Lee Ann Michelle (born 17 March 1960) is an English model and actress. She was chosen as ''

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'' magazine's

Playmate of the Month A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playm ...

for the February 1979 issue. Her

centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...

was photographed by

Mario Casilli Mario Anthony Casilli (January 22, 1931 – April 25, 2002) was an American photographer. Among other photos, he worked for Playboy magazine between 1957 and 1996 and his first photoshoot there was of Jacquelyn Prescott, as Playmate of the Month ...

. She is the first Playmate to have been born in the 1960s. She was born in

Surrey, England Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area ...

. Her real name is Carol Needham and she was called Carol earlier in her career, including when she posed topless for the newspapers '' The Sun'' and ''

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''. Her debut was at the age of 16 in the 7 January 1977 edition of The Sun. In the 1979 film ''Seven'' she had an uncredited role playing Sybill. Needham later married and co-founded a modelling agency called Needham and Hanson Management.

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