Playboy playmate of december 1961 Lynn Karro

Lynn Karrol (born 31 July 1939 in Pittsburgh) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its December 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck.
Lynn had previously worked in sales, modeling and as a waitress. She had also been a counselor at a girls’ finishing school. By 1963, she was working as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in New York City. For the April 1964 issue of Playboy, she posed with Peter Sellers in the popular “Sellers Mimes the Movie Lovers” pictorial.

She is a former french teacher and currently is employed by the Wellesley Public School system. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Karrol)

Playboy playmate of november 1961 Dianne Danford

Dianne Danford (born 9 August 1938 in Chicago) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its November 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

Before appearing in Playboy, Dianne’s jobs included being a secretary, fashion coordinator and travelling dress saleswoman. Afterward, she worked as a Bunny at the Los Angeles Playboy Club.

In 1966, Dianne appeared in a horror film, Weekend of Fear, directed, written and produced by Joe Danford. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Danford)

Playboy playmate of october 1961 Jean Cannon

Jean Cannon (born 5 October 1941 in Long Island, New York, died 17 November 2005 in Pembroke Pines, Florida) was an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its October 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.

Jean worked at a variety of jobs before being in Playboy: receptionist, saleswoman, dance instructor, usherette, and ticket salesgirl at horse shows. She later worked as a Bunny for the Playboy Clubs in Jamaica and Miami.

She died on 17 November 2005 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Her cause of death was not disclosed, but according to The Playmate Book, she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2002. She was 64. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cannon)

Playboy playmate of september 1961 Christa Speck

Christa Speck (born August 1, 1942 in Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland)) is a German model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the September 1961 issue, and as the 1962 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Sam Wu.

Christa was working as in a bank at the time she was discovered by Playboy. After her Playmate appearance, she became a Bunny at the Chicago Playboy Club and was featured in several more Playboy pictorials. She married children’s programming producer Marty Krofft, and they have three daughters together. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_Speck)

Playboy playmate of august 1961 Karen Thompson

Karen Thompson is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its August 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

Little is known about Karen; Playboy has lost her Data Sheet. She was discovered while modeling at a Los Angeles department store.

Karen made guest appearances on such television shows as “Hawaiian Eye” and “The Aquanauts”. “Karen Thompson” is almost certainly a pseudonym. Using the Internet Movie Database, it was possible to find four actresses who had guest-starred on both shows. They are: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Thompson)

Playboy playmate of july 1961 Sheralee Conners

Sheralee Conners (born 12 December 1941 in New York City) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its July 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Crespinal and Sherman Weisburd. Sheralee also was the model for the unusual double-sided cover of the December 1962 issue

Sheralee’s previous jobs included counseling at a school for the creative arts and giving private dance lessions. Her ambitions were to use her talent for dance to get into show business, and barring that, to open up a summer camp for the arts. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheralee_Conners)

Playboy playmate of juny 1961 Heidi Becker

Heidi Becker (born 11 October 1940 in Klagenfurt, Austria (at the time part of Germany)) is an Austrian-born model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its June 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

When Heidi was 16, she and her family left Austria and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She later studied nutrition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She dropped out and began working as a hairstylist. She also worked as a Bunny at the Los Angeles Playboy Club.

In December 1979 she again posed semi-nude for Playboy for the “Playmates Forever!” pictorial.

Playboy playmate of may 1961 Susan Kelly

Susan Kelly (born 15 February 1938 in Oklahoma) is an American model and actress. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its May 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.

Susan is of Cherokee, French and Irish ancestry. She studied education at the University of Oklahoma and became an English teacher.

She later pursued a brief acting career, after being discovered by producer Albert Zugsmith. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kelly)

Playboy playmate of april 1961 Nancy Nielsen

Nancy Nielsen (born 14 December 1940) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its April 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Schiller. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Nielsen)

Playboy playmate of march 1961 Tonya Crews

Tonya Crews (born Alice Crews on 2 February 1938 in Oklahoma, died 7 August 1966) was an American model. She is best known for being Playboy ’s Playmate of the Month for its March 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

Tonya was of Choctaw Indian background and grew up in Oklahoma. Part of her childhood was spent on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona. She graduated from Millikan High School in Long Beach, California in 1958.
Before becoming a Playmate, she had worked as a secretary and a dance instructor. Tonya was also a dancer in many Las Vegas shows. She also worked at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco in the late 1950s. She was also a dancer in the movie The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Playboy playmate of february 1961 Barbara Ann Lawford

Barbara Ann Lawford (born 7 October 1942) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its February 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. She also appeared on the cover of the September 1961 issue.

For a time, Lawford worked as a Bunny at the Chicago Playboy Club. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Ann_Lawford)

Playboy playmate of january 1961 Connie Cooper

Connie Cooper (born 20 September 1941) is an Italian-American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its January 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Paul Morton Smith.

Cooper’s parents immigrated from Italy, and though she was born in the United States, she did not learn English until she was six.

She had worked as a salesgirl at a toy store, a secretary and an usherette. Her amibition was to be an elementary school teacher. According to The Playmate Book, she also attended college courses to study real estate and later became a wife and mother. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Cooper)

Playboy playmate of december 1960 Carol Eden

Carol Eden (born 19 May 1942 in Los Angeles) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its December 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Graham.

Carol’s daughter, Simone Eden, is the first second-generation Playmate in Playboy’s history. Simone was in the February 1989 issue. Carol went on have three children and become a vocational nurse.

She is not to be confused with Patricia Tiernan, born December 30, 1931 who used the name Carol Eden once as listed in the Screen Actors Guild. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Eden)

Playboy playmate of november 1960 Joan E. Mattis

Joan E. Mattis (aka Joni Mattis) (born 28 November 1938 in Chicago, died 4 September 1999) was an American model best known for her work in Playboy magazine. She was its Playmate of the Month for its November 1960 issue.

