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[[File:Dori_&TIm.png|504px|thumb|right| Tim Curry with costumed Dori Hartley on the set of ''"Paradise Garage"'']]

[[File:Dori.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Dori Hartley in 1979]]

[[Rocky Horror Legend]] Dori Hartley was (and is) the most celebrated of all shadowcasters of ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''. Emerging from the New York group that created the [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show Official Fan Club]], Dori Hartley was synonymous with the part of [[Dr. Frank-N-Furter]] beginning in 1977, before the concept of the [[Shadowcast]] was defined. Dori became legendary early on for both her robust interpretation of Frank N Furter (first at at the [[Waverly Theater]] and then at the [[8th Street Playhouse]]) as well as for her illustrations and fan fiction in the national newsletter, ''[[The Transylvanian]]''. In 1979, Dori's performance was immortalized in a cameo in the promotional film for ''"Paradise Garage"'' by [[Tim Curry]], which was shown in theaters nationally before ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' in support of Curry's then-new LP, ''[[Fearless]].''<BR>  
Hartley went on to be a multi-talented artist with a long list of accomplishments in the fields of acting, music, painting and writing. A true creative soul, Hartley is committed to a personal goal of creating one work of art each day.

==Cast Affiliations==
* [[8th Street Players]]

==Theaters Attended==
* [[Waverly Theater]], New York City NY<br>
* [[8th Street Playhouse]], New York City NY<br>
* [[Tiffany Theater]], West Hollywood CA<br>

==Conventions Attended==
* 1978 [[The First Official Rocky Horror Show Convention]]<br>
* 1979: [[ROCKYCON I]]<br>
* 1979: [[Rocky Horror Halloween Party]]<br>
* 1985: [[10th Anniversary Convention]]
* 1990: The Master's Affair - [[15th Anniversary Convention]]<br>
* 1995: [[The Rocky Horror 20th Anniversary Celebration]]

==Misc. RHPS Performances/Appearances==
1978: ''"Tomorrow with Tom Snyder"''<br>
1979: ''"Paradise Garage"'' by Tim Curry, A&M Records promotional video. Cameo as Frank N Furter<br>
2014: Interviewed for [[Rocky Horror Saved My Life]]<br>
Dori is featured in ''[[Creatures Of The Night: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Experience]]'' by [[Sal Piro]].

==External Links==
Tim Curry -''"Paradise Garage"'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5laG1E0Q4b8]<br>