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Jackie Rainbow - September 1954 / Madeline Castle - October 1954
Diane Hunter - November 1954 / Terry Ryan - December 1954
Barbara Cameron - November 1955 / Lynn Turner - January 1956
Rusty Fisher - April 1956 / Marion Scott - May 1956
Gloria Walker - June 1956 / Elsa Sørensen - September 1956
Gloria Windsor - April 1957 / Carrie Radison - 1957
Jean Jani - July 1957 / Jacquelyn Prescott - September 1957
Colleen Farrington - October 1957 / Linda Vargas - December 1957
Zahra Norbo - March 1958 / Judy Lee Tomerlin - June 1958
Myrna Weber - August 1958 / Audrey Daston - March 1959
Cindy Fuller - May 1959 / Clayre Peters - August 1959
Elaine Reynolds - October 1959 / Susie Scott - February 1960
Sally Sarell - March 1960 / Elaine Paul - August 1960
Ann Davis - September 1960 / Kathy Douglas - October 1960
Carol Eden - December 1960 / Connie Cooper - January 1961
Barbara Ann Lawford - February 1961 / Tonya Crews - March 1961
Nancy Nielsen - April 1961 / Sheralee Conners - July 1961
Karen Thompson - August 1961 / Christa Speck - September 1961
Jean Cannon - October 1961 / Lynn Karrol - December 1961
Roberta Lane - April 1962 / Unne Terjesen - July 1962
Jan Roberts - August 1962 / Mickey Winters - September 1962
Laura Young - October 1962 / Avis Kimble - November 1962
June Cochran - December 1962 / Judi Monterey - January 1963
Toni Ann Thomas - February 1963 / Adrienne Moreau - March 1963
Sandra Settani - April 1963 / Phyllis Sherwood - August 1963
Terre Tucker - November 1963 / Nancy Jo Hooper - February 1964
Nancy Scott - March 1964 / Terri Kimball - May 1964
Lori Winston - June 1964 / Melba Ogle - July 1964
Rosemarie Hillcrest - October 1964 / Kai Brendlinger - November 1964
Sally Duberson - January 1965 / Jessica St. George - February 1965
Jennifer Jackson - March 1965 / Gay Collier - July 1965
Lannie Balcom - August 1965 / Pat Russo - November 1965
Dinah Willis - December 1965 / Judy Tyler - January 1966
Melinda Windsor - February 1966 / Priscilla Wright - March 1966
Kelli Burke - June 1966 / Tish Howard - July 1966
Dianne Chandler - September 1966 / Linda Moon - October 1966
Surrey Marshe - January 1967 / Kim Farber - February 1967
Fran Gerard - March 1967 / Joey Gibson - June 1967
Heather Ryan - July 1967 / Kaya Christian - November 1967
Lynn Winchell - December 1967 / Nancy Harwood - February 1968
Michelle Hamilton - March 1968 / Gaye Rennie - April 1968
Elizabeth Jordan - May 1968 / Britt Fredriksen - June 1968
Melodye Prentiss - July 1968 / Gale Olson - August 1968
Drucilla Hart - September 1968 / Paige Young - November 1968
Leslie Bianchini - January 1969 / Lorrie Menconi - February 1969
Kathy MacDonald - March 1969 / Lorna Hopper - April 1969
Helena Antonaccio - June 1969 / Nancy McNeil - July 1969
Debbie Hooper - August 1969 / Shay Knuth - September 1969
Gloria Root - December 1969 / Jill Taylor - January 1970
Linda Forsythe - February 1970 / Christine Koren - March 1970
Barbara Hillary - April 1970 / Jennifer Liano - May 1970
Elaine Morton - June 1970 / Carol Willis - July 1970
Debbie Ellison - September 1970 / Avis Miller - November 1970
Carol Imhof - December 1970 / Willy Rey - February 1971
Heather Van Every - July 1971 / Cathleen Lynn Rowland - August 1971
Claire Rambeau - October 1971 / Danielle de Vabre - November 1971
Karen Christy - December 1971 / P.J. Lansing - February 1972
Deanna Baker - May 1972 / Debbie Davis - June 1972
Linda Summers - August 1972 / Lena Soderberg - November 1972
Phyllis Coleman - August 1973 / Geri Glass - September 1973
Valerie Lane - October 1973 / Christine Maddox - December 1973
Francine Parks - February 1974 / Marilyn Lange - May 1974
Kristine Hanson - September 1974 / Ester Cordet - October 1974
Janice Raymond - December 1974 / Bridgett Rollins - May 1975
Mesina Miller - September 1975 / Nancie Li Brandi - December 1975
Patricia McClain - May 1976 / Whitney Kaine - September 1976
Star Stowe - February 1977 / Nicki Thomas - March 1977
Virve Reid - June 1977 / Kristine Winder - October 1977
Rita Lee - November 1977 / Kathryn Morrison - May 1978
Dorothy Mays - July 1979 / Sandy Cagle - February 1980
Henriette Allais - March 1980 / Martha Thomsen - May 1980
Mardi Jacquet - October 1980 / Cathy Larmouth - June 1981
Debbie Boostrom - August 1981 / Anne-Marie Fox - February 1982
Christina Ferguson - April 1983 / Terry Nihen - December 1983
Justine Greiner - February 1984 / Suzi Schott - August 1984
Joan Bennett - January 1985 / Vanessa Hoelsher - September 2005
Regina Deutinger - April 2008 / Grace Kim - November 2008
Jennifer and Natalie Jo Campbell - December 2008 / Kelley Thompson - November 2009
Kyra Milan - March 2010 / Amy Leigh Andrews - April 2010
Shanna Marie McLaughlin - July 2010 / Francesca Frigo - August 2010
Kylie Johnson - February 2011 / Mei-Ling Lam - June 2011
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Not on IMDb:
Jackie Rainbow - September 1954 / Madeline Castle - October 1954
Diane Hunter - November 1954 / Terry Ryan - December 1954
Barbara Cameron - November 1955 / Lynn Turner - January 1956
Rusty Fisher - April 1956 / Marion Scott - May 1956
Gloria Walker - June 1956 / Elsa Sørensen - September 1956
Gloria Windsor - April 1957 / Carrie Radison - 1957
Jean Jani - July 1957 / Jacquelyn Prescott - September 1957
Colleen Farrington - October 1957 / Linda Vargas - December 1957
Zahra Norbo - March 1958 / Judy Lee Tomerlin - June 1958
Myrna Weber - August 1958 / Audrey Daston - March 1959
Cindy Fuller - May 1959 / Clayre Peters - August 1959
Elaine Reynolds - October 1959 / Susie Scott - February 1960
Sally Sarell - March 1960 / Elaine Paul - August 1960
Ann Davis - September 1960 / Kathy Douglas - October 1960
Carol Eden - December 1960 / Connie Cooper - January 1961
Barbara Ann Lawford - February 1961 / Tonya Crews - March 1961
Nancy Nielsen - April 1961 / Sheralee Conners - July 1961
Karen Thompson - August 1961 / Christa Speck - September 1961
Jean Cannon - October 1961 / Lynn Karrol - December 1961
Roberta Lane - April 1962 / Unne Terjesen - July 1962
Jan Roberts - August 1962 / Mickey Winters - September 1962
Laura Young - October 1962 / Avis Kimble - November 1962
June Cochran - December 1962 / Judi Monterey - January 1963
Toni Ann Thomas - February 1963 / Adrienne Moreau - March 1963
Sandra Settani - April 1963 / Phyllis Sherwood - August 1963
Terre Tucker - November 1963 / Nancy Jo Hooper - February 1964
Nancy Scott - March 1964 / Terri Kimball - May 1964
Lori Winston - June 1964 / Melba Ogle - July 1964
Rosemarie Hillcrest - October 1964 / Kai Brendlinger - November 1964
Sally Duberson - January 1965 / Jessica St. George - February 1965
Jennifer Jackson - March 1965 / Gay Collier - July 1965
Lannie Balcom - August 1965 / Pat Russo - November 1965
Dinah Willis - December 1965 / Judy Tyler - January 1966
Melinda Windsor - February 1966 / Priscilla Wright - March 1966
Kelli Burke - June 1966 / Tish Howard - July 1966
Dianne Chandler - September 1966 / Linda Moon - October 1966
Surrey Marshe - January 1967 / Kim Farber - February 1967
Fran Gerard - March 1967 / Joey Gibson - June 1967
Heather Ryan - July 1967 / Kaya Christian - November 1967
Lynn Winchell - December 1967 / Nancy Harwood - February 1968
Michelle Hamilton - March 1968 / Gaye Rennie - April 1968
Elizabeth Jordan - May 1968 / Britt Fredriksen - June 1968
Melodye Prentiss - July 1968 / Gale Olson - August 1968
Drucilla Hart - September 1968 / Paige Young - November 1968
Leslie Bianchini - January 1969 / Lorrie Menconi - February 1969
Kathy MacDonald - March 1969 / Lorna Hopper - April 1969
Helena Antonaccio - June 1969 / Nancy McNeil - July 1969
Debbie Hooper - August 1969 / Shay Knuth - September 1969
Gloria Root - December 1969 / Jill Taylor - January 1970
Linda Forsythe - February 1970 / Christine Koren - March 1970
Barbara Hillary - April 1970 / Jennifer Liano - May 1970
Elaine Morton - June 1970 / Carol Willis - July 1970
Debbie Ellison - September 1970 / Avis Miller - November 1970
Carol Imhof - December 1970 / Willy Rey - February 1971
Heather Van Every - July 1971 / Cathleen Lynn Rowland - August 1971
Claire Rambeau - October 1971 / Danielle de Vabre - November 1971
Karen Christy - December 1971 / P.J. Lansing - February 1972
Deanna Baker - May 1972 / Debbie Davis - June 1972
Linda Summers - August 1972 / Lena Soderberg - November 1972
Phyllis Coleman - August 1973 / Geri Glass - September 1973
Valerie Lane - October 1973 / Christine Maddox - December 1973
Francine Parks - February 1974 / Marilyn Lange - May 1974
Kristine Hanson - September 1974 / Ester Cordet - October 1974
Janice Raymond - December 1974 / Bridgett Rollins - May 1975
Mesina Miller - September 1975 / Nancie Li Brandi - December 1975
Patricia McClain - May 1976 / Whitney Kaine - September 1976
Star Stowe - February 1977 / Nicki Thomas - March 1977
Virve Reid - June 1977 / Kristine Winder - October 1977
Rita Lee - November 1977 / Kathryn Morrison - May 1978
Dorothy Mays - July 1979 / Sandy Cagle - February 1980
Henriette Allais - March 1980 / Martha Thomsen - May 1980
Mardi Jacquet - October 1980 / Cathy Larmouth - June 1981
Debbie Boostrom - August 1981 / Anne-Marie Fox - February 1982
Christina Ferguson - April 1983 / Terry Nihen - December 1983
Justine Greiner - February 1984 / Suzi Schott - August 1984
Joan Bennett - January 1985 / Vanessa Hoelsher - September 2005
Regina Deutinger - April 2008 / Grace Kim - November 2008
Jennifer and Natalie Jo Campbell - December 2008 / Kelley Thompson - November 2009
Kyra Milan - March 2010 / Amy Leigh Andrews - April 2010
Shanna Marie McLaughlin - July 2010 / Francesca Frigo - August 2010
Kylie Johnson - February 2011 / Mei-Ling Lam - June 2011
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Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, comedienne, singer, and model. Monroe is of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent. She became one of the world's most enduring iconic figures and is remembered both for her winsome embodiment of the Hollywood sex symbol and her tragic personal and professional struggles within the film industry. Her life and death are still the subjects of much controversy and speculation.
