Victoria Catlin

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| caption = Catlin as Blackie O'Reilly in Twin Peaks

| birth_name = Victoria Shechter

| birth_date = {{Birth-date|September 23, 1952}}

| birth_place = Moline, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death-date and age|February 28, 2024|September 23, 1952}}

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| occupation = Actress

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Victoria Catlin (née Shechter, September 23, 1952 – February 28, 2024) was an American actress best known for her roles as Blackie O'Reilly in the television series Twin Peaks, and in films as Anastasia in Ghoulies (1985), Ellen Forrest in Maniac Cop (1988), and Dr. Catherine Peake in Howling V: The Rebirth (1989).

Life and career

Victoria Shechter was born in Moline, Illinois on September 23, 1952. She was best known for her roles as Blackie O'Reilly,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/185161/twin-peaks-showtime-series-return-david-lynch/|title=Kyle MacLachlan and David Lynch on the Return of 'Twin Peaks' (Plus, a Comprehensive A to Z Guide!)|first=Damian|last=Holbrook|website=TV Insider|date=11 May 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/twin-peaks-characters-ranked-vague-confusing-criteria/|title=54 Twin Peaks Characters Ranked, Using Vague and Confusing Criteria|date=May 21, 2017}} the madam of One-Eyed Jacks, in Twin Peaks,{{Cite book|last1=Weinstock|first1=Jeffrey Andrew|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OIxaCwAAQBAJ&q=Victoria+Catlin+twin+peaks&pg=PA107|title=Return to Twin Peaks: New Approaches to Materiality, Theory, and Genre on Television|last2=Spooner|first2=Catherine|date=2015-11-17|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-55695-0|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Victoria Catlin|url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/victoria-catlin|access-date=2021-01-31|website=Metacritic|language=en}} Ellen Forrest (wife of Bruce Campbell's character) in Maniac Cop (1988),{{Cite web|url=https://decider.com/2020/10/22/maniac-cop-reassessment/|title='Maniac Cop' No Longer Feels Like A Pure Exploitation Picture — It's A Prescient Precursor To Today's State of Police Distrust|date=October 22, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://1428elm.com/2018/10/20/maniac-cop-storyline-almost-changed/|title=Maniac Cop: How the storyline was almost changed at the 11th hour|date=October 20, 2018}}{{Cite book|last=Williams|first=Tony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gpNBQAAQBAJ&q=Victoria+Catlin&pg=PA348|title=Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, rev. ed.|date=2016-04-18|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1819-7|language=en}} Dr. Catherine Peake in Howling V: The Rebirth (1989), and Anastasia in Ghoulies (1985).{{Cite web|url=https://www.pophorror.com/maniac-cop-cult-slasher-with-shield-appeal/|title='Maniac Cop' (1988): Cult Slasher With Shield Appeal|date=April 25, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.videodetective.com/person/victoria-catlin-86707|title=Victoria Catlin|website=Video Detective}} She was also in Mutant on the Bounty.{{Cite web|title=Victoria Catlin|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba83d7394|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521100955/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba83d7394|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2022|access-date=2021-01-31|website=BFI|language=en}}

Catlin additionally appeared in the films Slow Burn (1986) and Maid to Order (1987), and in the TV shows Amazing Stories and Adam-12.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/re-entering-twin-peaks-a-catch-up-guide-to-its-cast-an-1798261881|title=Re-entering Twin Peaks: A catch-up guide to its cast and characters|website=TV Club}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/amazing_stories_1985/s02/e18|title=Amazing Stories (1985) - Season 2 Episode 18|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}

Catlin died on February 28, 2024, at the age of 71.{{cite web |title=Victoria Shechter Catlin |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/victoria-catlin-obituary?id=54571268 |website=Legacy |access-date=14 March 2024}}