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'' magazine names their

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each month throughout the year.

January

Judy Tyler (December 24, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, – June 18, 2013) was ''

'' magazine's

for its January 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. Tyler went into sales following her ''Playboy'' days. June 18, 2013, Judy died from complications of open heart surgery. She was 65 years young).

February

Melinda Windsor (born June 25, 1944, in

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) was the pseudonym used by Ann Brockway, a 21-year-old student at the

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(UCLA). She was ''

'' magazine's

for its February 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Tony Marco. She used a pseudonym to protect her true identity. According to ''The Decatur Daily Review'', from December 1966, she was 22 and married to Niells Hansson at the time she appeared on the cover of the January 1967 ''Playboy''. Windsor was photographed by Maynard Frank Wolfe for the January 1967 issue of ''Playboy'' and by Morton Tadder for the Fall 1967 issue of ''VIP'' magazine.

March

Priscilla Wright (born November 20, 1943) is an American model who was ''

'' magazine's

for its March 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

April

Karla Conway (born Karla Jo Musacchia on July 5, 1946, in

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) was the name used by American model and artist Karla Jo Musacchia for her appearance as ''

'' magazine's

for its April 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Paul Morton Smith and R. Charleton Wilson. She has started going by the name Sachi and became an artist. Due to her concern for the environment, she created a turtle logo for companies to use for bags that they make that are both

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and

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able.

May

Dolly Read (born September 13, 1944, in

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, England) is an English

pinup A pin-up model is a model (person), model whose mass-produced pictures and photographs have wide appeal within the popular culture of a society. Pin-up models are usually glamour photography, glamour, actresses, or fashion models whose pictures ...

model and actress. She is best remembered for her appearance in ''Playboy May 1966'' magazine and as the lead character in the motion picture ''

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''. She is sometimes credited as Margaret Read, Dolly Read Martin, or Dolly Martin.IMDb credits for Dolly Read
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. They divorced in 1974 and were remarried in 1978 and remained married up to Dick Martin's death on May 24, 2008.

June

Kelly Burke (born December 31, 1944) is an American model who was ''

'' magazine's

for its June 1966 issue. Her

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was photographed by William Figge. Burke was born in Los Angeles, California. According to ''The Playmate Book'', Kelli was pregnant while she was shooting her Playmate centerfold. She also was (at the time) the sister-in-law of 1966

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: Lisa Winters *1958: *1959: *1960: ...

Allison Parks Allison Parks (born Gloria Sharlene Waldron; October 18, 1941 – June 21, 2010) was an American model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in October 1965, and Playmate of the Year for 1966, appearing as ...

July

Tish Howard (born July 4, 1946, in New York City) was ''

'' magazine's

for its July 1966 issue. Her

was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong. She was a finalist for the title of 1967's

, along with Susan Denberg and the winner, Lisa Baker.

August

Susan Denberg (born August 2, 1944, in Bad Polzin, Germany (now Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland)) is the stage name of an Austrian model and actress, born Dietlinde Zechner. She was ''

'' magazine's

for its August 1966 issue. Her

was photographed by

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. She also was one of the finalists for the title of 1967's Playmate of the Year along with Tish Howard and the eventual winner, Lisa Baker. She was married to

Tony Scotti Anthony Joseph Scotti (born December 22, 1939) is an American actor, television and film producer, and co-founder of Scotti Brothers Records. He is married to French singer Sylvie Vartan. Early life Scotti and his brother Ben both played foot ...

(1965–1968) (divorced). She had a son Wolfgang-Dieter in 1971; the father is of Yugoslavian descent and a second child. Now as Dietlinde Scotti, she resides in the tenth district of Vienna, Austria. 4]

September

Dianne Chandler (born December 31, 1946, in

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) is an American model who served as both a ''

and as a

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. She was Miss September 1966. Her

was photographed by

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October

Linda Moon (born September 24, 1948, in

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) was ''

'' magazine's

for its October 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Graham,

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, and Gene Trindl.

November

Lisa Baker (born March 19, 1944, in Detroit, Texas) is ''

''s

for November 1966, and

for 1967. Her original pictorial for photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong. She was also able to get some work on television, on ''The

Jonathan Winters Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist. He started performing as a stand up comedian before transitioning his career to acting in film and te ...

Show'' and as the Budweiser girl on ''

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''. She posed nude for the December 1979 ''Playboy'' pictorial "Playmates Forever!"

December

Susan Bernard (February 11, 1948 – June 21, 2019 Los Angeles, California) was ''

'' magazine's

for its December 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli and her father

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. Bernard had a sporadic film and television career, appearing for one season of ''

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'' in the late 1960s and in small parts in series television. In most of her work, she was credited as Sue Bernard. When she posed for ''Playboy'', she was working on the

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film ''

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''. She was believed – at the time – to be the first

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Playmate of the month. However, at the turn of the 21st century, Cindy Fuller, Miss May 1959, has claimed that she was the first Jewish Playmate. In an interview in the August 1998 issue of '' Femme Fatales'', Bernard revealed, "I was the first under-18 Jewish virgin who was in the centerfold placed in front of a

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." Prior to her ''Playboy'' photo shoot, she had never been nude in front of anyone other than her mother. The photographer of her centerfold, Mario Cassili, was one of her father's apprentices. Her father was photographer Bruno Bernard. She was working on several books about her father that were published before her death. On June 21, 2019 – in Los Angeles – 71-year-old Susan Bernard died from an apparent cardiac arrest.

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