Dyanne Thorne
Dyanne Thorne (born October 14, 1932, in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA) is an American actress and model. Due to her commanding figure and large breasts, she was usually typecast into a sexual and physical abusive female warden type. The typecast started as she took on the character of "Ilsa" in the Ilsa series of films.
Career
Thorne has starred in dozens of roles, but is most remembered for the role of the eponymous warden character in the Ilsa series of films. The buxom and lusty Ilsa character sexually and physically abused her (usually, but not always, female) prisoners. The character typecasted her for many similar roles in women-in-prison films.
Her last and also most mainstream feature film role was as James Belushi's transsexual father in the 1987 film Real Men (a point James Belushi happily stressed to his friend by grabbing her breasts).
Selected Filmography
- Sin in the Suburbs (1964), Yvette Talman
- Point of Terror (1971), Andrea
- The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio (1971), Fairy Godmother
- Blood Sabbath (1972), Alotta
- Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975), Ilsa
- Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976), Ilsa
- Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (1977) aka Greta the Torturer
- Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia (1977), Ilsa
- Real Men (1987), Dad Pirandello
TV appearances
- Felony Squad (1966), Diana Porter - in the episode "The Terror Trap"
- Felony Squad (1966), Miss Lucas - in the episode "Miss Reilly's Revenge"
- Star Trek (1968), First Girl - in the episode "A Piece of the Action"
- Space (TV mini-series) (1985), Entertainer
Later years
Contrary to some publications, Thorne did start but not complete her degree in Anthropology. Instead, during 10 years of simultaneous acting, she has earned a Ph.D. in Comparative religion. [1][2]
Today she and her husband Howard (both had roles in five same movies) are ordained ministers, who own an alternative wedding business in Las Vegas, Nevada. They conduct scenic outdoor weddings as an alternative to a traditional wedding chapel. [1][2]
Trivia
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- According to Celebrity Sleuth magazine, her natural measurements were already 37C-17-33 at age 15.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "A SCENIC WEDDING... The Alternative To A Chapel Wedding". Retrieved 2007-09-30.
- ^ a b Steve Graf and Randy Waage (2007). "A retroCRUSH INTERVIEW WITH THE STAR OF THE "ILSA" MOVIES". Retrocrush. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
My earned degree is as a professor of comparative religions.
External links
- Dyanne Thorne at AllMovie
- "The Dyanne Thorne Special" (in German/English). wicked-vision.com. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) (a fan-site that includes an interview with her) - Dyanne Thorne at Memory Alpha
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