Corinne Cole (born Corinne Elaine Kegley; April 13, 1937,

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) is an American

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and

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. She was briefly known as Lari Laine early in her career.

Biography

Cole was born and raised in

, the daughter of Alice Polk Kegley, a descendant of President

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and former Ziegfeld Girl, and Carl S. Kegley, a criminal-trial attorney. She studied journalism at the

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. She was ''

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'' magazine's

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for the May 1958 issue, with her

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photographed by Ron Vogel. According to ''The Playmate Book'', Corrine Cole used a pseudonym for her ''Playboy'' appearance because her father was considering running for

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and she didn't want to disrupt those plans. In 1968, Cole married her first husband,

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boss

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; they divorced a few years later. In 1972, she married Roger Heffron; they had a child and divorced in 1980. In 1990, she married her third husband,

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, with whom she worked on the 1966 film ''

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''. He died in 2002 after 12 years of marriage to Cole.

Filmography

Films

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'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1972) .... Judy * '' The Party'' (1968) .... Janice Kane * ''

Who's Minding the Mint? ''Who's Minding the Mint?'' is a 1967 American crime comedy film directed by Howard Morris and starring Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Walter Brennan and Milton Berle. The screenplay, concerning a group of individuals who break into a United State ...

'' (1967) .... Doris Miller * ''

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'' (1966) .... Miss January * ''

'' (1966) .... Sir Hubert's Secretary * ''

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'' (1961) (as Lari Laine) * ''

Arson for Hire ''Arson for Hire'' is a 1959 crime drama film directed by Thor L. Brooks. The film stars Steve Brodie, Lyn Thomas and Tom Hubbard, who also wrote. Arson squad investigator Johnny Broderick and his partner Ben Howard, investigate a warehouse fire ...

'' (1959) (as Lari Laine) .... Cindy, the secretary

Television

* ''

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'' - "Memo from a Dead Man" (1973) .... Sigurd * '' Ironside'' - "Side Pocket" (1968) .... Judy * ''

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'' - "Region of Peril" (1968) .... Linda Soames * ''

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'' - "Wild Monkees" (1967) .... Queenie * ''

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'' - "A Wife in the Office" (1964) .... Miss Logan * ''

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'' - "Barney Hatfield, Where Are You?" (1962) … Boo-Boo Bedoux * '' Bachelor Father'' - "Bentley and the Beauty Contest" (1959) … Miss Saskatchewan * ''

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'' - "The Ugly Frame" (1959) ... uncredited * ''

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'' - #58-08, Nov 13, 1958 .... Lari Lane

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