Allison Parks (born Gloria Waldron; October 18, 1941 – June 21, 2010) was an American model and actress. She was chosen as ''
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 H ...
'' magazine's
Playmate of the Month in October 1965, and
Playmate 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:
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*1960: Ellen Stratton ...
for 1966, appearing as the cover model and in a pictorial in the May issue. She was also in a Playboy Mansion pictorial in the January 1966 issue of ''Playboy'', along with
Ashlyn Martin. Her original pictorial was photographed by
William Figge
William Vassar Figge (March 25, 1919 – May 1976) was an American photographer who, along with his wife Melba, ran a photography studio in Glendale, California.
Biography
Figge was a combat photographer in World War II. After the war, he fail ...
.
Career
"Allison Parks" was a pseudonym she used when modelling for ''Playboy''. She told ''The Playmate Book'' that she liked it so much, she kept it as her professional name. She was a mother at the time of her
centerfold
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, and her kids were featured in a photo in her layout, but they were identified as swimming school students.
After her Playmate work, Parks went on to a long career as a model and actress, mostly in
TV commercials
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.
Death
Parks died of
heart failure while on vacation in
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
, at the age of 68.
See also
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List of people in ''Playboy'' 1960–1969
References
External links
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1941 births
2010 deaths
1960s Playboy Playmates
Playboy Playmates of the Year
American television actresses
Actresses from Glendale, California
Actresses from California
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American women