Isabella Rossellini set the record straight about her role in David Lynch's controversial cult classic "Blue Velvet," denying she was ever "exploited" for the film.

In the film, Rossellini plays Dorothy Vallens, who is raped and abused by gangster Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper), who has also kidnapped her husband, Don, ... Blue Velvet was Lynch’s fourth film.

The lounge singer, Dorothy Vallens, is a woman forced to comply to the sexual whims of a criminal who inhabits Lumberton, Frank Booth. Booth is a local gangster who is holding Vallens’ husband and son ...

David Lynch, the director whose films and TV series included Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, has died. He was 78. ... Hopper’s villain, Frank Booth, ...

David Lynch, the director of "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" who died this week, ... incarnate the outlook of Frank Booth, the drug-inhaling sadomasochistic greaser psychopath, ...

Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks director David Lynch, who died at age 78, ... Dennis Hopper's portrayal of the movie's adversary, Frank Booth, became into a legendary bad guy.

Rossellini stars in “Blue Velvet” as the tormented nightclub singer Dorothy Vallens, who is held emotionally and physically captive by the sociopath gangster Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper).