Bob Guccione’s business partner and wife, Kathy Keeton, was really the woman in front of the recluse.

In a 1975 advertisement for the short-lived Penthouse spin-off magazine for women, Viva, it shows a portrait of Bob Guccione’s wife and executive partner, Kathy Keeton. “Who is this woman?” was the question printed in bold white letters below Keeton’s thin hand, covered in chunky rings.

Keeton was born in South Africa but moved to England to study dance at the London Royal Ballet Company. After eight years, she left and started performing in nightclubs and films. This was when Guccione first heard of Keeton. In the second issue of Penthouse magazine, they printed a scathing review of her exotic performance based on a press release.

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