She was born Norma Jeane Mortenson at the Los Angeles County Hospital on June 1, 1926. Her mother, Gladys Pearl (Monroe), was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, to American parents from Indiana and Missouri, and was a film-cutter at Consolidated Film Industries. Marilyn's biological father has been established through DNA testing as Charles Stanley Gifford, who had been born in Newport, Rhode Island, to a family with deep roots in the state. Because Gladys was mentally and financially unable to care for young Marilyn, Gladys placed her in the care of a foster family, The Bolenders. Although the Bolender family wanted to adopt Marilyn, Gladys was eventually able to stabilize her lifestyle and took Marilyn back in her care when Marilyn was 7 years old. However, shortly after regaining custody of Marilyn, Gladys had a complete mental breakdown and was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and was committed to a state mental hospital. Gladys spent the rest of her life going in and out of hospitals and rarely had contact with young Marilyn. Once Marilyn became an adult and celebrated as a film star, she paid a woman by the name of Inez Melson to look in on the institutionalized Gladys and give detailed reports of her progress. Gladys outlived her daughter, dying in 1984.
Marilyn was then taken in by Gladys' best friend Grace Goddard, who, after a series of foster homes, placed Marilyn into the Los Angeles Orphan's Home in 1935. Marilyn was traumatized by her experience there despite the Orphan's Home being an adequate living facility. Grace Goddard eventually took Marilyn back to live with her in 1937 although this stay did not last long as Grace's husband began molesting Marilyn. Marilyn went to live with Grace's Aunt Ana after this incident, although due to Aunt Ana's advanced age she could not care properly for Marilyn. Marilyn once again for the third time had to return to live with the Goddards. The Goddards planned to relocated and according to law, could not take Marilyn with them. She only had two choices: return to the orphanage or get married. Marilyn was only 16 years old.
She decided to marry a neighborhood friend named James Dougherty; he went into the military, she modeled, they divorced in 1946. She owned 400 books (including Tolstoy, Whitman, Milton), listened to Beethoven records, studied acting at the Actors' lab in Hollywood, and took literature courses at UCLA downtown. 20th Century Fox gave her a contract but let it lapse a year later. In 1948, Columbia gave her a six-month contract, turned her over to coach Natasha Lytess and featured her in the B movie Ladies of the Chorus (1948) in which she sang three numbers : "Every Baby Needs a Da Da Daddy", "Anyone Can Tell I Love You" and "The Ladies of the Chorus" with Adele Jergens (dubbed by Virginia Rees) and others. Joseph L. Mankiewicz saw her in a small part in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and put her in All About Eve (1950) , resulting in 20th Century re-signing her to a seven-year contract. Niagara (1953) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) launched her as a sex symbol superstar.
When she went to a supper honoring her in the The Seven Year Itch (1955) , she arrived in a red chiffon gown borrowed from the studio (she had never owned a gown). That same year, she married and divorced baseball great Joe DiMaggio (their wedding night was spent in Paso Robles, California). After The Seven Year Itch (1955) , she wanted serious acting to replace the sexpot image and went to New York's Actors Studio. She worked with director Lee Strasberg and also underwent psychoanalysis to learn more about herself. Critics praised her transformation in Bus Stop (1956) and the press was stunned by her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller . True to form, she had no veil to match her beige wedding dress so she dyed one in coffee; he wore one of the two suits he owned. They went to England that fall where she made The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) with Laurence Olivier , fighting with him and falling further prey to alcohol and pills. Two miscarriages and gynecological surgery followed. So had an affair with Yves Montand . Work on her last picture The Misfits (1961) , written for her by departing husband Miller, was interrupted by exhaustion. She was dropped from the unfinished Something's Got to Give (1962) due to chronic lateness and drug dependency.
On August 4, 1962, Marilyn Monroe's day began with threatening phone calls. Dr. Ralph Greenson, Marilyn's physician, came over the following day and quoted later in a document "Felt it was possible that Marilyn had felt rejected by some of the people she had been close to." Apart from being upset that her publicist slept too long, she seemed fine. Pat Newcombe, who had stayed the previous night at Marilyn's house, left in the early evening as did Greenson who had a dinner date. Marilyn was upset he couldn't stay, and around 7:30pm she telephoned him to say that her second husband's son had called her. Peter Lawford also called Marilyn, inviting her to dinner, but she declined. Lawford later said her speech was slurred. As the evening went on there were other phone calls, including one from Jose Belanos, who said he thought she sounded fine. According to the funeral directors, Marilyn died sometime between 9:30pm and 11:30pm. Her maid unable to raise her but seeing a light under her locked door, called the police shortly after midnight. She also phoned Ralph Greenson who, on arrival, could not break down the bedroom door. He eventually broke in through French windows and found Marilyn dead in bed. The coroner stated she had died from acute barbiturate poisoning, and it was a 'probable suicide' though many conspiracies would follow in the years after her death.- Buxom and shapely 5'5" brunette Margie Harrison was born on November 3, 1931 in America. Harrison has the distinction of being the first woman to model for Playboy who was designated Playmate of the Month for the January, 1954 issue of Playboy. Her photos were sold to Playboy by the John Baumgarth Company, which specialized in pin-up calendars. Moreover, Margie was also the Playmate of the Month for June, 1954. Outside of Playboy, Harrison was also featured in such men's magazines as Gala and Follies. She died at age 75 on December 23, 2006.
- Lovely, shapely and sunny blonde knockout Marilyn Ardith Waltz was born on November 5, 1931 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Marilyn was a Playmate of the Month in the February 1954, April 1954, and April 1955 issues of "Playboy." Waltz used the alias Margaret Scott for her first "Playboy" pictorial; "Playboy" publisher Hugh Hefner didn't know Waltz had posed for "Playboy" as Margaret Scott until 1996 when he was looking at photographs for the 1996 publication "The Playmate Book." Moreover, she holds the distinction of being the first of two women to be a three-time centerfold girl in "Playboy" magazine. Marilyn also appeared in several other men's magazines in the 50s. Outside of modeling, Waltz was also a singer and TV commercial actress. Her sole movie acting gig was in the obscure 1954 feature "Love Me Madly." Marilyn married Breck Jordan on January 16, 1958; the couple had two children and three grandchildren. Waltz owned a successful real estate firm in Southern California. In 1993 she moved to Oregon and worked in another real estate firm in Medford, Oregon before eventually retiring in 1996. Marilyn Waltz died at age 75 on December 23, 2006 in Medford, Oregon.
- Dolores Del Monte was born on 15 March 1932 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She was married to Al Mack and Roy Card. She died on 11 February 2023 in Laguna Woods, California, USA.
- Lovely, shapely and sunny blonde knockout Marilyn Ardith Waltz was born on November 5, 1931 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Marilyn was a Playmate of the Month in the February 1954, April 1954, and April 1955 issues of "Playboy." Waltz used the alias Margaret Scott for her first "Playboy" pictorial; "Playboy" publisher Hugh Hefner didn't know Waltz had posed for "Playboy" as Margaret Scott until 1996 when he was looking at photographs for the 1996 publication "The Playmate Book." Moreover, she holds the distinction of being the first of two women to be a three-time centerfold girl in "Playboy" magazine. Marilyn also appeared in several other men's magazines in the 50s. Outside of modeling, Waltz was also a singer and TV commercial actress. Her sole movie acting gig was in the obscure 1954 feature "Love Me Madly." Marilyn married Breck Jordan on January 16, 1958; the couple had two children and three grandchildren. Waltz owned a successful real estate firm in Southern California. In 1993 she moved to Oregon and worked in another real estate firm in Medford, Oregon before eventually retiring in 1996. Marilyn Waltz died at age 75 on December 23, 2006 in Medford, Oregon.
- Gloria Victor was born on 1 April 1931 in Fullerton, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962), Girl Gang (1954) and Daddy-O (1958). She is married to Arnold H. Gold.
- Buxom and shapely 5'5" brunette Margie Harrison was born on November 3, 1931 in America. Harrison has the distinction of being the first woman to model for Playboy who was designated Playmate of the Month for the January, 1954 issue of Playboy. Her photos were sold to Playboy by the John Baumgarth Company, which specialized in pin-up calendars. Moreover, Margie was also the Playmate of the Month for June, 1954. Outside of Playboy, Harrison was also featured in such men's magazines as Gala and Follies. She died at age 75 on December 23, 2006.
- Neva Gilbert was born on 1 September 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Combat Squad (1953). She died on 12 November 2022 in Lake Worth, Florida, USA.
- Arline Hunter was born on 16 December 1931 in Caldwell, Idaho, USA. She was an actress, known for Big Daddy (1969), The Angry Red Planet (1959) and White Lightnin' Road (1967). She was married to Wolfgang Wergin. She died on 11 September 2018 in San Pedro, California, USA.
