Kathy Troutt (born 14 September 1947) is an English-born model, actress, deep sea diver[clarification needed] and dolphin trainer who moved to Australia in 1948.[citation needed]
Diving career
At age 16 Kathy Troutt made the Guinness Book of Records for the deepest female deep sea scuba dive, breathing ordinary air to a depth of 320 feet (97.5 m)[clarification needed] off Sydney Harbour with former Royal Australian Navy diver, Wally Reynolds.[1] Kathy dived on Sydney Harbour shipwrecks in 1965.[2]
Modeling and acting career
Sports clothes and glamour model throughout the 1960s, she appeared on Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (as herself) as a visiting marine biologist.[clarification needed]
Troutt appeared in the documentary Mermaids in Paradise, released to television and cinemas in 1965 by Ben Cropp.[3]
Dolphin training
She worked in pantomime London, England, where she trained dolphins for movies. She was spotted by a representative of director Mike Nichols, where she was to train a dolphin for the feature film The Day of the Dolphin.[citation needed]