During her Playboy photo session, Joni refused to disrobe, making her (according to her) the least popular Playmate in the history of the magazine. She only received one letter in response to her pictorial, and it was from a clergyman who suggested that she find another line of work.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mattis)

Playboy playmate of october 1960 Kathy Douglas

Kathy Douglas (born 23 May 1942) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its October 1960 issue. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Douglas)

Playboy playmate of september 1960 Ann Davis

Ann Davis (born 17 June 1938) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its September 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Don Bronstein. Her pictorial was also noteworthy because the magazine had several prominent artists, including LeRoy Neiman, produce their own illustrations of Davis. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Davis)

Playboy playmate of august 1960 Elaine Paul

Elaine Paul (born 11 August 1938) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its August 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Paul)

Playboy playmate of july 1960 Teddi Smith

Teddi Smith (born Delilah Henry on 21 September 1942 in Hastings, Nebraska) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the July 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Graham and Edmund Leja. After becoming a Playmate, she was a Bunny at the Chicago Playboy Club. Smith appeared on the cover of Playboy four times during the early to mid 1960s.

Smith’s prior employment included working as a salesgirl at an exclusive men’s clothing store and publicity work for a swimming pool company. Today, according to The Playmate Book, she works as an interior decorator in New York City. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddi_Smith)

Playboy playmate of juny 1960 Delores Welss

Delores Wells (born 17 October 1937 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its June 1960 issue.

According to The Playboy Book, Wells was paid $500 for her Playmate pictorial, along with $100 a month during her two-year exclusivity contract with Playboy. During the 1960s, Delores had an acting career, appearing in small parts in B-movies and series television. She also was a Bunny at the Chicago Playboy Club, where she made $1000 a week. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delores_Wells)

Playboy playmate of may 1960 Ginger Young

Ginger Young (born 11 March 1939) is an American model and actress who was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its May 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.

Ginger studied art education for three years and held a variety of jobs before her Playboy appearance, including teaching art and ice skating.
Her likeness has graced the covers of numerous recordings released by RCA, Capitol Records, and Warner Brothers. On television, she has made appearances on The Steve Allen Show, The Jerry Lewis Show, and Murder, Inc., and she did a commercial for Chock full o’Nuts coffee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Young)

Playboy playmate of april 1960 Linda Gamble

Linda Gamble (born September 11, 1939 in Pittsburgh) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its April 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. Linda was also the 1961 Playmate of the Year.

Linda was a secretary at the time of her discovery by Playboy. She eventually became a Bunny at the Chicago Playboy Club. She later married and had six sons. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Gamble)

Playboy playmate of march 1960 Sally Sarell

Sally Sarell (born 25 June 1938 in Ashtabula, Ohio) was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the March 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Louis Capuccine.

She spent part of her youth on a farm in Finland and attended Ohio State University. In the past, Sally has worked as a lifeguard, swimming instructor, secretary, and fashion model. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Sarell)

Playboy playmate of february 1960 Susie Scott

Susie Scott (born 22 August 1938 in Chicago) was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the February 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

Susie is the second of four children and has worked as a receptionist. She later appeared on the cover of the July 1961 issue of Playboy, as well as in the famous December 1961 “Playmate Holiday House Party” pictorial. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susie_Scott_%28model%29)

Playboy playmate of january 1960 Stella Stevens

Stella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston on October 1, 1938 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) is an American actress, film producer, film director and pinup model who began her acting career in 1959. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Stevens)

Playboy playmate of december 1959 Ellen Stratton

Ellen Stratton (born 9 June 1939 in Marietta, Mississippi) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its December 1959 issue. She was also the first Playmate of the Year, for 1960.

Ellen’s family worked as sharecroppers picking cotton. When she was 10, her parents decided that there was little opportunity in Mississippi and they moved to California, settling in the Los Angeles area. (Ellen has noted that at the time, Mississippi did not require children to attend school.) Her mother found work as an upholsterer.While eating lunch at a diner near her workplace, she was discovered by photographer William Graham and his wife, who asked if they could take some test shots of her. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Stratton)

Playboy playmate of november 1959 Donna Lynn

Donna Lynn (born September 21, 1936 in Walukee, Oklahoma) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its November 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.

Lynn later dabbled in acting, appearing in three films. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Lynn)

Playboy playmate october 1959 Elaine Reynolds

Elaine Reynolds (born September 7, 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its October 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck.

After her Playmate appearance, Reynolds continued to work with Playboy, both as a model and as a Bunny in the Chicago and Miami Playboy Clubs. She also swam with the Water Follies and in Spain learned how to fight bulls. According to The Playmate Book, she eventually underwent breast reduction surgery. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Reynolds)

Playboy playmate of september 1959 Marianne Gaba

Marianne Gaba (born 13 November 1939 in Chicago) is an American model and beauty queen. She was Miss Illinois USA 1957 Playboy

magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its September 1959 issue. She was the first Playmate to fill out a Playmate Data Sheet, although this was not included in the magazine.
Gaba placed in the top fourteen in the national pageant, which was won by Mary Leona Gage (who would resign the following day amidst scandal).

She later wrote a gossip column for TV and Movie Screen magazine and pursued a film career. For a time, Gaba dated Ricky Nelson. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Gaba)

Playboy playmate of august 1959 Clayre Peters

Clayre Peters is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its August 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayre_Peters)

Playboy playmate of july 1959 Yvette Vickers

Yvette Vickers (born August 26, 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri) was a blond-haired, blue-eyed American actress, pin-up model, and singer.

She was the daughter of the jazz musicians Charles Vedder and his wife Iola. During her youth she traveled with her parents on the road. She decided to become a writer and took classes at UCLA in journalism. As a filler she took a class in acting and discovered she enjoyed it, so she changed her major to drama. Her first movie appearance was as Yvette Vedder in Sunset Boulevard (1950), although the role was minor and she was uncredited. In 1953 she was married to Don Prell, but they were divorced by 1957. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Vickers)

Playboy playmate of juny 1959 Marilyn Hanold

Marilyn Hanold (born 9 June 1938 in Jamaica, New York) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its June 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bruno Bernard.

