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List Of Playboy Playmates Of The Year
This is a list of models who were chosen as a Playboy Playmate of the Year for the American edition of ''Playboy'' magazine. List of Playmates of the Year *1953: Marilyn Monroe *1954: *1955: *1956: *1957: Lisa Winters *1958: *1959: *1960: Ellen Stratton *1961: Linda Gamble *1962: Christa Speck *1963: June Cochran *1964: Donna Michelle *1965: Jo Collins *1966: Allison Parks *1967: Lisa Baker *1968: Angela Dorian *1969: Connie Kreski *1970: Claudia Jennings *1971: Sharon Clark *1972: Liv Lindeland *1973: Marilyn Cole *1974: Cyndi Wood *1975: Marilyn Lange *1976: Lillian Müller *1977: Patti McGuire *1978: Debra Jo Fondren *1979: Monique St. Pierre *1980: Dorothy Stratten *1981: Terri Welles *1982: Shannon Tweed *1983: Marianne Gravatte *1984: Barbara Edwards *1985: Karen Velez *1986: Kathy Shower *1987: Donna Edmondson *1988: India Allen *1989: Kimberley Conrad *1990: Reneé Tenison *1991: Lisa Matthews *1992: Corinna Harney *1993: Anna Nicole Smith *1994: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy Playmate
A Playmate is a female Model (person), 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 "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. At the end of the year, one of the 12 Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOTY). Every Playmate of the Month is awarded a prize of US$25,000 and each Playmate of the Year receives an additional prize of US$100,000 plus a car (on a short-term lease) and other discretionary gifts. In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. The use of the word "Playmate" in a sexual sense did not originate with ''Playboy'', and was seen at least as early as 1950 in Vue (magazine), ''Vue'' magazine (vol 1, #1). They were also termed "Playboy Bunny". ''Playboy'' encourages potential Play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Cole
Marilyn Cole (born 7 May 1949) was ''Playboy'' magazine's January 1972 Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month. She was the magazine's first full-frontal nude centerfold. She also became 1973's Playmate of the Year, becoming the only Briton to hold that title. Her original pictorial was photographed by Alexas Urba. Career Cole worked at a Post Office punched card unit in Portsmouth Central Telephone Exchange, before working, for £12 weekly, at the Portsmouth Co-op Fuel Office, when she was interviewed to be a Playboy Bunny at the London Playboy Club. She worked as a bunny from 1971 to 1974, and, within a few days of starting work there, was noticed by Victor Lownes and test-photographed for the magazine. Marilyn also worked as a barmaid at the Auckland Arms Hotel in Southsea during the late 60s. She appeared on the cover of the Roxy Music album Stranded (album), ''Stranded'', having been noticed by Bryan Ferry after winning Playmate of the Year. She had previously appeared on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Shower
Kathleen Ann Shower (born March 8, 1953) is an American model and actress. Known as Kathy Shower she is '' Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for May 1985 and Playmate of the Year for 1986. At that time, she was the 3rd oldest( after Dolores Donlon in August 1957 at nearly age 37 and Cindy Brooks in April 1985 at age 33) woman ever to appear as a Playboy Playmate, at age 32, as well as a single mother of two. Biography Before and after ''Playboy'', Shower had an acting career, mainly within the action-adventure (''American Kickboxer 2'', '' The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck'') and erotic thriller genres (''Boundaries'', ''LA Goddess'', and ''Velvet Dreams''). Shower also made numerous appearances on mainstream television, guest-starring in episodes of '' Knight Rider'', ''Three's Company'', ''CHiPs'', ''Simon & Simon'', and a 46-episode continuing role in the daytime drama series '' Santa Barbara''. She appeared in '' To the Limit'', starring along side Anna Nicole Smith. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Velez
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1984, the 30th anniversary year of the publication. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Penny Baker (born October 5, 1965) is an American model and actress. After being interviewed in Chicago, she was chosen as ''Playboy''s Playmate of the Month for January 1984, the 30th Anniversary Playmate. Her photos were shot by Arny Freytag in New York City, Buffalo, and Los Angeles when she was 17, with written permission from her parents. Her pictorial was titled "Lucky Penny" and it reported her age as 18. February Justine Greiner (born November 19, 1963) is a former American model. She was chosen as ''Playboy''s Playmate of the Month for February 1984. Her sister is Corinne Lee, poet and author of ''PYX'', winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. March Dona L. Speir (born February 7, 1964) is an American model and B movie actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Edwards (model)
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1983. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Lonny Chin (born 12 August 1960 in Liverpool, England) is an English model and actress of Chinese, Jamaican, Welsh and Swedish descent. In addition to being ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1983 issue, Chin was the very first ''video'' Playmate featured by the magazine. Chin also appeared with her sister Gail in a pictorial of Playmates and their sisters in the April 1985 issue. February Melinda Mays (born February 23, 1962, in Augusta, Georgia) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1983 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag. March Alana Soares (born February 21, 1964) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy''s Playmate of the Month in March 1983. April Christina Ferguson (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Gravatte
