVY, THE BIG VALLEY and others.
Vetri was close friends with director Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate. Vetri, under the stage name of Angela Dorian, appeared in Polanski's classic ROSEMARY'S BABY. In one scene, Mia Farrow tells Vetri's character, Teresa, "I thought you were Victoria Vetri, the actress", and Teresa replies, "That's OK. Everybody thinks I'm Victoria. I don't see the resemblance, though."
Vetri was visiting the home of Polanski and pregnant Sharon Tate when Charles Manson also visited the home with audio tapes in hopes of launching a recording career. Vetri said about Manson, "He looks like a weirdo!'" Vetri was supposed to visit Tate the night of the Manson Murders in which Tate and four others were murdered. Vetri thought Manson heard her "weirdo" comment and blamed herself for the murders believing Manson killed Tate in retaliation for the comment. Vetri became extremely paranoid that Manson would also have her murdered from prison.
In 2010, Vetri shot husband and rocker Bruce Rathgeb, after accusing him of cheating on her and being involved with drugs. Rathgeb denied the accusation and claimed Vetri's  paranoia about the Manson Murders led her to shoot him because she thought he was Manson. Vetri was charged with attempted murder and pleaded no contest to attempted voluntary manslaughter. She was sentenced to prison for nine years and was granted parole in 2018 when she was 73 years old.

Victoria Vetri (Angela Dorian) was PLAYBOY's Playmate of the Year in 1968.




Vetri starred in Hammer Films's WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH.




Vetri (stage name Angela Dorian) appeared in her good friend Roman Polanski's classic ROSEMARY'S BABY.




Vetri at her 2011 trial for the attempted murder of her husband Bruce Rathgeb.