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Bettie Page's life was filled with cult myth, mystery and sadness. Her image captured the imagination of a generation with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality, during an era of strong sexual repression. She was the quintessential pin-up, tacked up on walls in military barracks and garages; five decades later, some feminists still hail her as a pioneer of women's liberation. It has been estimated that over 20,000 photographs of Bettie were taken, and new generations of fans still buy copies by the thousands. Born in Nashville, Tennessee to a part-Cherokee mother, she grew up in a family so poor "we were lucky to get an orange in our Christmas stockings." The family included three boys and three girls, and Page later said her father molested most of the girls. He eventually stole a police car for a cross-country trip, was caught and sent to prison, and for a time Bettie resided in an orphanage. Her parents divorced when she was 10 years old.
In her teens, Bettie acted in high school plays and was a straight-A student. She graduated from the Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville on a Daughters of the American Revolution scholarship in 1944, and went on to study drama in New York City. Her notorious career began one day in October 1950, while on a break from her job as a secretary in a New York office. On a walk along the beach at Coney Island, an amateur photographer admired the 27-year-old's curvaceous body and asked her to pose. Nudity didn't bother her, she said, likening it to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Her modeling career took off, and she was the centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine.
In 1951, Bettie fell under the influence of Irving Klaw, a photographer. He cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her trademark, and posed her in spiked heels and little else. She also appeared as a performer in over 50 burlesque films. Her photos and films were publicly denounced by civic and religious leaders as "perversion", and Klaw was later arrested for "conspiracy to distribute obscene material" through the United States mail. Bettie was called to testify in a private session. Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, her home state, even launched a congressional investigation against her. Believing that her days as a pin-up were over, Bettie retreated from public view, later saying she was hounded by federal agents. Her early marriage to her high school sweetheart had ended in divorce; she moved to Florida in 1957 and married a much younger man, but that marriage also failed, as did a third, and she suffered a nervous breakdown.
In 1959, she was lying on a sea wall in Key West when she saw a church with a white neon cross on top. She walked inside and became a born-again Christian. After attending Bible school, she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down. Instead, she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham's ministry. However, a move to Southern California in 1979 brought her more troubles. She was arrested after an altercation with her landlady. Doctors diagnosed her as suffering from acute schizophrenia, and she spent 20 months in Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino and she was subsequently placed under state supervision for eight years.
Her mysterious disappearance from the public eye only fueled the public's fascination. In fact, for two decades no one was sure where she was or even if she was still alive. She resurfaced in the 1990s after being tracked down for a documentary. She occasionally granted interviews and sold autographs, but refused to allow her picture to be taken in her old age. In a 1993 telephone interview, she told a reporter that she was "penniless and infamous." She later hired a law firm to help her recoup some of the profits being made with her likeness. She spent her final years residing in Los Angeles with her brother.
After a three-week battle with pneumonia, Bettie Page suffered a deadly heart attack at age 85 on December 11, 2008.- Actress
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One of the leading sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, film actress Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the only child of Vera J. (nee Palmer; later Peers) and Herbert W. Palmer. Her parents were well-to-do, with her father a successful attorney in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, where she spent a portion of her childhood. Her parents were both born with the same surname, and her ancestry was seven eighths English and Cornish and one eighth German. She was reportedly a talented pianist and played the violin when she was young.
Tragedy struck when Jayne was three, when her father suddenly died of a heart attack. Three years later, her mother remarried and she and her mother moved to Dallas, Texas, buying a small home where she had violin concerts in the driveway of their home. Her IQ was reportedly 163, and she attended the University of Dallas and participated in little-theater productions. In 1949, at the age of 16, she married a man five years her senior named Paul Mansfield. In November 1950, when Jayne was seventeen, their daughter, Jayne Marie Mansfield was born. The union ended in divorce but she kept the surname Mansfield as a good surname for an actress.
After some productions there and elsewhere, Jayne decided to go to Hollywood. Her first film was a bit role as a cigarette girl in Pete Kelly's Blues (1955). Although the roles in the beginning were not much, she was successful in gaining those roles because of her ample physical attributes which placed her in two other films that year, Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) and Illegal (1955). Her breakout role came the next year with a featured part in The Burglar (1957). By the time she portrayed Rita Marlowe in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) and Playgirl After Dark (1960), Jayne was now known as the poor man's Marilyn Monroe. She did not get the plum roles that Marilyn got in her productions. Instead, her films were more of a showcase for her body more than anything else. She did have a real talent for acting, but the movie executives insisted she stay in her dumb blonde stereotype roles. By the 1960s, her career had options that grew lower. She made somewhat embarrassing guest appearances like on the popular game show What's My Line? (1950), she appeared on the show four times in 1956, 1957, 1964, and 1966 and many other 1950s and 1960s game shows. By 1962, she was dropped from 20th Century Fox and the rest of her career had smaller options like being in B movies and low budget movies or performing at food stores or small nightclubs.
While traveling from a nightclub in Biloxi, Mississippi and 30 miles from New Orleans to where she was to be on television the following day, she was killed instantly on Highway 90 in Slidell, Louisiana in a car crash in the early hours of June 29, 1967, when the car in which she was riding slammed into the back of a semi-tractor trailer truck that had stopped due to a truck in front of the tractor trailer that was spraying for bugs. Her car went under the truck at nearly 80 miles per hour. Her boyfriend Samuel Brody and their driver Ronnie Harrison, were also killed. The damage to the car was so bad that the engine was twisted sideways. She was not, however, decapitated, as had long been misreported. She was 34 years old.
Mansfield's funeral was on July 3, 1967 and hundreds of people lined the main street of Pen Argyl for Mansfield's funeral, a small private ceremony at Fairview Cemetery in Plainfield (outside Pen Argyl), Pennsylvania (where her father was also buried), attended by her family. The only ex-husband to attend was Mickey Hargitay. Her final film, Single Room Furnished (1966), was released the following year. In 2000, Mansfield's 97 year old mother, Mrs. Vera Peers, was interred alongside Mansfield.
After Mansfield's death, Mansfield's mother, as well as her ex-husband Mickey Hargitay, William Pigue (legal guardian for her daughter, Jayne Marie), Charles Goldring (Mansfield's business manager), and Bernard B. Cohen and Jerome Webber (both administrators of the estate) all filed unsuccessful suits to gain control of her estate, which was initially estimated at $600,000 ($3,712,000 in 2018 dollars), including the Pink Palace (estimated at $100,000 ($619,000 in 2018 dollars)), a sports car sold for $7,000 ($43,000 in 2018 dollars), her jewelry, and Sam Brody's $185,000 estate left to her in his last will ($1,145,000 in 2018 dollars).
In 1971, Beverly Brody sued the Mansfield estate for $325,000 ($2,011,000 in 2018 dollars) worth of presents and jewelry given to Mansfield by Sam Brody; the suit was settled out of court.
In 1977, Mansfield's four eldest children (Jayne Marie, Mickey, Zoltan, and Mariska) went to court to discover that some $500,000 in debt which Mansfield had incurred ($3,093,000 in 2018 dollars) and litigation had left the estate insolvent.- Lovely, shapely and sunny blonde knockout Marilyn Ardith Waltz was born on November 5, 1931 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Marilyn was a Playmate of the Month in the February 1954, April 1954, and April 1955 issues of "Playboy." Waltz used the alias Margaret Scott for her first "Playboy" pictorial; "Playboy" publisher Hugh Hefner didn't know Waltz had posed for "Playboy" as Margaret Scott until 1996 when he was looking at photographs for the 1996 publication "The Playmate Book." Moreover, she holds the distinction of being the first of two women to be a three-time centerfold girl in "Playboy" magazine. Marilyn also appeared in several other men's magazines in the 50s. Outside of modeling, Waltz was also a singer and TV commercial actress. Her sole movie acting gig was in the obscure 1954 feature "Love Me Madly." Marilyn married Breck Jordan on January 16, 1958; the couple had two children and three grandchildren. Waltz owned a successful real estate firm in Southern California. In 1993 she moved to Oregon and worked in another real estate firm in Medford, Oregon before eventually retiring in 1996. Marilyn Waltz died at age 75 on December 23, 2006 in Medford, Oregon.
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Buxom, gorgeous and curvaceous 5'2" brunette knockout Diane Webber was born Marguerite Diane Empey on July 29, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of writer/producer Arthur Guy Empey and his wife Marguerite Andrus. Diane worked as a chorus girl and took formal ballet training. She married Joe Webber in 1955 and was discovered by the same man who discovered the young Marilyn Monroe. Webber was the Playmate of the Month in the May 1955 and February 1956 issues of "Playboy" magazine. With her lovely face and exceptionally toned, shapely and voluptuous 39C-23-37 figure, hypnotically sensual presence and large natural breasts, Diane was a popular pin-up girl of the 1950s and 1960s, doing pictorials for and/or gracing the covers of such men's magazines as "Frolic," "Escapade," "Adam," "Beau," "Jem," "Tiger," "Modern Sunbathing," "Mermaid," "Monsieur," "Fling," "American Nudist," "Rogue," "Nugget," and "Esquire." Among the noted glamor photographers she posed for are Bunny Yeager, Russ Meyer and Peter Gowland.
An avowed nudist, Diane appeared on the covers of many publications that endorsed the "naturist" lifestyle. In addition, she also was featured on the cover photos for the music albums "Sea of Dreams" by Nelson Riddle and "Jewels of the Sea" by Les Baxter. Diane acted in a handful of films and TV shows/ She portrayed a mermaid in both the nudie-cutie feature Mermaids of Tiburon (1962) and The Mermaid (1967) episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). She appeared as herself in the obscure 1962 Russ Meyer nudie-cutie short "This Is My Body." Besides acting and modeling, Webber was also a belly dancer and dancing teacher. "The Wonderful Webbers", written by June Lange, documented the Webber's nudist lifestyle. In 1975 Diane was found guilty in a postal obscenity case, but the verdict was later overturned.
