Dawn Richard (model)

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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1957. ''Playboy'' magazine named its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January

June Blair (born Margaret June Blair; October 20, 1932 – December 4, 2022) was an American model and actress. She is best known for being ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams. She died in Sherman Oaks, California, on December 4, 2022, at the age of 90.

February

Sally Todd (born Sarah Joan Todd; June 7, 1934 – November 21, 2022) was an American actress and model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Sutton and Ed DeLong.

March

Sandra Edwards (March 12, 1938 – June 2, 2017) was an American actress and model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland. Her name is usually spelled Saundra Edwards.

April

Gloria Windsor (born July 9, 1936) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.

May

Margaret Dawn Richard (born March 5, 1936) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1957 issue. She's of Osage Indian descent. Her father was a former silent movie stunt pilot. Dawn's family moved to Palm Springs, California, where her father built five motels. Richard acted in a high school stage production of "''Meet Me in St. Louis''".

She made her film debut in an uncredited bit part as a Pharaoh's daughter in the big budget biblical epic, “''The Ten Commandments''” (1956). Dawn had an especially memorable role as ill-fated gymnast "Theresa" in the drive-in adolescent horror cult classic, “''I Was a Teenage Werewolf''“ (1957). Among the TV shows she made guest appearances on episodes of Father Knows Best (1954), Perry Mason (1957), Colt .45 (1957), and Dragnet (1951).

Richard was the Playmate of the Month in the May, 1957 issue of "Playboy". Her centerfold was photographed by Ed DeLong and David Sutton. Moreover, Dawn also posed for such adult publications as "Bachelor", "Modern Man", "Man's Magazine," and "Vue". Her poses for these magazines avoided explicit nudity.

Richard married multiple Oscar nominated producer David L. Wolper in 1958 and had three children with him prior to divorcing Wolper in 1969.

Richard married Spyro Joannides in 1970 and had one child.

June

Carrie Radison (born November 1, 1938) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the June 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Desmond Russell.

July

Norma Jean Jani (October 31, 1931 – October 26, 2021) was an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland.

August

Dolores Donlon (born Patricia Vaniver; September 19, 1920 – November 30, 2012) was an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1957 issue.

Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland.

September

Jacquelyn Prescott (born September 30 1936) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casili, the first Playmate of his long career with ''Playboy''.

October

Colleen Farrington (August 5, 1936 – October 12, 2015) was an American model and nightclub singer. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Basch.

Farrington died in Jupiter, Florida, at the age of 79. She was the mother of Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Lane.

November

Marlene Callahan (born August 24, 1937) is an American model, actress and photographer. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Vivienne Lapham.

December

Linda Vargas (April 20, 1939 – May 26, 1973) was an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Herbert Melford and Mike Shea.

Vargas, who began modeling when she was a teenager, had a steady career before and after her Playmate appearance as a model and bit actress. Frequent ''Playboy'' photographer Peter Gowland used images of her in many of his instruction books.
She died on May 26, 1973, at the age of 34.

See also

* List of people in Playboy 1953–1959

References

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