Colleen Leigh Violet Farrington (August 5, 1936 – October 12, 2015) was an American

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, and

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. She was the mother of actress

Diane Lane Diane Colleen Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at age 14 in George Roy Hill's 1979 film ''A Little Romance''. The two films that could have catapulted her to star ...

Career

Farrington was born in

Lordsburg, New Mexico Lordsburg is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. Hidalgo County includes the southern "bootheel" of New Mexico, along the Arizona border. The population was 2,797 at the 2010 census, down from 3,379 in 20 ...

, the daughter of Eleanor Biggs. She started work as a

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in New York City and was a particular favorite of

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. She also had some acting roles. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1957 issue. Her pictorial was photographed by

Peter Basch Peter Basch (September 23, 1921 – March 15, 2004) was an American magazine and glamour photographer. He was born in Berlin, lived and died in New York City. The main body of his work was produced in the fifties and sixties. Early life Peter Ba ...

Personal life

Farrington married

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Burton Eugene Lane, and divorced him in 1965, shortly after their daughter,

, who went on to become an

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-nominated actress, was born. She later settled in

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and married Lawrence Price. Farrington died in

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, on October 12, 2015 at the age of 79.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farrington, Colleen 1936 births 2015 deaths 1950s Playboy Playmates Nightclub performers