Diane Webber died at age 76 from complications following surgery for cancer on August 19, 2008, in Los Angeles, California.- Producer
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Sultry, buxom and shapely blonde looker Eve Meyer was born Evelyn Eugene Turner on December 13, 1928 in Griffin, Georgia. Eve was a popular high profile pin-up model throughout the 50s who was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1955 issue of "Playboy." Other men's magazines Meyer did pictorials for and/or graced the covers of are "Bold," "Scamp," "Caper," and "Modern Man." She often worked as a model for glamor photographer and independent adult filmmaker Russ Meyer. Eve was married to Meyer from 1952 to 1969. She made her film debut with an uncredited bit part in the 1955 feature "Artists and Models." Eve played the titular role in the Meyer movie "Eve and the Handyman." Moreover, she worked as an associate producer on such Meyer films as "Lorna," "Mudhoney," "Motor Psycho," "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!," "Vixen!," "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," and "The Seven Minutes." Eve Meyer was a successful businesswoman when her life was tragically cut short at age 48 in the Tenerlife airplane disaster in the Canary Islands on March 27, 1977.- Lovely blonde Janet Pilgrim was born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois. Pilgrim was working in the subscription department for "Playboy" magazine when editor/publisher Hugh Hefner asked her to pose for a pictorial. Hefner choose the alias Janet Pilgrim as a spoof on puritanism. Moreover, Pilgrim's "girl next door" quality set the tone for future Playmates. Janet was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1955 issue of "Playboy." She went on to become the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1955 and October, 1956 issues of "Playboy." Pilgrim holds the distinction of being one out of two Playmates of the Month to be a three-time centerfold in the magazine. Janet Pilgrim was listed at #83 in the 1999 "Playboy" newsstand special "Sex Stars of the Century."
- Pat Lawler was born on 29 December 1929 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) and The Jimmy Durante Show (1954). She died on 21 November 2017 in Oakhurst, California, USA.
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- Jean Moorhead was born in August 1935 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for The Violent Years (1956), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) and The Atomic Submarine (1959).
- Lovely blonde Janet Pilgrim was born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois. Pilgrim was working in the subscription department for "Playboy" magazine when editor/publisher Hugh Hefner asked her to pose for a pictorial. Hefner choose the alias Janet Pilgrim as a spoof on puritanism. Moreover, Pilgrim's "girl next door" quality set the tone for future Playmates. Janet was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1955 issue of "Playboy." She went on to become the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1955 and October, 1956 issues of "Playboy." Pilgrim holds the distinction of being one out of two Playmates of the Month to be a three-time centerfold in the magazine. Janet Pilgrim was listed at #83 in the 1999 "Playboy" newsstand special "Sex Stars of the Century."
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Buxom, gorgeous and curvaceous 5'2" brunette knockout Diane Webber was born Marguerite Diane Empey on July 29, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of writer/producer Arthur Guy Empey and his wife Marguerite Andrus. Diane worked as a chorus girl and took formal ballet training. She married Joe Webber in 1955 and was discovered by the same man who discovered the young Marilyn Monroe. Webber was the Playmate of the Month in the May 1955 and February 1956 issues of "Playboy" magazine. With her lovely face and exceptionally toned, shapely and voluptuous 39C-23-37 figure, hypnotically sensual presence and large natural breasts, Diane was a popular pin-up girl of the 1950s and 1960s, doing pictorials for and/or gracing the covers of such men's magazines as "Frolic," "Escapade," "Adam," "Beau," "Jem," "Tiger," "Modern Sunbathing," "Mermaid," "Monsieur," "Fling," "American Nudist," "Rogue," "Nugget," and "Esquire." Among the noted glamor photographers she posed for are Bunny Yeager, Russ Meyer and Peter Gowland.
An avowed nudist, Diane appeared on the covers of many publications that endorsed the "naturist" lifestyle. In addition, she also was featured on the cover photos for the music albums "Sea of Dreams" by Nelson Riddle and "Jewels of the Sea" by Les Baxter. Diane acted in a handful of films and TV shows/ She portrayed a mermaid in both the nudie-cutie feature Mermaids of Tiburon (1962) and The Mermaid (1967) episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). She appeared as herself in the obscure 1962 Russ Meyer nudie-cutie short "This Is My Body." Besides acting and modeling, Webber was also a belly dancer and dancing teacher. "The Wonderful Webbers", written by June Lange, documented the Webber's nudist lifestyle. In 1975 Diane was found guilty in a postal obscenity case, but the verdict was later overturned.
Diane Webber died at age 76 from complications following surgery for cancer on August 19, 2008, in Los Angeles, California.- Lovely and shapely blonde bombshell Marian Stafford was born on February 7, 1931 in Houston, Texas. Marian played bassoon with the Youth Symphony in Texas and was a graduate of the University of Houston. She studied acting at the American Theatre Wing. Stafford was the Playmate of the Month in the March, 1956 issue of "Playboy;" her centerfold was the first to consist of three pages. Moreover, Marian was also featured in a few other men's magazines. In addition, Stafford was not also a regular on such 50's Golden Age television game shows as "Treasure Hunt" and "The $64,000 Question," but also appeared as a human test pattern for Max Liebman spectaculars. Her sole acting role was as the Mistress of Ceremonies in the animated fantasy comedy outing "The Big Fun Carnival." Marian died at age 53 on August 16, 1984 in Texas.
- Alice Denham was born on 21 January 1927 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Olga's House of Shame (1964), She Should Have Stayed in Bed (1963) and Olga's Girls (1964). She was married to John Brady Mueller. She died on 27 January 2016 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Jonnie Nicely was the Playboy magazine centerfold color feature for the August, 1956 issue, and was regularly featured at celebrity and GlamourCon conventions nationwide. By 1996 she had retired from her 12-year career at Rockwell International in Palmdale, California as an electrical installation mechanic. Before that, she had worked as a seamstress and a carhop.
Her mother had died when Jonnie was two, and she was raised by her older sister after her father died four years later. Jonnie entered a convent school briefly, then headed west at sixteen and found work in modeling. Her Playboy work was the centerpiece of that career and she married three times. She met her first husband - Joel - while working as a restaurant hostess. Joel was a college athlete with an engineering degree, and was then studying law. But he suffered an emotional collapse four months after the wedding and was diagnosed with schizophrenia which saw him in and out of mental hospitals for several years. The marriage dissolved after more than five years.
At the end of her life, she lived in Lancaster, California. - Lovely blonde Janet Pilgrim was born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois. Pilgrim was working in the subscription department for "Playboy" magazine when editor/publisher Hugh Hefner asked her to pose for a pictorial. Hefner choose the alias Janet Pilgrim as a spoof on puritanism. Moreover, Pilgrim's "girl next door" quality set the tone for future Playmates. Janet was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1955 issue of "Playboy." She went on to become the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1955 and October, 1956 issues of "Playboy." Pilgrim holds the distinction of being one out of two Playmates of the Month to be a three-time centerfold in the magazine. Janet Pilgrim was listed at #83 in the 1999 "Playboy" newsstand special "Sex Stars of the Century."
- Fetching buxom brunette Betty Blue was born on August 14, 1931 in West Memphis, Arkansas. She worked as a showgirl at the El Rancho Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada prior to becoming the Playmate of the Month in the November 1956 issue of "Playboy." In addition to "Playboy," Betty also posed for a few other men's magazines. Betty played Pocahontas in the lightweight nudie cutie comedy romp Not Tonight Henry (1960) and had a small role in the oddball underground experimental movie Women in Revolt (1971). She also acted in several TV commercials. Blue married adult-film director/producer Harold Lime in 1957; they divorced in 1963, but remarried in 1991. Betty died of heart failure at age 69 on August 23, 2000 in Los Angeles, California.
- Lisa Winters is known for Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera (1963) and Intimate Diary of Artists' Models (1963).
- June Blair was a San Francisco-born model who provided eye candy in a few 1950s and 60s films and early TV episodes, often cast as chorines or good time girls. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in January 1957 and also featured as a pin-up in other men's magazines such as Tiger and Nugget. June got her start on Jimmy Durante's TV show which then led to several small parts in movies. Her first credited role of note was in Hell Bound (1957), a minor film noir with June as the female lead opposite John Russell and Stuart Whitman. After that, she had supporting roles in a low-budget western (Lone Texan (1959)) and, as one of a trio of nubile ladies vying for the affections of jungle island castaways Jeff Richards and John Smith in the exotic trifle that was Island of Lost Women (1959). Able to get a release from her contract with 20thCentury Fox, who, she felt, were doing nothing to further her career, June moved on to Screen Gems to appear as guest star in classic television serials like The Texan (1958) and Sea Hunt (1958). She had two further movie roles which merit a mention: as Ernest Borgnine's (albeit peripheral) daughter Judy in The Rabbit Trap (1959) and as a murder victim in the courtroom drama A Fever in the Blood (1961).
Though at one time engaged to singer Nino Tempo, June ended up tying the knot with actor David Nelson. She went on to play his on-screen wife in 28 episodes of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952). After her departure from show business in 1966, she devoted her time to family life and painting. - Lovely and shapely blonde Sally Jo Todd was born on June 7, 1934 in Tucson, Arizona. Her entertainment career began when Sally's mother encouraged her to enter a local Tucson beauty contest in 1952. Todd studied drama in her native Tucson as well. She moved to California in 1954 and got a job modeling clothes. Sally was the Playmate of the Month in the February, 1957 issue of "Playboy." Among the other men's magazines she posed for are "Focus," "Brief," "Bachelor," and "Sir Knight." Todd was eventually spotted by a 20th Century Fox talent scout. Sally acted in a handful of enjoyable low-budget drive-in movies that include "The Unearthly" and "Frankenstein's Daughter." Sally married singer Charles Cochran in 1961; they divorced a short while later. On June 8, 1963 Todd wed John W. James in Las Vegas, Nevada; this marriage also ended in divorce. Sally now lives in Big Sur, California and runs an antique shop.
- Saundra Edwards had two children with her first husband, Lorin Kopp: Camille (born March 30, 1956) and Steven John (born April 18, 1959). Steven was adopted by Tom Gilson, Saundra's second husband.
It has been said that Saundra's career ended abruptly due to the controversy surrounding Tom Gilson's death but that was not the cause of her career ending.
Her Warner Bros career ended after Tom's death. She was offered a six (6) movie deal that would have been much more lucrative then being a contract player for Warner Brothers. However, she turned down the deal because the studio wanted her to put her children in boarding schools and she would not do that. She walked away from Hollywood. - Lovely and sultry brunette Margaret Dawn Richard was born on March 5, 1936 in Los Angeles, California. She's of Osage Indian descent. Her father was a former silent movie stunt pilot. Dawn's family moved to Palm Springs, California, where her father built five motels. Richard acted in a high school stage production of "Meet Me in St. Louis". She made her film debut in an uncredited bit part as a Pharaoh's daughter in the big budget biblical epic The Ten Commandments (1956). Dawn had an especially memorable role as ill-fated gymnast "Theresa" in the drive-in adolescent horror cult classic I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). Among the TV shows she made guest appearances on were episodes of Father Knows Best (1954), Perry Mason (1957), Colt .45 (1957), and Dragnet (1951). Richard was the Playmate of the Month in the May, 1957 issue of "Playboy". Moreover, Dawn also posed for such adult publications as "Bachelor", "Modern Man", "Man's Magazine," and "Vue". Richard married producer David L. Wolper in 1958 and had three children with him prior to divorcing Wolper in 1969. Dawn now lives in Burbank, California.
