Allison Parks (born Gloria Sharlene Waldron; October 18, 1941 – June 21, 2010) was an American model and actress. She was chosen as ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $ ...
'' magazine's
Playmate of the Month in October 1965, and
Playmate of the Year 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.
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.
Death
Parks died of
heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to Cardiac cycle, fill with and pump blood.
Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF ...
while on vacation in
Hawai'i, 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