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Playmate
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 "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 (specifically, a short-term lease of a car) 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 (vol 1, #1). ''Playboy'' encourages potential Playmates to send photos with "girl next door" appeal for consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Playboy Playmates Of 1956
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1956. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Lynn Turner (born December 1, 1935) was an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland, the first of his extensive ''Playboy'' career. According to ''The Playmate Book'', Turner did layouts for other men's magazines, including ''Frolic'', ''Jest'' and ''Modern Man Quarterly''. February Marguerite Empey (July 29, 1932 – August 19, 2008) was an American model, dancer and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and February 1956. The photos for her 1956 appearance were taken by soft core porn director Russ Meyer. March Marian Stafford (February 7, 1931 – August 16, 1984) was an American actress and model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1956 issue. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Harrison
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1954. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. Prior to September 1959, Playmates were not asked to complete data sheets. January Margie Harrison was an American actress and model. She was Playmate of the Month for both January 1954 and June 1954. While Marilyn Monroe preceded her as a ''Playboy'' "Sweetheart of the Month", Monroe did not appear in the center pages, but was pictured on pages 16 to 18. Harrison is therefore the first model designated "Playmate of the Month". Like Monroe, her photo was purchased from the John Baumgarth Company, which specialized in pin-up calendars. According to ''The Playmate Book'', Harrison also appeared in the men's magazines ''Follies'' and ''Gala''. February Marilyn Ardith Jordan ( Waltz; November 5, 1931 – December 23, 2006) was an American actress and model. Using the pseudonym Margaret Scott, she was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Pilgrim (model)
Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Edith Karalus; June 13, 1934 – May 1, 2017) was an American model who became a Playmate of the Month while employed at ''Playboy's'' corporate office. She was chosen as Playmate of the Month three times: July 1955, December 1955 and October 1956. Miss July 1955 In 1955, ''Playboy'' was in its second year of production and had previously used professional models as Playmates. Karalus worked for Hugh Hefner in the subscription department and agreed to pose for the July 1955 episode in exchange for a new addressograph for the office. Hefner reportedly chose the name "Janet Pilgrim" as to make fun of sexual puritanism The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. P .... Karalus appeared topless with a tuxedo-clad man reported to be Hefner in the back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Known for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude Model (people), models (Playboy Playmate, Playmates), ''Playboy'' played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special #International editions, nation-specific versions of ''Playboy'' are published worldwide, including those by licensees, such as Dirk Steenekamp's DHS Media Group. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Jackson (model)
Jennifer Jackson (born February 6, 1945) is an American model who was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1965 issue. She was the first black Playmate of the Month and was photographed by Pompeo Posar. Jackson also worked as a Playboy Bunny in a Playboy Club. Personal life Jennifer Jackson Greene is from the south side of Chicago and graduated from Emil G. Hirsch High School in 1963. She is the daughter of Clynell Jackson Sr. and Marjorie McGuire Jackson. She is an identical twin. She has eight siblings. Jackson attended Loop College, now known as Harold Washington College. She worked as a photographic, runway and advertising model, including as a model for Ebony Fashion Fair. Other than that, Jackson has been an active part of the movement for children's rights, "Humanitarian Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Sheehan (model)
Patricia Ann Sheehan (September 7, 1931 – January 14, 2006), also known as Patricia Sheehan Crosby, was an American actress and model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for October 1958 and a contract player for NBC. Early years She was the daughter of Arthur E Sheehan Sr and Gladys A Larson. Her siblings were Arthur and Edward Sheehan. In October 1949, she won the local Miss Milkmaid pageant, which launched her career. Sheehan was Miss San Francisco of 1950, having performed a monologue. Her prize was a Gensler Lee diamond ring. She took honors for Miss San Francisco and flew to Santa Cruz, California to take part in the 1951 Miss California Pageant where she placed 6th. Sheehan dated and married George von Duuglas-Ittu on January 9, 1951, in Carson City, Nevada. Her first son Franz Nicholas Gregory von Duuglas-ittu was born October 21, 1951 They divorced on January 6, 1954. Career Pat Sheehan began appearing on ''Queen for a Day'' and the ''Colgate Comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Michelle