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Dolores Donlon was born on 19 September 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Long Wait (1954), Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956) and Flight to Hong Kong (1956). She was married to Fernando Mendez, Robert de Pasquale and Victor M. Orsatti. She died on 30 November 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.- Marlene Callahan was born on 24 August 1937 in Ventura, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Magic Sword (1962), The Real McCoys (1957) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996).
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Elizabeth Ann Roberts was the centerfold for Playboy's January 1958 Issue and was one of the most controversial playmates to grace the pages of Playboy. Elizabeth posed for playboy at the age of 16 with a note from her mother giving her permission to pose for the spread.
This resulted in the arrest of Hugh Hefner and Elizabeth's mother on the grounds that they where contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The charges where dropped due to the fact that there was not enough evidence to prove that Hugh knew her age. Prior to 1959 Playboy did not require models to complete data sheets.- Cheryl Kubert was born on 11 March 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Smokey and the Judge (1982). She was married to John W. Hawksley. She died on 28 May 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Felicia Atkins is known for The Errand Boy (1961).
- Corinne Cole was born on 13 April 1937 in Brentwood, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Murderers' Row (1966), The Party (1968) and Cain's Hundred (1961). She was previously married to George Sidney, Harold L. Lansky (Harold Jay Kaplan), Robert Edwin Heffron and Jack Entratter.
- Lovely and petite 5'2" blonde looker Linne Nanette Ahlstrand was born on July 1, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Ahlstrand moved to New York City from Hollywood, California so she could pursue a career as both a model and an actress. Linne was the Playmate of the Month in the July, 1958 issue of "Playboy." She has a small part as Natalie the bar girl in "Beast from Haunted Cave" and a much more substantial role as Diane in "Living Venus." Moreover, Ahlstrand had a recurring role as a dispatcher on the action crime TV series "Highway Patrol." Linne returned to the Los Angeles area in September, 1965. She got married on September 7, 1965. Ahlstrand was still working as an actress and a model when she died at the tragically young age of 30 from cancer on January 18, 1967 in Pasadena, California.
- Cute and busty 5'2" blonde Teri Hope was born Natalie Hope Ronson in February, 1939. Teri studied drama at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hope attended a "Playboy"-themed party at the Beta Sigma Rho fraternity house; chapter members at said bash proclaimed Hope the "Party Playmate" and submitted her photos to "Playboy" magazine. Teri was subsequently chosen as the Playmate of the Month for the September, 1958 issue of "Playboy." In the wake of her Playmate stint Hope went on to a brief acting career which lasted up until the mid 60s: She not only made guest appearances on episodes of such TV series as "The Gertrude Berg Show," "Hennesey," and ""Shannon," but also has small roles in the Elvis Presley pictures "Fun in Acapulco" and "Roustabout."
- The actress was born Marilyn Watts in Santa Monica, California, 17 years before she put her foot on the bottom step of the show biz ladder, dancing in the back row of the chorus in "Earl Carroll's Revue" at the famed showman's theater-restaurant in Hollywood. Modeling for photographers led to wider exposure and ultimately to TV roles and bit parts in low-budget movies. As a Universal-International contract player, she was in most every type of B picture that the studio made. She gave up acting in the early '60s to concentrate on marriage and motherhood during 17 tumultuous years as the wife of actor Richard Long. Since his 1974 death, she's played supporting parts in her friend Clint Eastwood's movies, just as he played a supporting role in one of hers (Tarantula (1955)).
- Patricia Ann Sheehan was born in San Francisco, California on September 7, 1931, the daughter of Arthur Edmond Sheehan and Gladys Anna Larson. She grew into one of the most beautiful women in the world. She was one of the first Playmate centerfolds for Playboy (Miss October 1958). If you ever saw Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys (2000), you saw her centerfold photo in the opening scene.
Men all over the world wanted her. She dated Howard Hughes, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Rod Taylor, among others, but in the end wound up marrying Bing Crosby's son, Dennis Crosby. She had three beautiful children Gregory, Dennis Jr. and Patrick.
Pat was the "NBC Queen" and the "Colgate Comedy Hour Girl", and there wasn't a man alive who didn't lose his breath when she walked into a room. Always with class and a big smile. She crossed over to meet the "boys" on January 14, 2006. - Lovely Joan Staley was born Joan McConchie on May 20, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and started taking violin lessons by the time she was three years old. Living in Los Angeles, her prodigious talent was obvious. She soon joined a baby orchestra in Los Angeles and, within a few years, became a Junior Symphony performer at age six. She also made her unbilled specialty debut on film as a child violinist in The Emperor Waltz (1948), starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine.
Her father's business had the family traveling throughout Europe growing up but she later relocated to California and briefly enrolled at Chapman College in the Los Angeles area. Becoming a stunning, statuesque beauty, she re-directed herself back to a career in show business, singing backup on records for Sam Phillips and working as a secretary to make ends meet while appearing in local L.A. stage productions.
In 1958, she was approached by a photographer and eventually posed for Playboy magazine, becoming November's centerfold. The attention warranted her an MGM contract and cheesecake bit parts came her way with such movies as Ocean's Eleven (1960) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). She appeared front-and-center à la Raquel Welch as a scantily-clad prehistoric turn-on in Valley of the Dragons (1961), but nothing much came of it.
Following her perky love interests in the mediocre western Gunpoint (1966), starring Audie Murphy, and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), a Don Knotts comedy film, and guest appearances on such TV shows as "Rango," "Pistols and Petticoats, "Mission: Impossible," "Ironside" and "Adam-12," Joan's career went on hiatus after a horse-riding accident.
Briefly married to Chuck Staley, her second husband is former Universal exec Dale Sheets. Twins were born to them, a boy and girl, on March 24, 1971. Since then, with the exception of a brief appearance on an episode of "Dallas" in 1982, Joan remained with family life and other outside pursuits. She died on November 24, 2019. - Actress
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Lovely and shapely brunette knockout Joyce Nizzari was born on May 20, 1940 in the Bronx, New York City, New York. She's of Italian descent. Joyce was discovered in Miami, Florida at age fifteen by noted glamour photographer Bunny Yeager. Nizzari was chosen as the queen of an annual convention held by the Florida Photographers Association in August, 1957 and was a nominee of the Hialeah Junior of Commerce for the 1958 Miss America beauty pageant. She graced the cover of the July, 1958 issue of "Playboy" and was the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1958 issue of the famous men's magazine. Moreover, Joyce worked as a Bunny at the first Playboy Club in Chicago, Illinois. Among the movies she had small parts in are the camp schlock classic The Wild Women of Wongo (1959) (as one of the titular ladies), Seven Days in May (1964), Pajama Party (1964) and The Great Race (1965). Nizzari also made guest appearances on episodes of such TV series as Burke's Law (1963), McHale's Navy (1962), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Petticoat Junction (1963), Green Acres (1965) and Hawaii Five-O (1968). Joyce married character actor Jack Hogan in May, 1967; the couple had one son and one daughter prior to splitting up in 1980. In the late 90s, Nizzari returned to "Playboy" full-time as one of Hugh Hefner's assistants at the Playboy Mansion West.- Virginia Gordon was born on 28 October 1936 in Chaplin, West Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for The Animal (1968), The Muthers (1968) and Once Upon a Knight (1961).
- Eleanor Bradley was born on 13 December 1938 in Waukegan, Illinois, USA.
- Pretty brunette Nancy Crawford was born on April 16, 1941 in Valhalla, New York. Nancy was the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1959 issue of "Playboy" and was only seventeen years old when she posed for her "Playboy" pictorial. Crawford not only made a guest appearance on an episode of the TV series "Tales of Wells Fargo," but also acted in the movies "The Thrill Killers" and "The Witchmaker." Nancy went on to become a wife and a mother. Nancy Crawford now lives in the suburbs of New York City.
- Lovely brunette Marilyn Hanold was born the second of six children on June 9, 1938 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York. She's of German descent. Her father was a lieutenant with the New York City police department. Hanold graduated from the World Secretarial School in New York and worked as a legal secretary for a big league patent attorney for 18 months. In August, 1957 Marilyn joined the chorus line of the El Rancho in Las Vegas, Nevada -- she went on to be featured in the tabloid revue "Scandalettes" at the El Rancho -- and was a showgirl at Ciro's. Marilyn was working as a showgirl at Frank Sennes' "Moulin Rouge" in Hollywood, California when she was spotted by a William Morris Agency representative for George Gobel's new stage production "Riviera Revue." Hanold graced the cover of the February, 1959 issue of "Photo Life" magazine and was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1959 issue of "Playboy." Moreover, she also acted in a handful of films and TV shows throughout the 50s and 60s. Hanold married oil tycoon Rulon Keaton Neilson in 1967; the couple had three daughters altogether. Marilyn now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah and remains prominent in charities and gala events held in the Salt Lake City area.
- Born on August 26, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, Yvette Vickers majored in picture and theatre arts at UCLA for three years. On a trip to New York in the mid-1950s, she was cast as the White Rain Girl in commercials. She returned to the West Coast, working in various television series until she debuted in her first movie, Short Cut to Hell (1957), James Cagney's first directing effort. She played Allison Hayes' slatternly rival in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) and Bruno VeSota's slatternly wife in Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959). After doing a half dozen more movies through the end of the 1950s, the blonde, blue-eyed actress appeared once in 1963 in Hud (1963), in What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), and in the television movie The Dead Don't Die (1975).
- Cute and sexy blonde Marianne Gaba was born Mary Ann Gaba on November 13, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father Frank Gaba was a mailman while her mother Marie was a factory worker. Gaba was crowned Miss Illinois in a local beauty pageant in 1957 and was one of fifteen finalists in the Miss Universe contest held in Long Beach, California in July of that same year. Marianne attended USC for two years and wrote a gossip column for "TV and Movie Screen" magazine. She was the Playmate of the Month in the September, 1959 issue of "Playboy." Gaba went on to act in a handful of films and television shows in the wake of her Playmate stint. She married Michael Eugene Starkman on June 11, 1960 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Moreover, Marianne was the mother of two children: She gave birth to son Gregory on April 29, 1962 while her daughter Wendy was born on March 27, 1966.