Marilyn was the second of six children and is of German ancestry. Her father was a lieutenant with the New York City police.

Marilyn appeared in a number of films and television programs in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. She was married to oil tycoon Rulon Keaton Nielson from 1967 until his death in 1993. They had three children.

Today, Marilyn lives in Salt Lake City, where she is active in promoting the performing arts. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Hanold)

Playboy playmate of may 1959 Cindy Fuller

Cindy Fuller (born 13 May 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its May 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bunny Yeager.

Prior to being in Playboy, Cindy worked as a secretary at a Boston law firm. She later moved to Miami, where she joined the Water Follies. She also was a regular dancer at the Copacabana in New York City, and went on to become a professional artist.

Cindy claims to have been the first Jewish playmate. She is married and goes by the name Cindy Fuller Martino. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Fuller)

Playboy playmate of april 1959 Nancy Crawford

Nancy Crawford (born April 16, 1941 in Valhalla, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the April 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Barbara Kerr and Justin Kerr.

According to The Playmate Book, Crawford did not go into show business but instead became a wife and mother. She currently lives in the suburbs of New York City. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Crawford)

Playboy playmate of march 1959 Audrey Daston

Audrey Daston (born in Boise, Idaho) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the March 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Schiller. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Daston)

Playboy playmate of february 1959 Eleanor Bradley

Eleanor Bradley (born December 13, 1938 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the February 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.

Bradley was discovered by Playboy while she was in Los Angeles to visit her sister. After the pictorial, she remained active with Playboy for several years, usually with promotional trips and the like; she also was a regular on the syndicated TV show Playboy’s Penthouse. She also posed for other men’s magazines in the early 1960s, along with her career as a mainstream model, mostly in the Midwest. She again posed topless for Playboy for the magazine’s 1979 feature “Playmates Forever!” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Bradley)

Playboy playmate of january 1959 Virginia Gordon

Virginia Gordon (born October 28, 1936 in Chaplin, West Virginia) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the January 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.

Gordon enjoyed a prolific career as a pin-up and nude model before and after her Playboy appearance. She was so prolific, in fact, that Playboy editor Hugh Hefner was compelled to establish exclusivity contracts with future Playmates that kept them from appearing nude in any non-Playboy project for two years following their Playmate pictorials.

Among Gordon’s more significant movies was 1962’s Tonight for Sure, a nudie film that was the directorial debut of Francis Ford Coppola. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Gordon)

Playboy playmate of december 1958 Joyce Nizzari

Joyce Nizzari (born 20 May 1940 in The Bronx, New York) is an American model, dancer, and actress. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its December 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bunny Yeager. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Nizzari)

Playboy playmate of november 1958 Joan Staley

Joan Staley (born Joan Lynette McConchie on 20 May 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American actress and model. She is perhaps best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its November 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Schiller and Ron Vogel. According to The Playmate Book, she was pregnant at the time of her Playmate shoot.
Joan grew up in Los Angeles. Her parents encouraged her to learn to play the violin at a very young age. At six, she joined Peter Meremblum’s Junior Symphony. This led to her first film appearance, as a child violinist in The Emperor Waltz, starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine.Her first marriage to TV Director Chuck Staley was brief. They were married in the late 1950s and lived in Memphis, then moved to Los Angeles. They had a daughter, Sherrye, who was born in 1959. By the ear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Staley)

Playboy playmate of october 1958 Mara Corday

Mara Corday (born Marilyn Joan Watts on January 3, 1930 in Santa Monica, California) is a showgirl, model, actress, Playboy Playmate and a 1950s cult figure.

Wanting a career in films, Mara Corday came to Hollywood while still in her teens and found work as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. Her physical beauty brought jobs as a photographer’s model that led to a bit part as a showgirl in the 1951 film Two Tickets to Broadway. She signed on as a Universal International Pictures (UI) contract player where she met actor Clint Eastwood with whom she would remain lifelong friends. With UI, Corday was given small roles in various B-movies and television series. In 1954 on the set of Playgirl she met actor Richard Long. Following the death of Long’s wife, the two began dating and married in 1957. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Corday)

Playboy playmate of september 1958 Teri Hope

Teri Hope (born Natalie Hope Ronson in February 1939) is an American model and actress She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the September 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Don Bronstein and Mike Shea.

Teri became a Playmate while attending Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While attending a Playboy-themed party at the Beta Sigma Rho fraternity house, chapter members proclaimed her the “Party Playmate” and submitted her photos to Playboy.

Hope went on to enjoy a modest acting career in the 1960s, including appearances in two Elvis Presley movies, 1963’s Fun in Acapulco and 1964’s Roustabout. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri_Hope)

Playboy playmate of august 1958 Myrna Weber

Myrna Weber (born 1938 in Florida) is an American model. She is Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its August 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bunny Yeager. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrna_Weber)

Playboy playmate of july 1958 Linné Nanette Ahlstrand

Linné Nanette Ahlstrand (born 1 July 1936 in Chicago — died 18 January 1967 (aged 30) in Pasadena, California) was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its July 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.

Linné moved to New York City from Hollywood, Ca. to pursue an acting and modeling career. She appeared in such movies as Living Venus, Beast from Haunted Cave, and in such TV Shows as Highway Patrol, and Johnny Stacatto. She returned to the Los Angeles area in September, 1965. Married on September 7, 1965, she continued to pursue an acting and modeling career before her death to cancer in Pasadena, California on January 18, 1967. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn%C3%A9_Ahlstrand)

Playboy playmate of juny 1958 Judy Lee Tomerlin

Judy Lee Tomerlin (born in 1940) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its June 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Edward Oppman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Lee_Tomerlin)

Playboy playmate of may 1958 Lari Laine

Lari Laine was the pseudonym used by Corrine Cole (born April 13, 1937 in Brentwood, California), who is an American model and actress She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the May 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.

