
Susan Bernard (born February 11, 1948) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Bernard)

Lisa Baker (born 19 March 1944 in Detroit, Texas) was Playboy 's Playmate of the Month for its November 1966 issue, and Playmate of the Year for 1967. Her original pictorial for photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.
Linda Moon (born 24 September 1948 in Michigan) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Graham, Stan Malinowski, and Gene Trindl.

Tish Howard (born 4 July 1946 in New York City) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong. She was a finalist for the title of 1967's Playmate of the Year, along with Susan Denberg and the winner, Lisa Baker.
Kelly Burke (born December 31, 1944) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge.

Priscilla Wright (born 20 November 1943) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.


Pat Russo (born 5 October 1941 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1965 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
Allison Parks (born Gloria Waldron October 18, 1943) is 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. Her original pictorial was photographed by William Figge.
Patti Reynolds (born 28 May 1948 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1965 issue (at the age of 17). Her centerfold was photographed by Stan Malinowski. She also appears in a photograph on page 56 dated 1960 (along with Ashlyn Martin and two other bunnies) in The Bunny Years by Kathryn Leigh Scott, for which she also wrote a short bio of herself.
Lannie Balcom (born 17 March 1941 in Clarkdale, Arizona, died 25 April 1991) was the stage name for Linda K. Balcom, an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1965 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by J. Barry O'Rourke.

Maria McBane (born 8 February 1946 in Avignon, France) is a French American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1965 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ed DeLong and William Figge.
Sue Williams (born Karen Susan Hamilton on November 14, 1945 in Glendale, California, died September 2, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) was an actress and Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1965. Her centerfold was photographed by Ed DeLong and William V. Figge.
Jennifer Jackson (born February 6, 1945 in Chicago ) is an American model who was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the month for the March 1965 issue. She was the first African American Playmate of the Month and was photographed by Pompeo Posar.

Jo Collins (birthname Janet Canoy, born 5 August 1945 in Lebanon, Oregon) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1964 and Playmate of the Year for 1965. Her original pictorial was photographed by Mario Casilli.


China Lee (born Margaret Lee September 2, 1942) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for the August 1964 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. She was the first Asian American Playmate.
Melba Ogle (born 13 November 1942) is an American model. She is best known as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1964 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
Lori Winston (born 24 August 1944) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1964 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Edmund Leja.
Terri Kimball (born 5 October 1944 in Fort Myers, Florida) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1964 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. She also worked at the Playboy Club in Chicago.
Ashlyn Martin (born 20 March 1946 in London, England) is the stage name of Laura Lynn Hale, an American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1964 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar and Mario Casilli. She also appeared in the July 1963 issue of playboy in The Bunnies, a pictorial, as well as in a photograph dated 1960 (along with Playmate/Bunny Patti Reynolds) in The Bunny Years (page 56) by Kathryn Leigh Scott. In The Playmate Book, Hugh Hefner says that Laura's pseudonym was inspired by a character in the Ernest Hemingway novel The Sun Also Rises, most likely Brett Ashley. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashlyn_Martin)
Nancy Scott (born 2 October 1941) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1964 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.
Nancy Jo Hooper (born 17 July 1943 in Georgia) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1964 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
Sharon Rogers (born 19 November 1942 in Seattle, Washington) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1964 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. She also was on the cover of the November 1963 issue.
Donna Michelle (born 8 December 1945 in Los Angeles, California - died 9 April 2004 in Ukiah, California) was the adopted name of Donna M. Ronne, an American model, actress and photographer. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1963 issue, and was the Playmate of the Year for 1964. Her original pictorial was photographed by Pompeo Posar and Edmund Leja.
Terre Tucker (born 9 October 1944 in Arizona - died 16 December 1990) was an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1963 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Stan Malinowski.
Christine Williams (born 7 January 1945 in Basingstoke, England) is an English-American model, actress and artist who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1963 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
Victoria Valentino (born 13 December 1942 in Los Angeles, California) is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1963 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
Phyllis Sherwood (born 30 September 1937 in Niagara Falls, New York— 16 April 2007 in Davie, Florida) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1963 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
Carrie Enwright (born 25 August 1943 in California) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1963 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.
Connie Mason (born 24 August 1937 in Washington, D.C.) is an American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1963 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
Sharon Cintron (born 16 January 1945 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1963 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.



June Cochran (born 20 February 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana, died 21 May 2004 in Wisconsin) was an American model and beauty queen.
Avis Kimble (born 18 October 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American model. At age 17 she was photographed by Jon Pownall to become Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1962 issue.