- Short (5'3"), but buxom and shapely blonde bombshell Donna Lynn was born on September 21, 1936 in Walukee, Oklahoma. Lynn was working as a cocktail waitress at the supper club The Cloister on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California when she was chosen to be the Playmate of the Month in the November, 1959 issue of "Playboy." Donna's sole foray into film acting was a secondary part as Wednesday in the ill-received lowbrow comedy romp "The Private Lives of Adam and Eve."
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Ellen Stratton was born on 9 June 1939 in Marietta, Mississippi, USA. She is an assistant director, known for Miss Supreme Queen (1999).- Actress
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The early film career of Stella Stevens could be said to mirror that of Marilyn Monroe. She began by playing a succession of sensuous, blond glamour girls, from naïve virgins and funny coquettes to precocious or briny-tongued floozies. Her early maturity on screen may have reflected her own turbulent private life: she was married at 15, had a child (Andrew Stevens) at 16 and was divorced a year later. At 21, having a child to support and no money, she posed for a celebrated Playboy centerfold. She was Playmate of the Month for January 1960 which did her subsequent movie career no harm whatever. She was voted by Playboy as one of the 100 Sexiest Women of the 20th century and became one of the most photographed stars of the 1960s.
The voluptuous, blue-eyed Stella was born Estelle Caro Eggleston to one of the oldest families in Yazoo City, Mississippi. A myth which had her hailing from the quaintly named area of Hot Coffee was purely an invention by Hollywood publicists. Her father, Thomas Ellet Eggleston, was an insurance salesman, her mother, Estelle (nee Caro), a nurse. The family moved to Memphis when she was four.
During her early childhood, Stella was nicknamed "Bootsie". Precocious and impatient to grow up, she took to watching movies at every opportunity. It became her main passion. Graduating from high school in 1955, she spent two years attending Memphis State University where she was 'discovered' during a production of Bus Stop in the role of aspiring nightclub singer Chérie (famously played by Marilyn in the film version). Borrowing some money, Stella made her way to the bright lights of Los Angeles and was signed by 20th Century Fox in 1959. She made only three films for the studio during a six months spell before her contract was dropped, her debut being a bit part in Frank Tashlin's saccharine comedy-drama Say One for Me (1959).
Her role won her a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Newcomer. That same year, she was picked up by Paramount and made her first breakthrough on the screen as the vampish Apassionata von Climax in the film version of the hit Broadway musical Li'l Abner (1959), based on Al Capp's comic strip.
She alternated motion pictures with television appearances, displaying a perhaps unexpectedly wide range as an actress in both dramatic and comedic roles. She stood out in films like Too Late Blues (1961) and The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), both under greatly contrasting directorial styles.
Above all, she saw herself not as a sex icon but as a comedienne. She once said "I want to be remembered for whatever made people laugh the most." Unafraid to do physical comedy in the manner of Lucille Ball she was also often lauded for her comic timing in films like The Silencers (1966) (a James Bond-style spoof, co-starring a sleepy-eyed Dean Martin) and Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968). In the 1970s, her best role was as a warmhearted prostitute in Sam Peckinpah's seminal western The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970). Writer and critic Roger Ebert wrote of her performance "There are few enough actresses who can be funny and feminine at the same time, but she is certainly one of them." Conversely, in the classic disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure (1972), she played a former hooker with a heart closer to tin.
Like many film careers, hers too experienced a fair share of hiccups along the way, often due to typecasting: duds like Slaughter (1972), Stand Up and Be Counted (1972), Las Vegas Lady (1975), The Manitou (1978), and others. However, Stella proved resourceful enough to diversify and go behind the camera, both as producer and director of a feature-length documentary, The American Heroine (1979). She co-authored a novel entitled 'Razzle, Dazzle' (published in 1999), about the rise and fall of a glamorous rock star. She unveiled her own range of women's and men's fragrances, called 'Sexy'.
During the 1980s and 1990s, she concentrated primarily on television and enjoyed lengthy tenures on the glossy soaps Flamingo Road (1980) and Santa Barbara (1984), in addition to many guest appearances in shows as diverse as Police Story (1973), Hotel (1983), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) and In the Heat of the Night (1988). In 1976, she briefly forsook the glamour of Beverly Hills and set up home on a 27-acre ranch on the edge of the Cascade Mountains in Washington State and then proceeded to operate an art gallery and bakery in a nearby town.
By 1983, she had returned to her Beverly Hills home where she lived with her partner (rock guitarist Bob Kulick), until the home was sold in 2016. Afflicted by Alzheimer's disease, Stella Stevens spent her remaining years in an assisted living home in California and passed away in Los Angeles on February 17 2023 at the age of 84.- Linda Gamble was born on 11 September 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Judd for the Defense (1967) and Real People (1979).
- Ginger Young is known for Studio 57 (1954).
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Pretty and petite 5'2" brunette Delores Wells was born on October 17, 1937 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Delores was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1960 issue of "Playboy" (she was paid $500 dollars for this particular pictorial). Wells worked as a Bunny at the Chicago Playboy Club, where she earned $1,000 dollars a week. Moreover, Delores also acted in a handful of B-movies and TV shows. She not only was a regular minor player in several 60s AIP "Beach Party" films, but also made guest appearances on episodes of such TV series as The Bob Cummings Show (1961); Thriller (1960); 87th Precinct (1961) and Burke's Law (1963). Wells met legendary adult cinema actress Linda Lovelace at a Playboy Mansion party and worked, for a while, as Lovelace's personal secretary.- Delilah Henry is known for Laffing Time (1959).
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Joni Mattis was born on 28 November 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is known for Playboy After Dark (1969), Playboy's Penthouse (1959) and Playboy's Playmate Party (1977). She died on 4 September 1999 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Lovely and well-built blonde Susan Kelly was born on February 15, 1938 in Oklahoma. She's of mixed French, Irish, and Cherokee Indian descent. Susan has a degree in education from Oklahoma University. Kelly was the Playmate of the Month in the May, 1961 issue of "Playboy." Susan acted in a few movies and TV shows. Producer Albert Zugsmith discovered her and cast Kelly as WAC Lt. Cahoun in the ill-received comedy flop "Dondi." Moreover, Susan also made guest appearances on episodes of the TV series "Manhunt," "The Joey Bishop Show," and "Mr. Terrific."
- Heidi Becker was born on 11 October 1940 in Klagenfurt, Austria. She is an actress, known for Ein Leben für Do (1954), Du darfst nicht länger schweigen (1955) and Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne (1955).
- Lovely and shapely blonde looker Dianne Danford was born on August 9, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. Dianne moved with her father, mother, and brother to Los Angeles, California in 1958. She was discovered by "Playboy" magazine shooting clay pigeons on a skeet range and was chosen to be the Playmate of the Month in the November, 1961 issue of the famous men's magazine. At the time of her Playmate stint Danford was also working as a swimsuit model. According to her "Playboy" data sheet Dianne was a big fan of Fabian's music and enjoyed painting and water skiing. Her sole foray into film acting was a sizable role as Connie in the obscure low-budget horror picture "Weekend of Fear."
- Merle Pertile was born on 23 November 1941 in Whittier, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Ensign O'Toole (1962) and Playboy's Penthouse (1959). She was married to Jed S. Levitt. She died on 21 February 1997 in Lake Arrowhead, California, USA.
- Buxom and shapely 5'4" brunette Kari Knudsen was born and raised in the small town of Romsdal, Norway. Knudsen eventually moved to America to pursue an acting career. Kari worked in a traveling repertory theatre prior to being chosen to be the Playboy Playmate of the Month for February, 1962. According to her Playboy profile, Knudsen's hobbies are knitting, ice skating, horseback riding, and listening to modern jazz. Her lone foray into film acting was a lead role in the soft-core romp The Orgy at Lil's Place (1963).
- Pamela Anne Gordon was born on 10 February 1943 in British Columbia, Canada. Pamela Anne died on 21 September 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Sally Carter-Ihnat was born on 12 May 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Emergency! (1972), The Phantom Planet (1961) and Police Story (1973). She was previously married to Peter Marshall, Steve Ihnat and Donald Scott Michel.
- Lovely, busty, and sultry auburn-haired brunette Marissa Mathes was born on January 26, 1940 in Moses Lake, Washington. Marissa studied drama and liberal arts at Santa Monica City College and acted in local theater productions in California. Mathes was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1962 issue of "Playboy." According to her "Playboy" data sheet Marissa's hobbies were horseback riding, bicycle riding, reading, and traveling to such exotic places as Hawaii and Mexico. In the wake of her Playmate stint Mathes went on to act in a handful of TV shows and low-budget independent movies.
- Sharon Cintron was born on 16 January 1945 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for McMillan & Wife (1971), Get Smart (1965) and Mannix (1967).
- Connie was born in 1937 in Washington, D.C. She attended a private school for girls in Danville, Virginia. At the age of 21, Connie was married to actor Tony Young but she divorced him a few years later and moved to Florida to be near her family. She was managing the cosmetics department for a large department store in Miami when her parents suggested that she apply for a job at the new Playboy Club. Connie became a "camera bunny" at the club, making a great deal of money in tips. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1963 issue. Then, she continued working as a model in some TV commercials when she was discovered by director Herschell Gordon Lewis in 1963, Connie was hired to work in the horror movie Blood Feast (1963) directed by him the same year, there she met actor William Kerwin, they dated a few months and got married in 1964. Suggested by her husband, Connie played a leading part in the film Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) also directed by Lewis. After that, she devoted her life to raise her two daughters and continued working in different plays with her husband and children. Connie also appeared in several movies in small roles.
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Carrie White was born on 25 August 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is known for Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Coma (1978) and The Goodbye Girl (1977). She was married to Richard Alcala, Frederic White and Jordan Schwartz. She died on 3 May 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Vicki Carbe was born on 13 December 1942. She is an actress.- Christine Williams was born on 7 January 1945 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Burke's Law (1963), Otto und die nackte Welle (1968) and Petticoat Junction (1963). She was married to Tom Scott and Mike Gardner. She died on 21 November 2017 in Panaca, Nevada, USA.
