Kathy Troutt
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Kathy Troutt | |
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| Born | 14 September 1947 |
| Occupation | Actress |
Kathy Troutt (born 14 September 1947) in Bath, England, is a model, actor, deep sea diver[clarification needed] and dolphin trainer, who moved to Australia in 1948.[citation needed]
Diving career
At age 16 Kathy Troutt made the "Guinness Book of Records" for the longest female deep sea scuba dive, breathing ordinary air for 320 feet[clarification needed] off Sydney Harbour with former Royal Australian Navy diver, Wally Reynolds.[1] Kathy dived on Sydney Harbour shipwrecks in 1965[2]
Modeling and acting career
Sports clothes and glamour model throughout the 1960s, she appeared on Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (as herself) as a visiting marine biologist. [clarification needed] Troutt appeared in the documentary Mermaids in Paradise released to television and cinemas in 1965 by Ben Cropp[citation needed] * Kathy Troutt interview 1971 pages 30-31 Fathom magazine
Dolphin training
Worked in pantomime London, England where she trained dolphins for movies. She was spotted by a representative of director, Mike Nichols, where she was to train a dolphin for the feature film The Day of the Dolphin.[citation needed]
Later hired for similar work for the feature film The Blue Lagoon where Troutt played body-double for Brook Shields.[citation needed]
Followed by work as a crew member with Return to the Blue Lagoon and later several other feature films produced in Australia and Asia.[3]