According to The Playmate Book, Corrine used a pseudonym for her Playboy appearance because her father was considering running for Congress, and she didn’t want to disrupt those plans.

Corrine married her first husband, Jack Entratter, in 1968; they divorced a few years later. In 1972, she married Roger Heffron; they had a child and divorced in 1980. Finally, in 1990, Corrine married her third husband, director George Sidney, with whom she worked for on the 1966 film The Swinger. He passed away in 2002 after 12 years of marriage to Corinne. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lari_Laine)

Playboy playmate of april 1958 Felicia Atkins

Felicia Atkins (born c. 1937) is an Australian model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the April 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bruno Bernard and Bill Bridges.

Atkins was a showgirl at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, which is how she was discovered by Playboy. (The issue she was featured in had a Vegas theme.) She holds the record for the longest tenure in the Tropicana’s long-running Folies-Bergère revue (19 years). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Atkins)

Playboy playmate of march 1958 Zahra Norbo

Zahra Norbo (born Ragnhild Olavsson c. 1934 in Sweden) is a Swedish model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the March 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Tom Caffrey.

Norbo was Miss Sweden 1956 and a popular pin-up model in men’s magazines, but her only nude pictorial was for Playboy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahra_Norbo)

Playboy playmate of february 1958 Cheryl Kubert

Cheryl Kubert was an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the February 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

Little is known about Kubert’s life before and after her Playboy appearance. However The Playmate Book reported that Kubert died on April 25, 1989. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Kubert)

Playboy playmate of january 1958 Elizabeth Ann Roberts

Elizabeth Ann Roberts (born August 4, 1941) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the January 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arthur James and Mike Shea.

Elizabeth’s pictorial was a significant one in the history of Playboy because she was only 16 at the time her photos were taken.^[1][2] (Her pictorial was titled “Schoolmate Playmate.”) She literally had a note from her mother giving her permission to pose, but both Hugh Hefner and Roberts’ mother were arrested and charged by Chicago authorities with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The charges were eventually dropped on the grounds of lack of evidence that Hefner had known her true age. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Ann_Roberts)

Playboy playmate of december 1957 Marlene Callahan

Marlene Callahan (born August 24, 1937 in Ventura, California) is an American model, actress and photographer. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the November 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Vivienne Lapham.

Callahan’s post-Playboy fame has come for her acclaimed photography, most of which has been done under the name Marlene Wallace. She is one of the most renowned portrait photographers of her time; among her famous subjects have been Jimmy Carter, Kobe Bryant, Teri Hatcher, Anthony Quinn, Maya Angelou, Beatrice Wood and even Hugh Hefner. She is the author of two books of her photography, and (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Callahan)

Playboy playmate of october 1957 Colleen Farrington (born Colleen Scott)

Colleen Farrington (born Colleen Scott in 1936 in Davisboro, Georgia) is an American model and nightclub singer. She is the mother of Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Lane. She was also Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its October 1957 issue.During her Playboy photo shoot, Colleen was actually pregnant with her first child. Her pictorial also is notable because she has photos as a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead.Before becoming a Playmate, Farrington was a fashion model in New York City and was a particular favorite of fashion designer Oleg Cassini. She eventually married acting coach Burt Lane and divorced him in 1965, shortly after her daughter Diane was born. She later settled in Georgia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_Farrington)

Playboy playmate of september 1957 Jacquelin Prescott

Jacquelyn Prescott (born c. 1936 in Redlands, California) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the September 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casili, the first Playmate of his long career with Playboy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquelyn_Prescott)

Playboy playmate of august 1957 Dolores Donlon

Dolores Donlon is the pseudonym of Patricia Vaniver (born September 19, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), who is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the August 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland.

Donlon had a busy life before becoming a Playmate – she attended a French convent school in New York State, became a successful model in New York City, was a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and had married twice before she appeared in Playboy. Donlon also posed for several other men’s magazines, as well as the cover of Life magazine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Donlon)

Playboy playmate of july 1957 Jean Jani

Jean Jani (born October 31, 1931 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the July 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland.

Jani was presented as a flight attendant in her Playboy pictorial, but in actuality she was a reservations clerk with United Airlines when she was discovered. Gowland is quoted in The Playmate Book as saying that United fired Jani following her Playmate appearance.

In a newer edition of The Playmate Book, Jani says she had totally forgotten (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Jani)

Playboy playmate of juny 1957 Carrie Radison

Carrie Radison (born November 1, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the June 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Desmond Russell.

At the time of her centerfold, Radison was attempting to launch a Broadway career. She went on to become one of the first Bunnies at the Playboy Club. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Radison)

Playboy playmate of may 1957 Dawn Richard

Dawn Richard (born March 5, 1936 in Los Angeles, California) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the May 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ed DeLong and David Sutton.

Richard posed for several other men’s magazines during the Fifties. Her most prominent film role was as one of Pharaoh’s daughters in 1956’s The Ten Commandments, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Richard)

Playboy playmate of april 1957 Gloria Windsor

Gloria Windsor is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the April 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Windsor)

Playboy playmate of march 1957 Sandra Edwards

Sandra Edwards (born March 12, 1938 in Los Angeles) is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the March 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland. Her name is usually spelled Saundra Edwards.