- Donna Michelle was born on 8 December 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), One Spy Too Many (1966) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). She was married to David M. Ronne. She died on 10 April 2004.
- Sharon Rogers was born on 19 November 1942 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Burke's Law (1963), The Candidate (1964) and That Regis Philbin Show (1964).
- Lovely and busty brunette knockout Ashlyn Martin was born as Laura Lynn Hale on March 20, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio where she grew up. She worked as a Bunny at the Playboy Chicago Club. Martin first appeared in "Playboy" in a pictorial called "The Bunnies" in the July, 1963 issue. Ashlyn was the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1964 issue of the famous men's magazine. Moreover, Martin also acted in a few movies: Best known as Marcy, the ill-fated girl on the beach in Herschell Gordon Lewis' notorious horror splatter cult classic "Blood Feast," Ashlyn also popped up in small roles in the lightweight AIP comedy musical romps "Beach Party" and "Muscle Beach Party."
- Busty and lovely brunette stunner China Lee was born Margaret Lee on September 2, 1942, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her parents were Chinese immigrants who moved to America after getting married, and owned a laundry. The youngest of eight children, China has three brothers and four sisters. She worked as a waitress and hair stylist prior to becoming a Playboy Bunny at the Playboy Clubs in Chicago and New York City. She was also a training Bunny who traveled to different Playboy Clubs to teach novice Bunnies the ropes. China was the Playmate of the Month in the August 1964 issue of "Playboy", the first Asian-American woman featured in a major nude pictorial in the famous men's magazine.
Lee made a guest appearance on an episode of the TV series The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) and also had small roles in such movies as The Troublemaker (1964), Harper (1966), What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966), Good Times (1967) and Medium Cool (1969). She dated rock singer Robert Plant for a while, and married comedian Mort Sahl in 1967; the couple had a son and divorced in 1991. - Astrid Schultz was born on 12 September 1939 in Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for A House Is Not a Home (1964).
- Lovely and sultry brunette Jo Collins was born Janet Canoy on August 5, 1945 in Lebanon, Oregon. She's of half Spanish and half Norwegian descent. Jo graduated from North Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon. Collins was discovered by "Playboy" while working as a page for the TV game show "Queen for a Day." She went on to work as a Playboy Bunny at several Playboy Clubs and eventually became a Bunny Mother. Jo was the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1964 issue of "Playboy" and was the Playmate of the Year in 1965. She earned the nickname G.I. Jo for her USO tours to Vietnam to entertain the troops during the Vietnam War. Collins had small parts in the movies "Ski Party," "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini," "Sergeant Dead Head," "Lord Love a Duck," and "Fireball 500." She was married to famous baseball player Bo Belinsky from 1970 to 1975. Jo Collins did a follow-up pictorial called "Playmates Forever!" in the December, 1979 issue of "Playboy."
- Lovely, petite, and adorable blonde Sue Hamilton was born Karen Sue Levitt on November 14, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York. Hamilton originally planned on being a farmer. Although her parents wanted her to enroll at USC, Sue decided instead to forego college and embarked on a successful modeling career. Hamilton was the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1965 issue of "Playboy;" she used the name Sue Williams for this pictorial and at 4' 11" has the distinction of being one of the shortest women to ever pose for "Playboy." Following her Playmate stint Hamilton briefly worked as a secretary/receptionist at a film-processing firm in Burbank, California. A scout for American International Pictures spotted a photo of Sue in a magazine ad. Hamilton signed a long-term multi-movie contract with the studio. She made her film debut with a small part in "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini." Sue acted in a handful of movies for American International Pictures. Sue Hamilton died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at age 23 on September 2, 1969. She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
- Buxom, fetching and shapely brunette Maria McBane was born on February 8, 1946 in Bilboa, Spain. She's of Basque ancestry and grew up in Spain and Cuba. McBane moved to America as an adult. Maria was the Playmate of the Month in the May, 1965 issue of "Playboy;" she falsely claimed in her Playmate biography that she was born in Avignon, France and was of mixed French and Irish descent. McBane's sole foray into film acting was a minor part in the car race opus "Fireball 500." Maria eventually moved to Hawaii. She owned and operated the restaurant Huevos from 1984 to 1994. Moreover, Maria worked as a human resource manager for HMAA medical insurance group and as a real estate agent for the Hawaii Association of Realtors. She ran for the Hawaiian legislature in 1996. Maria McBane lives in Kahuku, Hawaii and works as the resident manager for Kuilima Estates East Condos.
- Gorgeous, slim and shapely brunette stunner Hedy Scott was born on January 24, 1946 in Jodoigne, Belgium. Her father was an American career military man and her mother was a Belgian actress. Scott moved around a lot as a child until her father's death in Korea in 1953 prompted her mother to return to Brussels. Hedy eventually moved to America. She worked as a theater candy girl in Beverly Hills, California. Hedy was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1965 issue of "Playboy." Scott was a part-time model for Hollywood fashion designer Charles Gallet. In the wake of her Playmate stint Hedy Scott embarked on a brief acting career: She made a guest appearance on an episode of "The Munsters" and had a small part in the car race romp "Fireball 500."
- Comely and buxom brunette stunner Patti Reynolds was born on May 29, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. Reynolds worked as a Playboy Bunny at the Playboy Club in Chicago prior to being chosen to be Playboy's Playmate of the Month for September, 1965 at age 17. Patti also appeared in a photograph on page 56 dated 1960 in the book "The Bunny Years" by Kathryn Leigh Scott; she also wrote a short bio about herself in said book. Moreover, Reynolds is also an accomplished equestrian who at the time her centerfold was run owned a champion horse named Frankie. Patti speaks fluent Spanish and Italian.
- Lovely and shapely blue-eyed blonde Allison Parks was born Gloria Waldron on October 18, 1941 in Glendale, California. Her father ran a floral nursery in Sun Valley, California. Allison was a cheerleader at Glendale High School. Parks was the Playmate of the Month in the October, 1965 issue of "Playboy." Allison told "Playboy" that she was twenty-one and single when she posed for her pictorial; in reality she was twenty-four, married, and the mother of two children (both of her kids are featured in said pictorial as "swimming school" students). She was named Playmate of the Year in 1966. In the wake of her Playmate stint Parks went on to have a very successful modeling and acting career (she primarily acted in a slew of TV commercials). Moreover, Allison also worked for an investment counseling firm and was a licensed scuba diver. Parks died of heart failure on June 21, 2010 on the beach in her favorite vacationing spot in Hawaii.
- Lovely, petite and adorable brunette Karla Conway was born Karla Jo Musacchia on July 5, 1946 in Pasadena, California. An avid surfer, Karla was raised in Malibu and graduated from Canoga Park High School. She was discovered by "Playboy" magazine on the beach in Malibu in 1965. Karla appeared as a dancer in the promo video for "Sea Cruise" by the Hondells. Conway was the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1966 issue of "Playboy;" at 4'11" she has the distinction of being one of the shortest women to pose for "Playboy." Karla married poet Jon Woodjack and gave birth to son Aaron on Jaunuary 25, 1967 in London, England. Conway returned to California and acted in a small part in the car race picture "Fireball 500." (She also portrayed Connie in the lowbrow soft-core sci-fi romp "Space Thing.") Conway then went to Denver, Colorado and worked as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in Aspen, Colorado. Moreover, she worked as a Bunny in Playboy Clubs in Denver, Jamaica, and Los Angeles. In 1968 Karla traveled with the Renaissance Pleasure Faire. Two years later she moved to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to help her father with his beachfront restaurant. Karla lived in Central America for several years. In 1978 Conway settled down in Hawaii. Karla has become a highly successful artist who calls herself Sachi. In 1987 she lost her only son Aaron to illness. Her artwork includes a sculpture of "Playboy" magazine founder/editor Hugh Hefner and paintings of famous rock stars. Collectors of her art not only include Al Gore and his wife Tipper, Michael Richards, Oprah Winfrey, and Yoko Ono, but also such corporations as MCA Records and the Ritz Carlton Hotels. Karla Conway lives in Holualoa, Hawaii.
- Dolly Read was born on 13 September 1944 in Bristol, Avon, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), That Tender Touch (1969) and Charlie's Angels (1976). She was previously married to Dick Martin.
- After becoming immersed in the 60s high life of drugs and sex, Denberg left show business and returned to Austria. News interviews at the time show a depressed Denberg in the company of her mother, at home in Klagenfurt. These news items, repeated in fan periodicals for years, gave the impression Denberg was suicidal or had already died. Actually, she is still alive.
- Luscious brunette stunner Lisa Baker was born on March 15, 1944 in Detroit, Texas. Lisa's family moved from Texas to Broken Bow, Oklahoma when she was two years old. She has four brothers and three sisters. Baker worked as a soda jerk at a local drugstore while in high school. Following graduation from high school Lisa moved to Los Angeles, California and got a job working in the loan service department for a savings and loan association. She was discovered by a photographer as a bridesmaid at a friend's wedding in Los Angeles. Lisa was the Playmate of the Month in the November, 1966 issue of "Playboy." She was named Playmate of the Year in 1967. In the wake of her Playmate stint Baker was a spokes model for "Playboy," appeared on "The Jonathan Winters Show," and was a Budweiser girl on "The Tonight Show." Baker did a follow-up pictorial called "Playmates Forever!" in the December, 1979 issue of "Playboy" and even posed for another pictorial at age 53 for the June, 1997 issue of "Playboy." She moved back to her native Texas in the 80s. In 2000 Lisa moved to Florida. Lisa Baker makes regular appearances at Glamourcon events held all over America.
- Susan Bernard was born into Hollywood glitter at a time when Hollywood glamor reached its zenith. Her father was Nazi Holocaust survivor and photographer to the stars, Bruno Bernard ("Bernard of Hollywood"). Her mother was stage actress and directrix Ruth Brand. In recent years Ms. Bernard has dedicated her career to the memory of her father's works. In 1999 she partially resumed her disjointed movie career with a bit role in The Mao Game (1999), which starred her son Joshua John Miller, who also wrote and directed the autobiographical flick.
