Gloria Dawn (born July 27, 1940) was a Canadian model who appeared in numerous
softcore men's magazines in the 1960s.
She began her career in January 1962, and modeled for photographers
Peter Gowland,
Ron Vogel, Donald G. Klumpp,
Sam Wu
Samuel Wu (February 19, 1919 – August 19, 2005) was an American photographer of the 1950s and 1960s.
Wu worked for adult magazines such as ''Playboy'' and ''Modern Man''. He photographed ''Playboy'' centerfolds of Rusty Fisher, Pat Sheeha ...
,
Elmer Batters
Elmer Albert Batters (November 24, 1919 – June 25, 1997) was a pioneer fetish photographer who specialized in capturing artful images of women with an emphasis on stockings, legs, and feet, placing him ahead of his time in popularizing foot feti ...
, and Keith Bernard among others. She retired from modeling in August 1963 but her pictures appeared in publications until 1968. In recent years, her photos have appeared in art books and in one volume of a series on the history of men's magazines.
Ms. Dawn worked for eight months as a blond and usually “Gloria Dawn” was the name accompanying pictures taken of her as a blond. She worked for three months as a brunette and one month as a strawberry blond. In her brunette and her strawberry blond pictures, the name “Gloria Dawn” was never used. Keith Bernard identified her as “Susan Norman”, and in publications using photos by Elmer Batters, she was given a different name whenever she appeared.
While a model she lived at the
Hollywood Studio Club where her roommate was
Adrienne Ellis
Adrianne Ellis (born March 8, 1941) is a Canadian-born American actress.
Early life
Adrianne Ellis was born in Canada and raised in California, where she attended Van Nuys High School, where she was president of her Honors Drama Society. She wen ...
.
Her real name was Gloria Moeser but in 1965 she changed her first name to Shannon, thereby becoming Shannon Dawn Moeser. In September 1965, she enrolled in a BA program at
Simon Fraser University and obtained her PhD in 1971 from
McGill University.
[Shannon Moeser https://onmemories.wordpress.com/work-history-2/]
References
External links
Blog
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1940 births
Living people
Canadian female adult models
People from Saskatoon