In addition to her modeling career for Playboy and other men’s magazines, Edwards, who is part Cherokee, was a showgirl in Las Vegas. Her acting credits – she was a contract player at Warner Bros. – include a few films and many more television roles in shows such as Hawaiian Eye and Maverick (her Maverick episode was “Holiday at Hollow Rock” with James Garner). She retired from show business in the 1960s.
^{(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Edwards)}

Playboy playmate of february 1957 Sally Jo Todd

Sally Jo Todd (born June 7, 1934 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the February 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Sutton and Ed DeLong. Todd’s entertainment career began in 1952 when her mother encouraged her to enter a local Tucson beauty contest. She also studied drama in her hometown. Todd wanted to vacation in Canada but had only enough money to take her as far as Hollywood in 1954. She took a job modeling teenage clothes and was spotted by a talent scout for 20th Century Fox.^[1] That led to a contract with the studio and a movie career that consisted mostly of B-movie roles in The Unearthly and Frankenstein’s Daughter. Other motion pictures in which she performed are The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956), The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Serpent (1957), Al Capone (1959), and G.I. Blues (1960). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Todd)

Playboy playmate of january 1957 June Blair

June Blair (born Margaret June Blair on October 20, 1933, in San Francisco, California) is an American model and actress. She is best known for being Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its January 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.June made her first television appearance in 1954. Through the rest of the decade, she took supporting roles in feature films and guest-starred in series television. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Blair)

Playboy playmate of december 1956 Lisa Winters

Lisa Winters (born March 6, 1937 in Florida) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its December 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bunny Yeager, who discovered Winters when she saw the teenager running to catch a bus. Winters would pose only for Yeager because she felt too shy to be naked in front of any male photographer.

It can be argued that Lisa was the first Playmate of the Year, as she was unofficially dubbed as such by the Playboy editors due to the volume of fan mail she received. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Winters)

Playboy playmate of november 1956 Betty Blue

Betty Blue (born August 14, 1931 in West Memphis, Arkansas; died August 23, 2000) was an American model and actress and was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the November 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.

A self-described nudist, Blue was a showgirl at the El Rancho Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas before becoming a Playmate, and posed for other men’s magazines before and after joining the Playboy family. She also did additional nude photo shoots for Playboy, usually anonymously, and can be seen in a recent (mid-1990s) topless shot in The Playmate Book. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Blue_%28model%29)

Playboy playmate of october 1956 Janet Pilgrim

Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy’s Playboy Playmate of the Month three times: July 1955, December 1955 and October 1956.

As Charlaine Karalus, she worked in Playboy’s subscription department. Hugh Hefner talked her into posing nude for his magazine. Her stage name “Janet Pilgrim” was Hefner’s pun on puritanism. For Hefner, Janet’s “girl next door” qualities set the tone for future playmates. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Pilgrim)

Playboy playmate of september 1956 Elsa Sorensen

Elsa Sørensen (born December 1, 1935 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish model who did most of her work under the pseudonym Dane Arden. Under her real name, she was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the September 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland. Sorensen is believed to be the first Playmate who was not from the United States.

Sørensen was Miss Denmark 1955 prior to her Playboy appearance. She went on to marry singer Guy Mitchell, though they divorced several years later. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Sorensen)

Playboy playmate of august 1956 Jonnie Nicely

Jonnie Nicely (born February 25, 1936 in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the August 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.

Nicely was originally supposed to be a Playmate for the October 1955 issue, but scheduling and creative conflicts temporarily pushed her aside in favor of Jean Moorhead. Before and after her Playboy appearance, Nicely did additional pin-up modeling, but eventually she went on to a long career as a mechanic at a Rockwell International B-1 bomber plant in California. According to The Playmate Book, she remains active with Playboy and its promotions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonnie_Nicely)

Playboy playmate of july 1956 Alice Denham

Alice Denham (born January 21, 1933 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American model, writer and scholar. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the July 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mike Shea and Lawrence Tirschel.

Denham posed for other men’s magazines during her modeling career, but she was as well known for her academic achievements as for her physical attributes. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina in 1949 and a ()http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Denham

Playboy playmate of juny 1956 Gloria Walker

Gloria Walker (born July 16, 1937 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the June 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Herman Leonard.

Walker became a Playmate through her attendance of a modeling school, which referred her to Leonard. He then submitted some cheesecake photos of Walker to Playboy. At the time her Playmate photos were published, she was working at a New York-based telephone company, which eventually dismissed her because of the extra attention she was garnering. Following that, Walker continued modeling and also appeared a few times on The Steve Allen Show.

Although Walker remains proud of her status as a Playmate, she says she has never been to the Playboy Mansion and has never met Hugh Hefner.

Playboy playmate of may 1956 Marion Scot

Marion Scott is a German-born American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the May 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Herman Leonard.

According to The Playmate Book, Scott emigrated to the U.S. along with her parents after World War II ended, and eventually became a fashion model, as well as a frequent cover girl for detective magazines. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Scott)

Playboy playmate of april 1956 Rusty Fisher

Rusty Fisher (born April 5 1935 in Colorado) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the April 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Sam Wu. Prior to her Playboy appearance, she had posed for several other men’s magazines, often under other pseudonyms such as Rusty Williams and Donna Fisher.

Playboy playmate of march 1956 Marian Stafford

Marian Stafford (February 7, 1933 — November 2006^[1]) was an American actress and model born in Houston, Texas. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the March 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ruth Sondak, and was the first to consist of three pages.

In addition to posing for other men’s magazines in the decade, Stafford became a popular personality during the so-called “Golden Age” of television. She was a regular on game shows such as Treasure Hunt and The $64,000 Question. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Stafford)

Playboy playmate of february 1956 Marguerite Diane Empey

Marguerite Diane Empey (born 27 July 1932) is an American model and actress.

Webber was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus) and screen writer Arthur Guy Empey.

Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956, the latter of which includes an underwater photo which clearly shows her pubic hair — a Playboy first. The photos for her 1956 appearance were taken by soft core porn director Russ Meyer। (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Webber)

Playboy playmate of december 1955 Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Edith Karalus)

Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy’s Playboy Playmate of the Month three times: July 1955, December 1955 and October 1956.

As Charlaine Karalus, she worked in Playboy’s subscription department. Hugh Hefner talked her into posing nude for his magazine. Her stage name “Janet Pilgrim” was Hefner’s pun on puritanism. For Hefner, Janet’s “girl next door” qualities set the tone for future playmates.

Playboy playmate of november 1955 Barbara Cameron

Barbara Cameron is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its November 1955 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Tirschel. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Cameron)

Playboy playmate of october 1955 Jean Moorhead

Jean Moorhead (born c.1936) is an American actress and model. Using the name Jean Moorehead, she was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the October 1955 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.

