- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMarjorie Lee Thoreson
- Nickname
- Dewey
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Stunningly gorgeous, shapely, and enticing brunette knockout Anneka Di Lorenzo was born Marjorie Lee Thoreson in St. Paul, Minnesota. She dropped out of high school and moved to Los Angeles, California after her parents divorced in 1967. Anneka worked as a receptionist, a cocktail waitress, and a topless dancer as well as studied acting and participated in several beauty contests prior to becoming the Penthouse Pet of the Month in the September, 1973 issue of "Penthouse."
She subsequently graced the cover of the December, 1973 issue of "Viva." Anneka has secondary roles in the enjoyably trashy 70's drive-in exploitation pictures The Centerfold Girls (1974), Mama's Dirty Girls (1974) and The Violator (1974). Di Lorenzo was named the Penthouse Pet of the Year in the October, 1975 issue of "Penthouse" (she both graced the cover and did a nude pictorial for this particular issue).
Anneka did a coast to coast promotional tour of the United States in which she visited war veteran hospitals in October, 1975 and embarked on an international USO tour for the US Department of Defense which lasted from December, 1975 to January, 1976.
She portrayed the depraved Messalina in both the notorious Caligula (1979) and the cheesy Italian soft-core comedy cash-in Messalina, Messalina (1977). Anneka moved to New York City in the early summer of 1977. Photos from her steamy lesbian love scene in "Caligula" with fellow Penthouse" Pet Lori Wagner were published in the June, 1980 issue of "Penthouse." Di Lorenzo's final film appearance was a small part as a nurse in Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill (1980). Anneka's career suffered as a direct result of the box office failure and harsh critical reception of "Caligula."
In 1988 she sued "Penthouse" magazine publisher Bob Guccione on charges of sexual harassment. Anneka only won a measly $4.06 in damages after the trial was over and finished. Guccione struck back at her by reprinting the photos of Di Lorenzo and Wagner's lesbian love scene in the February, 1991 issue of "Penthouse."
Di Lorenzo's dead body was discovered on the shore by joggers in Camp Pendleton, California on January 4, 2011; she was 58 years old.- IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders
- SpousePhilip Felice Vasta(June 21, 2001 - ?) (divorced)
- ChildrenJessica Marie Thoreson
- ParentsLeRoy Paul ThoresonPatricia Jane Hull
- RelativesBarbara Ann Thoreson(Sibling)Susan Mary Thoreson(Sibling)Jodi K. Thoreson(Sibling)
- Her nude body was discovered on January 4, 2011 by joggers, having washed up on a beach near Camp Pendleton, a United States Marine Corps training area in California. Her neck and back were broken and the cause of death was listed by the local pathologist as drowning. Her parked car was found at the Camp Pendleton rest area off of Interstate 5 about 60 feet (18 meters) from the beach where her body was found. She was still in such good physical shape for her age at 58 that the Marine Corps military police who first arrived at the scene thought that they were looking at the remains of a teenager. Naval authorities, investigating because of the location where the body was found, still do not know whether there was foul play or if her death was accidental.
- Penthouse magazine "Pet Of The Year" for 1975-1976.
- Was of mixed Italian and Norwegian descent.
- Raised a daughter, Jessica. She had three sisters: Barbara Zezza, Jodi Servin, and Susan Marie Thoreson. Moreover, Di Lorenzo was working as a nursing assistant at the time of her death.
- Was the second of four daughters born to Leroy and Patricia Thoreson.
- How famous do I want to be? Let's just say that I'm going to be the sexiest woman in the world.
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