Who played the black slave girl?
Don't see in the cast section who played Tiberius' black slave girl in the beginning of the film. Have I missed it?
shareDon't see in the cast section who played Tiberius' black slave girl in the beginning of the film. Have I missed it?
shareCheck the caligula site out there... There you will find the whole cast...
shareLooks like we will have to settle for "Roman extra".
shareShe was absolutely gorgeous
According to a draft press release (that seems never to have been issued), a black actress-model from New York had been added to the Tiberius scenes, and her name was Loretta Young (no relation to the Hollywood movie star). I cannot be sure, but I suspect that Miss Young was the little slave who died from the poisoned chalice. I have tried, without success, to trace any black actress-model from the mid-1970s who bore that name. I shall continue to try. If anyone can trace her down, please don’t forget to post your findings.
For what it is worth, that same draft press release also mentions that Tiberius’s band leader was Guy Munthe; that one of his musicians was Gary Karp, a real-life music student from Ohio; and that one of the exhibits in Tiberius’s Grotto of Pleasures was an art student from Scarsdale named Tom Corey. Again, I have had no luck in tracing any of these people.
Thanks for the info!
shareI’ve now seen more files, and so I can state with near certainty that Tiberius’s little slave who dies of poison was indeed a model named Loretta Young, as I guessed a few days ago. Can anybody trace her down? I’d love to chat with her.
shareI am unable to find anything on her...
Which sources did you use to get all that information?
I love cinema...
Hi Romarblanc,
I ran across that when sifting through studio files (yes, many files still survive in private archives scattered hither, thither, and yon). It was from a draft press release typed up no earlier than 17 November 1976, though it related almost entirely to casting set for Tiberius’s early scenes from the first half of August 1976. The typing was quite sloppy and covered with handwritten strikethroughs and revisions. I doubt this press release was ever completed or issued.
Since we are unable to discover any NYC actress/model Loretta Young born circa 1955, I can only presume she never hit the big time and did only a modest amount of work prior to finding a different career, one that was, we can only hope, more lucrative and stable.
Let’s keep searching. It would be wonderful to identify and locate the extras and record their reminiscences, which I am certain must be most amusing.