A former Miss Hollywood, Moorhead acted in movies such as the Ed Wood-scripted The Violent Years, as well a guest spot on the TV Western Death Valley Days. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Moorehead)

Playboy playmate of september 1955 Anne Fleming

Anne Fleming is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the September 1955 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Fleming_%28model%29)

Playboy playmate of august 1955 Pat Lawler

Pat Lawler is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the August 1955 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams. Adams also was the photographer who took Jayne Mansfield’s centerfold; both women sat on the same stool. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Lawler)

Playboy playmate of july 1955 Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Edith Karalus)

Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy’s Playboy Playmate of the Month three times: July 1955, December 1955 and October 1956.

As Charlaine Karalus, she worked in Playboy’s subscription department. Hugh Hefner talked her into posing nude for his magazine. Her stage name “Janet Pilgrim” was Hefner’s pun on puritanism. For Hefner, Janet’s “girl next door” qualities set the tone for future playmates.

Playboy playmate of juny 1955 Eve Meyer

Eve Meyer (December 13, 1928 – March 27, 1977) was an American pin-up model, motion picture actor and, later, film producer. Much of her work was done in conjunction with exploitation filmmaker Russ Meyer to whom she was married from April 2, 1952 until 1969.Born Eve Turner, in Griffin, Georgia, was a high-profile pin-up model in the 1950s, and was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month in June 1955. Her unbilled film debut was in Artists and Models (1955). She worked frequently as a photographic model for Russ Meyer after their marriage, appeared in the film Operation Dames (1959), and took a lead role in Meyer’s 1960 exploitation film Eve and the Handyman. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Meyer)

Playboy playmate of may 1955 Marguerite Diane Empey

Marguerite Diane Empey (born 27 July 1932) is an American model and actress.Webber was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus) and screen writer Arthur Guy Empey.Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956, the latter of which includes an underwater photo which clearly shows her pubic hair — a Playboy first. The photos for her 1956 appearance were taken by soft core porn director Russ Meyer.agazines. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Webber)

Playboy playmate of marth 1955 Marilyn Waltz alias Margaret Scott

Known as Marilyn Waltz, she was Playboy ’s Playmate of the Month in the February 1954, April 1954 and April 1955 issues. She was the first of two women to become a three-time Playmate. However for the first of her Playboy appearances, Marilyn was billed as Margaret Scott. For many years thereafter, many assumed that Marilyn and Margaret actually were two different people. It wasn’t until the mid 1990s that the two were revealed to be the same person.

While looking through photos in preparation for 1996’s The Playmate Book, Hugh Hefner noticed stark similarities between the two models. He speculated in the book about this: “I only noticed the resemblance as the photos were being assembled for the book [Hefner had purchased both images from Baumgarth calendar company] and that Margaret Scott’s name doesn’t appear in lists of pinup models active in the period.

Playboy playmate of february 1955 Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield (April 19, 1933 — June 29, 1967) was an American actress working both on Broadway and in Hollywood.

One of the leading blonde sex symbols of the 1950s,^[1] like Marilyn Monroe, Mansfield was a Playmate of the Month in Playboy, in February 1955 (preceded by Bettie Page and succeeded by Marilyn Waltz). She appeared in the magazine several more times over the years. She won the Theatre World Award, Golden Globe and Golden Laurel. Mansfield starred in several popular Hollywood films that emphasized her platinum-blonde hair, dramatic hourglass figure and cleavage-revealing costumes.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Mansfield)

Playboy playmate of january 1955 Bettie Mae Page

Bettie Mae Page (born Betty Mae Page April 22, 1923 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former American model who became famous in the 1950s for her fetish modeling and pin-up photos. While she faded into obscurity in the 1960s after her conversion to Christianity, she experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s and now has a significant cult following. Page was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the second child of Walter Roy Page and Edna Mae Pirtle.^[2] During Bettie’s early years, the Page family traveled around the country in search of economic stability.^[2] At a tender age, Bettie had to face the responsibilities of caring for her younger siblings. Her parents divorced (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettie_Page)

Playboy playmate of december 1954 Terry Ryan

Terry Ryan (born 1 December 1933) is an American model. She is best known as Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its December 1954 issue.

Terry’s pictorial was the first one photographed directly under Playboy’s supervision. Prior to this issue, Playboy had purchased layouts from independent photographers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Ryan_%28model%29)

Playboy playmate of november 1954 Diane Hunter

Diane Hunter was the pseudonym for Gale Rita Morin (born July 14, 1934 in Tacoma, Washington), who is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the November 1954 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bruno Bernard.

Hunter had an extensive career as a pin-up model prior to her Playboy appearance. Among the other photographers she sat for were Russ Meyer, Peter Gowland and Andre De Dienes. She was known for looking similar to famous striptease artist Tempest Storm.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Hunter)

Playboy playmate of october 1954 Madeline Castle

Madeline Castle is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the October 1954 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Jack Drebert and Jean Drebert.

Castle was a prominent model in pin-ups and in men’s magazines during the 1950s and early 1960s, according to The Playmate Book. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Castle)

Playboy playmate of september 1954 Jackie Rainbow

Jackie Rainbow (born June 6, 1933, died June 15, 1988) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its September 1954 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Carlyle Blackwell for the Publix Pictorial Service.

Little is known about Jackie, including if “Rainbow” was her actual last name. According to Playboy, she died in 1988.

Aside from her centerfold picture Playboy has no other photos of this enigmatic model. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Rainbow)

Playboy playmate of august 1954 Arline Hunter

Arline Hunter is an American actress and model. She is perhaps best known as Playboy’s Playmate of the Month for August 1954. Her centerfold was the first not to be purchased from the John Baumgarth Co. by Hugh Hefner, and was instead photographed by Ed DeLong, who would go on to become one of the more prolific Playboy photographers in the 1960s.Much of Hunter’s fame was built upon her resemblance to Marilyn Monroe; indeed, her Playboy pose was obviously inspired by Monroe’s notorious 1949 nude photo session with Tom Kelley from which her own Playboy photo came. The similarity in look between Hunter and Monroe also came into play when a nude Hunter starred in a film short called Apple Knockers and Coke. For many years there have been those who have seen the film and have mistaken Hunter for Monroe. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arline_Hunter)

Playboy playmate of july 1954 Neva Gilbert

Neva Gilbert is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for its July 1954 issue.