Donna Michelle Ronne (née Fick; December 8, 1945 – April 9, 2004) was an American model, actress, and photographer. Known professionally as Donna Michelle, she was ''Playboy'' magazine's December 1963 Playmate of the Month and 1964 Playmate of the Year. Pompeo Posar and Edmund Leja photographed her centerfold images. Personal life The maiden name of Michelle's mother was Baron. On February 9, 1963, Michelle married David M. Ronne in Los Angeles; they divorced in April 1967. Michelle was seventeen years old and married when she was named Playmate of the Month. Michelle died of a heart attack in Ukiah, California, at the age of 58. Filmography * ''Company of Killers'' (1971) .... Gloria * '' Le Bal des voyous'' (1968) .... Karine * ''La Nuit la plus chaude'' (1967) * ''I Spy'' (TV) – "Lori" (1966) .... Millicent * ''One Spy Too Many'' (1966) .... Princess Nicole * ''The Big Valley'' (TV) – "Barbary Red" (1966) .... Dolly * ''Agent for H.A.R.M.'' (1966) .... Marian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Collinson
Mary Collinson (22 July 1952 – 23 November 2021) was a Maltese-British model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in October 1970, together with her twin sister Madeleine Collinson. They were the first identical twin Playmate sisters. The Collinson twins first arrived in Britain in April 1969, and prior to their appearance in ''Playboy'' one of the first people to use them was the glamour photographer/film maker Harrison Marks who cast them as saucy maids in his short film ''Halfway Inn''. The film, made for the 8mm market, was shot sometime between their British arrival, and July 1970, when a still from the film was used in a Marks advertisement that ran in that month's issue of ''Continental Film Review'' magazine. Her sister was quoted in ''The Playmate Book'' saying that Mary had two daughters and lived in Milan with an "Italian gentleman", whom she had been with for more than 20 years. Collinson died from bronchopneumonia in Milan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Lee
China Lee (born Margaret Lee; September 2, 1942) is an American model and actress. She was '' Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for the August 1964 issue, and the first Asian American Playmate. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. According to her Playmate profile, her name is pronounced "chee-na" to rhyme with "Tina". Early life Lee was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Chinese parents who had immigrated to the United States after their marriage. The family owned a laundry and later a much lauded restaurant. She is the youngest of eight children and the younger sister of Harry Lee, who served as the sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana for about 28 years. The name "China" is derived from the nickname "Chinita" ("little Chinese girl") bestowed on her by Spanish-speaking neighbors who admired her dancing as a child. Career Lee worked as a hairstylist and waitress, then as a Playboy Club Bunny, before appearing in ''Playboy''. She had been a "Training Bunny," which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Webber
Marguerite Diane Webber Marguerite Empey (July 27, 1932 – August 19, 2008) was an American model, dancer and actress. Early life Born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus), a Hollywood actress and former Miss Long Beach beauty contest winner, and Arthur Guy Empey. She received her formal education at Hollywood High School. As a child, she received ballet lessons from Russian ballerina Maria Bekefi. Modeling career In the early 1950s, while developing her professional modeling career, she found employment as a chorus girl at ''Bimbo's 365 Club'' in San Francisco. As the decade progressed, she modeled for many professional photographers, including Peter Gowland, Bunny Yeager and Keith Bernard, appearing in a myriad of men's magazines, such as ''Esquire'', and commercial advertising imagery. Playmate of the Month Under the name Marguerite Empey, she was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in both May 1955 and February 1956 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula Buchfellner
Ursula Buchfellner (born 8 June 1961) is a German model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Weissbrich. Buchfellner also was the Playmate for the December 1977 issue of ''Playboy's'' German edition, being only 16 at the time when the photos were taken (she was 17 in relation to the edition in which her photos were published). In November 1985 she became the first Playmate to go on to appear in '' Penthouse'' magazine. International acting and modeling careers followed Buchfellner's ''Playboy'' appearance. She was sometimes credited as Uschi Buchfellner, Ursula Fellner, Ulla Maris and Ursula Maris. She starred mainly in European B-movies such as '' Devil Hunter'' (1980) and ''Sadomania'' (1981). Later on she also featured in renowned German television serials, like ''Derrick''. Early life and education Buchfellner was born 3rd of 10 children in Munich. Her father was an alcoholi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mara Corday
Mara Corday (born Marilyn Joan Watts; January 3, 1930) is an American showgirl, model, actress, ''Playboy'' Playmate, and 1950s cult figure. Early life Corday was born in Santa Monica, California. Wanting a career in films, she came to Hollywood while still in her teens and found work as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. Her physical beauty brought jobs as a photographer's model that led to a bit part as a showgirl in the 1951 film ''Two Tickets to Broadway''. Dancing One of Corday's first professional jobs was as a dancer in the '' Earl Carroll Revue'' in Hollywood. Accompanied by her mother, Corday auditioned when she was 15 years old. During the 2½ years that she was in the show, she advanced "from showgirl to actress in the sketches". This was also when she adopted the stage name Mara Corday, because it made her seem more exotic. The name Mara came from a bongo player who called her Marita when Corday was working as an usher at the Mayan Theater; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
