1. Victor Manuel Orsatti was an American talent agent and film producer.
20 Facts About Victor Orsatti
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Victor Orsatti was credited with persuading figure skating champion Sonja Henie to move to Hollywood and become an actress after the 1936 Winter Olympics.
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Victor Orsatti later became a motion picture and television producer, whose works include Flight to Hong Kong and the television series The Texan.
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Orsatti was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Morris Orsatti and Mary Manse, both born in Italy.
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Victor Orsatti had six siblings, including stuntman and baseball player for the St Louis Cardinals Ernie Orsatti.
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Victor Orsatti was recognized in 1923 as the best all-around high school athlete in Los Angeles.
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The bat, which was inscribed to Victor Orsatti, sold in 2004 for $1.2 million.
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Victor Orsatti subsequently attended the University of Southern California where he played quarterback on Howard Jones's 1925 and 1926 USC Trojans football teams, wearing number 5.
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Victor Orsatti played baseball and ran track and field at USC.
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Victor Orsatti was known as "one of the industry's sharpest agents," and his clients included some of Hollywood's biggest stars, such as Sonja Henie, Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Edward G Robinson, Frank Capra, George Stevens, Margaret O'Brien, and Alice Faye.
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In 1939, syndicated columnist Louella Parsons reported that the romantic relationship between Henie and Victor Orsatti was the talk of Hollywood.
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Victor Orsatti negotiated the contract for Judy Garland to play the role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
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Victor Orsatti was credited with discovering Alexis Smith while she was a student at Los Angeles City College and offering her a screen test.
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Victor Orsatti formed a production company in the 1950s called Saber Productions.
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Victor Orsatti produced 14 films including Flight to Hong Kong.
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Victor Orsatti formed a television production company, Rorvic Productions, in partnership with actor Rory Calhoun.
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Victor Orsatti was married to film actress June Lang in 1937.
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Victor Orsatti was next married in 1943 to singer and actress, Marie McDonald, who was known as "The Body Beautiful" and later nicknamed "The Body".
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Victor Orsatti was working at the time as a test pilot for Lockheed.
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Victor Orsatti was married to Donlon from 1949 to 1960.