Since Playboy did not collect information about its Playmates until 1959, little is known about her background. It is most likely that she was born in the early to mid 1930s.

At the time, Playboy did not commission its own photo sessions. Neva’s photos were actually taken by a private photographer, who sold them to the Baumgarth Calendar Company. Hugh Hefner bought her photos, along with many other models’, and published them, to Neva’s surprise. According to her,

“In those days, I was an aspiring actress. I’d go on assignments with Marilyn Monroe. We did some calendar shots for a photographer named Tom Kelley. A few months later, I heard the pictures had appeared in a new magazine called Playboy, but I couldn’t find a copy. I didn’t see my centerfold until this year (1979).” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neva_Gilbert)

Playboy playmate of juny 1954 Margie Harrison

Margie Harrison is an American actress and model.

Strictly speaking, Margie Harrison was both Playboy’s first centerfold as well as Playmate of the Month. Marilyn Monroe preceded her as a Playboy “Sweetheart of the Month” and did not appear in the centre pages, rather she appeared on pages 16 to 18. Harrison is the first official Playmate of the Month, having first appeared in the magazine in its January 1954 issue. Like Monroe, her photo was purchased from the John Baumgarth Company, which specialized in pin-up calendars. Harrison returned as a Playmate in the June 1954 issue. According to The Playmate Book, Harrison also appeared in the men’s magazines Follies and Gala

Prior to September 1959, playmates were not asked to complete data sheets.

Playboy playmate of may 1954 Joanne Arnold

Son of Sinbad (1955) (uncredited) …. Raider

• The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) (as Joann Arnold) …. Susu
• Girl Gang (1954) …. June
• Marry Me Again (1953) …. W.A.C.
• The Caddy (1953) (uncredited) …. Bathing Beauty
• I Love Melvin (1953) (uncredited) …. Chorine
• Stop, You’re Killing Me (1952) (uncredited) …. Party Girl
• You for Me (1952) (uncredited) …. Nurse
• (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joanne_Arnold&action=edit&section=1)

Playboy playmate of april 1954 Marilyn Waltz alias Margaret Scott

Known as Marilyn Waltz, she was Playboy ’s Playmate of the Month in the February 1954, April 1954 and April 1955 issues. She was the first of two women to become a three-time Playmate. However for the first of her Playboy appearances, Marilyn was billed as Margaret Scott. For many years thereafter, many assumed that Marilyn and Margaret actually were two different people. It wasn’t until the mid 1990s that the two were revealed to be the same person.

While looking through photos in preparation for 1996’s The Playmate Book, Hugh Hefner noticed stark similarities between the two models. He speculated in the book about this: “I only noticed the resemblance as the photos were being assembled for the book [Hefner had purchased both images from Baumgarth calendar company] and that Margaret Scott’s name doesn’t appear in lists of pinup models active in the period.

Playboy playmate of marth 1954 Dolores Del Monte

Dolores Del Monte (born 15 March 1932 in Spokane, Washington) was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the March 1954 issue.

Del Monte was an only child of Italian ancestry and at an early age held a love for singing, dancing and music. She moved to Hollywood after graduating from high school in 1950 to pursue an acting career.

While in Hollywood, Del Monte posed for photographers Bruno Bernard and Zoe Mozert. She was happy that the work paid well ($50.00 per hour) but was hesitant at first to pose in the nude. Bernard had sold some of her photos to the Baumgarth Calendar Company in Melrose Park, Illinois, who in turn sold them to a young magazine publisher named Hugh Hefner.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Del_Monte)

Playboy playmate of february 1954 Marilyn Waltz alias Margaret Scott

Known as Marilyn Waltz, she was Playboy ’s Playmate of the Month in the February 1954, April 1954 and April 1955 issues. She was the first of two women to become a three-time Playmate. However for the first of her Playboy appearances, Marilyn was billed as Margaret Scott. For many years thereafter, many assumed that Marilyn and Margaret actually were two different people. It wasn’t until the mid 1990s that the two were revealed to be the same person.

While looking through photos in preparation for 1996’s The Playmate Book, Hugh Hefner noticed stark similarities between the two models. He speculated in the book about this: “I only noticed the resemblance as the photos were being assembled for the book [Hefner had purchased both images from Baumgarth calendar company] and that Margaret Scott’s name doesn’t appear in lists of pinup models active in the period. Nor do any of the photographers recall a model with that name.” So she co-held the three-time appearance record in secret for 42 years. Finally Marilyn notified Playboy that she in fact was Margaret Scott.

Playboy playmate of january 1954 Margie Harrison

Margie Harrison is an American actress and model.

Strictly speaking, Margie Harrison was both Playboy’s first centerfold as well as Playmate of the Month. Marilyn Monroe preceded her as a Playboy “Sweetheart of the Month” and did not appear in the centre pages, rather she appeared on pages 16 to 18. Harrison is the first official Playmate of the Month, having first appeared in the magazine in its January 1954 issue. Like Monroe, her photo was purchased from the John Baumgarth Company, which specialized in pin-up calendars. Harrison returned as a Playmate in the June 1954 issue. According to The Playmate Book, Harrison also appeared in the men’s magazines Follies and Gala

Prior to September 1959, playmates were not asked to complete data sheets.

