__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1984, the 30th anniversary year of the publication. ''

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'' magazine names their

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each month throughout the year.

January

Penny Baker (born October 5, 1965) is an American

model A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided in ...

and actress. After being interviewed in

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, she was chosen as ''

''s

for January 1984, the 30th Anniversary Playmate. Her photos were shot by Arny Freytag in New York City, Buffalo, and Los Angeles when she was 17, with written permission from her parents. Her pictorial was titled "Lucky Penny" and it reported her age as 18.

February

Justine Greiner (born November 19, 1963) is a former American

. She was chosen as ''

''s

for February 1984. Her sister is Corinne Lee, poet and author of ''PYX'', winner of the 2004

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March

Dona L. Speir (born February 7, 1964) is an American

and

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actress. She was chosen as ''

's''

for March 1984. Her

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was photographed by Arny Freytag. Speir studied film acting with R. J. Adams at The Actors Workshop, Orange County, and went on to star in several

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–

action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

s by

Andy Sidaris Andrew William Sidaris (February 20, 1931 – March 7, 2007) was an American television and film director, producer, screenwriter. After a pioneering career directing televised sports beginning in the 1960s, Sidaris wrote and directed a succes ...

, including '' Hard Hunted'' (1993).

April

Lesa Ann Pedriana (born November 24, 1962, in

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) is an American

and actress. She was ''

'' magazine's

for its April 1984 issue. Her

was photographed by

Stephen Wayda Stephen Wayda (born December 12, 1946) is an American professional photographer, best known for his photography for ''Playboy'' magazine. Early life and education Wayda was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Southern California. After high sch ...

May

Patty Duffek (born August 27, 1963) is an American

and actress. She was chosen as ''

's''

for May 1984.

June

Tricia Lange (born April 24, 1957) is an American

and actress. She was ''

'' magazine's

for its June 1984 issue. Her

was photographed by Richard Fegley.

July

Liz Stewart (born July 3, 1961) is an American

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, and actress. She was chosen as ''

's''

for July 1984.

August

Suzi Schott (born July 19, 1961) is an American

and actress. She was chosen as ''

''s

for August 1984. Her centerfold was photographed by David Mecey.

September

Kimberly Evenson (born November 3, 1962, in Bremerhaven, Germany) is an American

and actress. She was ''

'' magazine's

for its September 1984 issue. Her

was photographed by Arny Freytag. She also appeared in the 1985 teen sex comedies ''The Big Bet'' and '' Porky's Revenge!''.

October

Debi Nicolle Johnson (born March 13, 1958) is an American

and actress. She was chosen as ''

''s

for October 1984.

November

Roberta Vasquez (born February 13, 1963) is an American model and

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. She was ''

''s

for November 1984. Vasquez went on to star in several

–

s in the late-1980s and early-1990s written and directed by

. She has worked as a California State Police

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as well as playing an officer in the 1990

Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western (genre), Western TV series ''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide'', Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Ma ...

buddy cop film, '' The Rookie''. She later went back to school and, in 1997, was enrolled at

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, taking classes in biology and other subjects.

December

Karen Velez (January 27, 1961 – July 2, 2023) was a Puerto Rican-American

. She was ''

'' magazine's

for December 1984, and was selected Playmate of the Year for 1985. She was the cover model for the maiden issue of '' Playmate Review''. She was married to

Lee Majors Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary; April 23, 1939) is an American actor. He portrayed the characters of Heath Barkley on the American television Western series '' The Big Valley'' (1965–1969), Colonel Steve Austin on the American television sc ...

from 1988 to 1994 and was known also as Karen Majors. The marriage produced one daughter, Nikki Majors, and twin sons, Dane Majors and Trey Majors. Nikki Majors posed for the Playboy Cyber Club pictorial called "Playmate Daughters" in March 2008. Karen Velez Majors died on Sunday, July 2, 2023. No cause of death was given.

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