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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1957. ''
Playboy
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'' magazine named its
Playmate of the Month
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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
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was photographed by Hal Adams.
She died in
Sherman Oaks, California
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, 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
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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
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was photographed by
Peter Gowland
Peter Andrew Gowland (April 3, 1916 – March 17, 2010) was a famous American glamour photographer and actor. He was known for designing and building his own studio equipment and was active professionally for six decades with his business partne ...
.
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
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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
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was photographed by
Ed DeLong
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Arts and entertainment
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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
David Lloyd Wolper (January 11, 1928 – August 10, 2010) was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as ''Roots'', '' The Thorn Birds'', and '' North and South'', and the theatrically-released films ''Willy Wonka & th ...
in 1958 and had three children with him prior to divorcing Wolper in 1969.
Richard married
Spyro Joannides
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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
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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
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was photographed by
Peter Gowland
Peter Andrew Gowland (April 3, 1916 – March 17, 2010) was a famous American glamour photographer and actor. He was known for designing and building his own studio equipment and was active professionally for six decades with his business partne ...
.
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
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was photographed by
Peter Gowland
Peter Andrew Gowland (April 3, 1916 – March 17, 2010) was a famous American glamour photographer and actor. He was known for designing and building his own studio equipment and was active professionally for six decades with his business partne ...
.
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
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was photographed by
Mario Casili
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, 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
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. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1957 issue. Her
centerfold
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was photographed by
Peter Basch
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Early life
Peter Ba ...
.
Farrington died in Jupiter, Florida, at the age of 79. She was the mother of
Academy Award
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-nominated actress
Diane Lane
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Lane made her film debut in George Roy Hill's 1979 film '' A Littl ...
.
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
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was photographed by
Vivienne Lapham
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.
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
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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
Peter Andrew Gowland (April 3, 1916 – March 17, 2010) was a famous American glamour photographer and actor. He was known for designing and building his own studio equipment and was active professionally for six decades with his business partne ...
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
The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green.
A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe ...
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