Playboy playmate of december 1953 Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson)

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson;^[1] June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe-winning^[2] American actress, singer, model, Hollywood icon,^[3] cultural icon, fashion icon,^[4] pop icon, film executive and sex symbol. She is known for her comedic acting roles and screen presence. Monroe became one of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s and early 1960s. During the later stages of her career, she worked towards serious roles and her fame surpassed that of any other entertainer of her time.^[5]

Monroe’s death at age 36 was classified as “probable suicide.”^[6] Many individuals including Jack Clemmons, the first LAPD Police officer to arrive at the death scene,^[7] believed that she was murdered.^[8] Monroe is the only female on the Forbes top-earning dead celebrities list.^{[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe)}

Top 10 cele mai sexy femei din lume

Încântare pentru ochii bărbaţilor şi invidie pentru femei. Perfecţiune în faţa aparatelor de fotografiat. Aşa au cititorii FHM că sunt cele mai sexy femei din lume. Priviţi-le!

Pilar Rubio a fost votată de cititorii şi internauţii FHM drept cea mai frumoasă femeie din lume, detronând-o pe Elsa Pataky, cea care ocupă acum locul al doilea.

Megan Fox, ocupă locul al treile în topul frumuseţilor, urmată de Jessica Alba şi Amaia Salamanca.

Scarlett Johansson se află pe locul 6, înaintea Angelinei Jolie care se află pe locul imediat următor.

Carolina Cerezuela este cea care urmează în top iar penultimul loc se adresează Patriciei Conde. (http://www.madone.ro/25-04-2008/Top-10-cele-mai-sexy-femei-din-lume.html)

Playboy Romania pe moarte

Scriam acum ceva vreme si ma întrebam dacă mai citeşte cineva Playboy său Maxim. Se pare că nu. Adrian Sârbu îşi vinde partea lui din Playboy către partenerii greci, şi să se descurce aia cum pot. EVZ ne spune în articol şi cifrele despre tiraj, pe astea le căutam:

2000: 108.000 ediţii vândute la numărul cu Loredana Groza (încă am coşmaruri).
2001: între 60.000 şi 105.000 de exemplare vândute
2005: între 16.000 şi 49.000 de exemplare vândute
2006: între 14.000 şi 32.000 de exemplare.

http://nwradu.blogspot.com/2007/04/playboy-romania-pe-moarte.html

ANNA FALCHI: “FOTBALISTII SINT RAPIZI IN PAT”

Actrita cunoscuta in Italia, Anna Falchi este renumita si pentru relatiile avute cu mai multi fotbalisti celebrii, printre care si romanul Cristi Chivu. Intr-un interviu acordat unei reviste italiene, Anna a spus ca in pat, fotbalistii sint la fel ca si pe teren, adica rapizi. “Am fost cu mai mult de un fotbalist. Dar sint rapizi in pat, ca atunci cind dau gol”, a spus Anna.

http://www.fanatik.ro/monden_sectiune_93/articol_47911/anna_falchi____si__fotbalistii_sint_rapizi_in_pat__si__.html

Nu discutati afaceri la telefonul mobil

Un studiu Vodafone a demonstrat că în timpul convorbirilor efectuate la telefonul mobil, în trenuri, se discută de multe ori afaceri delicate ale firmei, cei din jur putînd auzi astfel date confidenţiale ce pot pune în pericol compania, scrie revista germană Spiegel. Studiul, realizat la comanda concernului de telefonie mobilă Vodafone, care tocmai i‑a anunţat de curînd pe clienţii săi britanici că recepţia pe mobil va fi îmbunătăţită pînă la sfîrşitul lui noiembrie în trenurile companiei Virgin Trains, arăta că 70 la sută dintre cei care circulă cu trenul (navetişti sau persoane cu afaceri) poartă discuţii profesionale în tren, o cincime dintre ei declarînd că discută inclusiv despre lucruri sensibile, precum cifre de vînzări, în timp ce 15 la sută vorbesc chiar şi despre secrete de afaceri, ca de exemplu noi produse. (http://www.okey.ro/index.php/nu-discutati-afaceri-la-telefonul-mobil/2008/04/24/#more-7588)

Loredana a luat 5.000 de euro într-un club de gay. A făcut dedicaţie specială pentru un cuplu proaspăt logodit

Vineri seară, în club Purple din Bucureşti, a avut loc primul concert al Loredanei Groza într-un club gay & lesbien. Loredana, împreună cu trupa şi Connect-R, au susţinut un concert live la care au fost prezenţi aproximativ 500 de admiratori ai divei. Pentru a nu lipsi de la ineditul concert, au fost prezenţi în clubul Purple fani din toată ţara, Iaşi, Timişoara, Cluj, Piteşti şi chiar străini: francezi, nemţi şi americani. Loredana a sosit în club la doar câteva ore de la întoarcerea în ţară, după o călătorie în SUA şi a poposit direct la „fetele” şi băieţii veseli din Purple. Onorariul divei a fost de peste 5.000 euro. A cântat timp de o oră şi jumătate cele m
(http://www.astazi.ro/gotostire.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atac-online.ro%2F20-04-2008%2FLoredana-a-luat-5-000-de-euro-intr-un-club-de-gay-A-facut-dedicatie-speciala-pentru-un-cuplu.html)

Valentin Ceausescu si-a recastigat tablourile in instanta

Valentin Ceausescu, fiul dictatorului Nicolae Ceausescu, a primit ieri o noua decizie de restituire a tablourilor si obiectelor de arta confiscate dupa Revolutie. Magistratii Tribunalului Bucuresti au decis, ieri, ca Muzeul de Arta sa-i restituie bunurile lui Valentin, dupa ce acesta a beneficiat de mai multe decizii similare ale instantelor, incepand cu anul 1999, care, insa, nu s-au concretizat niciodata.
Printre obiectele in cauza se regasesc 42 de picturi in ulei semnate de artisti celebri precum Patrascu, Tonitza, Pallady, Ciucurencu, cateva lucrari grafice ale lui Corneliu Baba si Franciso de Goya,
(http://www.cancan.ro/2008-04-25/Valentin-Ceausescu-si-a-recastigat-tablourile-in-instanta.html)