- Tiny (5'), but buxom and voluptuous brunette beauty Gwen Lipscomb was born on August 11, 1942 in Manila in the Philippines. Gwen is a Eurasian of mixed Chinese, Scottish, Irish, Spanish, Australian, and Filipino descent. Her father was a radio announcer during World War II and was also a pianist who worked in nightclubs all over the Orient, Australia, and America. Her family moved from Manila to Sydney, Australia and then to the United States when Lipscomb was only seven. Gwen worked as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in Los Angeles, California. Using the name Gwen Wong, she was featured as the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1967 issue of "Playboy." Lipscomb appeared in several follow-up lay-outs for "Playboy" which include "The Bunnies of Hollywood" pictorial in the December, 1967 issue and the "Bunnies of '73" pictorial in the October, 1973 issue. Gwen's sole foray into film acting was as Fong Qual in the creepy low-budget horror picture "The Witchmaker." Gwen Lipscomb now works as an artist who specializes in "body casting."
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Anne Randall was born on 23 September 1944 in Alameda, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Westworld (1973), Stacey (1973) and The Monkees (1965). She has been married to Richard E. Stewart since 1967.- Gorgeous, buxom, and curvaceous blonde knockout DeDe Lind was born Diane Lind on April 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, California. Lind won the Better Baby Beauty Contest at age one. She grew up with her older sister in Burbank, California. In 1961 DeDe was discovered at a local pool in Burbank by photographer Leon Beauchemin; she was only fourteen at the time. Lind graced the covers of two issues of "Teen" magazine in 1962. She subsequently modeled for other teen and movie magazines, did a few TV commercials, and appeared in small roles on both The Donna Reed Show (1958) and Leave It to Beaver (1957). DeDe married her high school sweetheart after graduating from high school at age 17; the couple had a son prior to eventually divorcing. Lind was the Playmate of the Month in the August, 1967 issue of "Playboy." Her centerfold garnered more fan mail than any other 1960's Playmate and thus confirmed DeDe's status as one of the single most popular and beloved Playmates from that particular era.
Moreover, Lind was offered the lead role for the film Candy (1968), but turned said role down. Lind went on to model for several European magazines and did additional follow-up pictorials for "Playboy" in the 1970's, 80's, and 90's. DeDe participated in the first Playmate Olympics in 1980. She moved with her second husband to Florida in the mid-1980's. Lind went on to appear as a featured guest at Glamourcon events all over America. DeDe died at age 72 from ovarian cancer on February 4, 2020 in Baco Raton, Florida. - Born Victoria Vetri (but also known as Angela Dorian) to Italian parents (her mother was from Rome, her father Sicily) and grew up in Los Angeles. She studied art at Los Angeles City College in the 60s before embarking on her movie-television career. Thanks to her beautiful, exotic looks she was cast in parts that required ethnic beauties or scantily clad lovelies. She then posed for Playboy, becoming Miss September, 1967; and was later honored as the 1968 Playmate of the Year, becoming one of the most popular Playmates of the Vietnam War era.
- Strikingly buxom, sensuous and voluptuous blonde knockout Reagan Wilson was born on March 6, 1947 in Torrance, California. Reagan grew up in Missoula, Montana with her younger brother and younger sister. She studied journalism at Montana State University. Her hobbies are swimming, scuba diving, horseback riding, and reading. Wilson was the Playmate of the Month in the October, 1967 issue of "Playboy." She did a follow-up pictorial in the December, 1979 issue of "Playboy." Reagan made guest appearances on such TV programs as "Laugh-In," "The Jack Benny Show," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "The Johnny Carson Show," and "The Big Valley." In November, 1969 her centerfold picture made a trip to the moon as a miniaturized photo inside the schedule of Apollo 12 mission commander Pete Conrad. Wilson has supporting parts in the 70s films "Blood Mania" and "Running with the Devil." Reagan met her husband Barry in 1982 and married him that same year. Reagan Wilson lives in Los Angeles, California and owns an antique store with Barry.
- Connie Kreski was born on 19 September 1946 in Wyandotte, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Captains and the Kings (1976), The Outside Man (1972) and Aspen (1977). She died on 21 March 1995 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
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Majken Hougedal is known for When the Wind Blows (1986).- Gorgeous and voluptuous 5'3" brunette knockout Cynthia Jeanette Myers was born on September 12, 1950, in Toledo, Ohio. She was raised by her mother Mary, her grandparents and various aunts and uncles after her father was killed in a car accident when she was four years old. She had two siblings, sister Tana and brother Lance. Cynthia was a competitive horseback rider and worked part-time as a theater usher while growing up. She was initially offered opportunities to model at age 14. In 1967 she began modeling for Detroit auto shows. She graduated from Woodward High School in 1968, and became the Playmate of the Month for the December 1968 issue of Playboy. She made regular appearances on the TV series Playboy After Dark (1969) and had uncredited bit roles in The Lost Continent (1968) and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).
Myers achieved her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with her winningly spunky portrayal of wide-eyed innocent rock guitarist Casey Anderson in Russ Meyer's gloriously outrageous Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970). Her only other film role was a small but memorably sexy part as brash prostitute Dolly Winwood in the offbeat Western Molly and Lawless John (1972). Cynthia continued to model as "Miss Earthquake" in magazine print ads for Cerwin-Vega stereo equipment in the early 1970s. She lived in both Las Vegas (NV) and Southern California. The mother of a son, Myers was a beloved frequent guest at autograph conventions held all over the country. She was voted #10 in a poll for Playboy Playmates of the Century in 2000.
Cynthia Meyers died of lung cancer at age 61 on November 4, 2011, in Los Angeles, California. - Jeannie Bell was born on 23 November 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She is an actress, known for Mean Streets (1973), TNT Jackson (1974) and Policewomen (1974). She was previously married to Gary Judis.
- Born Mary Eileen "Mimi" Chesterton (nicknamed Mimi by her friends and family) in St. Paul, Minnesota, titian beauty Claudia Jennings was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1966, she moved to Evanston, Illinois, the first suburb north of Chicago just south of the Wisconsin state line, where she graduated high school in 1968.
After joining the Hull House theater company in Chicago, she took a job as a receptionist at the offices of Playboy magazine in September 1968. Photographer Pompeo Posar asked her to test, and with a potential $5,000 check at stake -- enough for a ticket to Hollywood -- she agreed. She eventually appeared as a Playmate in November 1969, and later as 1970 Playmate of the Year. Re-naming herself Claudia Jennings to avoid family embarrassment due to posing in the nude, she became the most perennially popular Playmate of the 1970s, as well as the number one female star of "Drive-In" movies such as The Unholy Rollers (1972) and 'Gator Bait (1973). Her first film role was with the film Jud (1971), a low-budget, socially conscious, independent film about a Vietnam soldier's return home. While the film came and went without much notice, it encouraged Claudia to go into the acting business full time.
From 1970 to 1975, she lived with songwriter/producer Bobby Hart but, after their split, her personal life began to spiral. She began using drugs and soon got a reputation for being unreliable. As her cocaine use began to escalate, her career from this point began to flounder.
One of her last theatrical film roles was a co-starring part in the little-seen Canadian racetrack drama Fast Company (1979). After narrowly missing the role of Kate Jackson's replacement on Charlie's Angels (1976) to Shelley Hack in May 1979, she began a tumultuous relationship with Beverly Hills realtor Stan Herman. Following their split later that summer, Jennings turned her life around and tried to quit drugs and drinking, but sadly died before she could continue performing in better films. On the morning of October 3, 1979, she was at the wheel of her VW convertible in Malibu on the Pacific Coast Highway, and drifted across the center divider, colliding head-on with a pickup truck near the intersection of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. She died a few minutes later before paramedics could arrive and get her to a nearby hospital. She was 29. - Slim, sexy and shapely brunette stunner Sharon Clark was born Sharon Olivia Weber on October 15, 1943 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Sharon studied sociology at the University of Oklahoma and worked as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in St. Louis. Moreover, Clark served in the Peace Corps in Micronesia, where she was a teacher. She married actor Bob Clark in 1968. Sharon was the Playmate of the Month in the August, 1970 issue of "Playboy." She was named Playmate of the Year in 1971. At age 27 Clark was the oldest women to be a Playmate of the Year; she held this record for fifteen years. Sharon Clark not only made guest appearances on episodes of the TV shows "Charlie's Angels" and "CHiPs," but also had co-starring roles in the theatrical features "Lifeguard," "The Billion Dollar Hobo," and "The Little Dragons."
- Strikingly busty, adorable and voluptuous brunette knockout Mary Collinson was born on July 22, 1952 in Malta. She's the identical twin sister of Madeleine Collinson. The Collinson twins arrived in Britain in April, 1969. Noted British glamour photographer Harrison Marks cast the duo as saucy maids in his 8mm short "Halfway Inn." Mary and Madeleine were the Playmates of the Month in the October, 1970 issue of "Playboy;" they have the distinction of being the first pair of identical twins to pose for a nude pictorial in "Playboy." The Collinson sisters went on to act in a handful of movies together; they were especially effective and memorable as the titular radically contrasting siblings in the typically fine Hammer vampire horror outing "Twins of Evil." .
- Strikingly busty, adorable, and voluptuous brunette knockout Madeleine Collinson was born on July 22, 1952 in Malta. She's the identical twin sister of Mary Collinson. The Collinson sisters first arrived in Britain in April, 1969. Noted British glamor photographer Harrison Marks cast the duo as saucy maids in his 8mm short "Halfway Inn." Mary and Madeleine were the Playmates of the Month in the October, 1970 issue of "Playboy;" they have the distinction of being the first pair of identical twin sisters to do a nude pictorial for "Playboy." The Collinson sisters acted in a handful of movies together; they were especially effective and memorable as the titular radically contrasting siblings in the typically fine Hammer vampire horror outing "Twins of Evil." Madeleine lived in Malta with her husband and three children. She died at age 62 on August 14, 2014.
- Buxom and shapely blonde bombshell Liv Lindeland was born on December 7, 1945 in Norway. Liv moved to the United States in 1965 and worked for four years as a fashion model in Boston, Massachusetts. Lindeland moved a second time to Los Angeles, California in 1969. She was the Playmate of the Month in the January, 1971 issue of "Playboy" and has the distinction of being the first Playmate to show pubic hair in her pictorial. Liv was named Playmate of the Year in 1972. She studied acting and speech at the Robert Arthur Workshop in Los Angeles. In the wake of her Playmate stint Lindeland went on to act in a handful of movies and eventually became a talent agent. Liv did a follow-up pictorial called "Playmates Forever!" in the December, 1979 issue of "Playboy." She's the daughter in law of actress/dancer Cyd Charisse.