Marianne Gravatte (born December 13, 1959, in Hollywood, California) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1982 issue, then as the 1983 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley. Career After being noticed in Playboy magazine by Ratt band member Stephen Pearcy, Gravatte appeared in the video as Stephen Pearcy's girlfriend for the band's song " Lay It Down". She was also featured on the front cover of the song's parent album, ''Invasion of Your Privacy'', Ratt's second record, which was released in 1985. She posed for ''Playboy'' again for the April 1994 ''Playmate Revisited'' feature. Personal life From 1988 to 1990 Gravatte worked at the bar at the Out of Bounds Sports Bar in Huntington Beach, California with her husband, Mark E. Larsen. She is the mother of three sons. TV appearances * '' Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer'' ... ''Brenda'' - in the episode "Dead Man's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Tweed
Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons (born March 10, 1957) is a Canadian model and actress. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica, she is identified with the genre of the erotic thriller cinema. Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films and several television series. She was named ''Playboy''s List of Playboy Playmates of the Year, Playmate of the Year in 1982. Tweed is also known for ''Gene Simmons Family Jewels'', a Reality television, reality TV show that portrayed the life of her family from 2006 until 2012. She is married to Gene Simmons, bassist and co-lead singer of the band Kiss (band), Kiss; Tweed and Simmons have two children, Nick Simmons, Nicholas Adam Tweed-Simmons and Sophie Simmons, Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons. Early life Tweed was born on March 10, 1957, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland. She is the daughter of Donald Keith Tweed, a mink rancher, and Louise () Tweed, and was raised on a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terri Welles
Terri Welles (born Terri Knepper; November 21, 1956) is an American actress and Fetish model, adult model. She first appeared on the cover of the May 1980 issue of ''Playboy'', wearing a flight attendant costume to illustrate a pictorial on stewardesses (Welles was a United Airlines stewardess at the time). She subsequently appeared as a centerfold in the December 1980 issue and was named Playmate of the Year for 1981. Her original pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley. Welles was the inspiration for the "Bobo Weller" character in the film'' Star 80''. Career In 1997 Welles started an online business selling pictures of herself. On her web site she described herself as a former ''Playboy'' model and Playmate of the Year. Playboy Enterprises, which was starting up its own online business at this time, sued Welles in 1998 claiming that it had the exclusive right to use of its trademark terms ''"Playboy"'' and "Playmate of the Year" for commercial purposes. The outcome of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Stratten
Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980), known professionally as Dorothy Stratten, was a Canadian model and actress, primarily known for her appearances as a Playboy Playmate. Stratten was the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and Playmate of the Year in 1980, and appeared in three comedy films and in several episodes of television shows broadcast on American networks. Stratten was murdered shortly after co-starring in the movie '' They All Laughed'', at the age of 20, by her estranged husband and manager Paul Snider, whom she was in the process of divorcing and breaking business ties with. Snider committed suicide after he killed Stratten. Stratten's death inspired two movies, a book, and several songs: the TV movie '' Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story'' (1981), the theatrical motion picture '' Star 80'' (1983), the book '' The Killing of the Unicorn'' (1984), and songs such as "The Best Was Yet to Come" by Bryan Adam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique St
Monique is a female given name. It is the French form of the name Monica. The name has enjoyed some popularity in the United States since about 1955, and is less common in other English-speaking countries except for Canada although mostly used by French speakers in Quebec and is rare in the English parts of Canada. Notable people named Monique Acting * Monique Alves Frankenhuis (1962–1994), Brazilian actress * Monique Alfradique (born 1986), Brazilian actress * Monique Chaumette (born 1927), French actress * Monique Coleman (born 1980), American actress, singer, and dancer * Monique Curi (born 1969), Brazilian actress * Monique Gabriela Curnen (born 1970), American actress * Monique Dupree (born 1974), American actress * Monique Evans (born 1956), Brazilian television personality * Monique Evans (born 1992), American beauty pageant titleholder * Monique Gabrielle (born 1963), American actress * Mo'Nique Hicks (born 1967), American actress and comedian * Monique Joyce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Jo Fondren
Debra Jo Fondren (born February 5, 1955) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1977 issue and Playmate of the Year for 1978. Her pictorial was photographed by Robert Scott Hooper. Career Fondren, who lived in Lumberton, Texas, and was working as a waitress at Gallagher's in Beaumont, Texas, was discovered on a visit to Las Vegas by photographer Robert Scott Hooper, who also photographed her centerfold, featuring her very long, almost knee-length blonde hair. Fondren had guest-starring roles on television series such as ''Mork & Mindy'' and ''Fantasy Island''. She also appeared in movies such as ''Spit Fire''. In 2007, she returned home to the Lumberton/Silsbee, Texas, area, having stated she had enough of the California lifestyle and now operates a beauty school in her home area. TV appearances *''Mork & Mindy'' *''Knots Landing'' *''Fantasy Island'' *''Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patti McGuire
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1976. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Daina House (born December 30, 1954, in Dallas, Texas) is a former model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus. February Laura Lyons (born October 22, 1954) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker and Mario Casilli. She worked as a Playboy Bunny in the Chicago Playboy Club prior to becoming a Playmate, and led a protest and brief strike gaining improved work privileges such as the freedom to date customers. March Ann Victoria Pennington (born June 3, 1950, in Seattle, Washington) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1976 issue. Her cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