Jan Roberts (born 9 June 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1962 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
Merissa Mathes (born Marrisa Mathes on 26 January 1940 in Moses Lake, Washington) is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1962 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Glenn Otto.
Marya Carter (born Zella Maria Grajeda on 12 May 1942) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the month for its May 1962 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Paul Morton Smith.


Merle Pertile (born 23 November 1941 in Whittier, California, died 2/21 1997 in usc medical center , California) was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1962 issue. Merle grew up in Indiana and Illinois and later moved to Los Angeles, where she became a contract player with Universal Pictures and had guest spots on several TV shows.
During the second season of the Playboy's Penthouse TV series (1960-61), Merle became a regular cast member. It was there that she first met Hugh Hefner. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Pertile)
Lynn Karrol (born 31 July 1939 in Pittsburgh) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck.
Dianne Danford (born 9 August 1938 in Chicago) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
Jean Cannon (born 5 October 1941 in Long Island, New York, died 17 November 2005 in Pembroke Pines, Florida) was an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.
Karen Thompson is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
Sheralee Conners (born 12 December 1941 in New York City) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Crespinal and Sherman Weisburd. Sheralee also was the model for the unusual double-sided cover of the December 1962 issue


Tonya Crews (born Alice Crews on 2 February 1938 in Oklahoma, died 7 August 1966) was an American model. She is best known for being Playboy 's Playmate of the Month for its March 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
Barbara Ann Lawford (born 7 October 1942) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. She also appeared on the cover of the September 1961 issue.
Connie Cooper (born 20 September 1941) is an Italian-American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Paul Morton Smith. Cooper's parents immigrated from Italy, and though she was born in the United States, she did not learn English until she was six.
She had worked as a salesgirl at a toy store, a secretary and an usherette. Her amibition was to be an elementary school teacher. According to The Playmate Book, she also attended college courses to study real estate and later became a wife and mother. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Cooper)

Joan E. Mattis (aka Joni Mattis) (born 28 November 1938 in Chicago, died 4 September 1999) was an American model best known for her work in Playboy magazine. She was its Playmate of the Month for its November 1960 issue.


Teddi Smith (born Delilah Henry on 21 September 1942 in Hastings, Nebraska) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Graham and Edmund Leja. After becoming a Playmate, she was a Bunny at the Chicago Playboy Club. Smith appeared on the cover of Playboy four times during the early to mid 1960s.
Delores Wells (born 17 October 1937 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1960 issue.
Ginger Young (born 11 March 1939) is an American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1960 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.




Ellen's family worked as sharecroppers picking cotton. When she was 10, her parents decided that there was little opportunity in Mississippi and they moved to California, settling in the Los Angeles area. (Ellen has noted that at the time, Mississippi did not require children to attend school.) Her mother found work as an upholsterer.While eating lunch at a diner near her workplace, she was discovered by photographer William Graham and his wife, who asked if they could take some test shots of her. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Stratton)

Donna Lynn (born September 21, 1936 in Walukee, Oklahoma) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.
Lynn later dabbled in acting, appearing in three films. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Lynn)

After her Playmate appearance, Reynolds continued to work with Playboy, both as a model and as a Bunny in the Chicago and Miami Playboy Clubs. She also swam with the Water Follies and in Spain learned how to fight bulls. According to The Playmate Book, she eventually underwent breast reduction surgery. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Reynolds)
Marianne Gaba (born 13 November 1939 in Chicago) is an American model and beauty queen. She was Miss Illinois USA 1957 Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1959 issue. She was the first Playmate to fill out a Playmate Data Sheet, although this was not included in the magazine.
Gaba placed in the top fourteen in the national pageant, which was won by Mary Leona Gage (who would resign the following day amidst scandal).
She later wrote a gossip column for TV and Movie Screen magazine and pursued a film career. For a time, Gaba dated Ricky Nelson. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Gaba)

Yvette Vickers (born August 26, 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri) was a blond-haired, blue-eyed American actress, pin-up model, and singer. She was the daughter of the jazz musicians Charles Vedder and his wife Iola. During her youth she traveled with her parents on the road. She decided to become a writer and took classes at UCLA in journalism. As a filler she took a class in acting and discovered she enjoyed it, so she changed her major to drama. Her first movie appearance was as Yvette Vedder in Sunset Boulevard (1950), although the role was minor and she was uncredited. In 1953 she was married to Don Prell, but they were divorced by 1957. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Vickers)
Marilyn Hanold (born 9 June 1938 in Jamaica, New York) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bruno Bernard. Marilyn was the second of six children and is of German ancestry. Her father was a lieutenant with the New York City police.
Marilyn appeared in a number of films and television programs in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. She was married to oil tycoon Rulon Keaton Nielson from 1967 until his death in 1993. They had three children.
Today, Marilyn lives in Salt Lake City, where she is active in promoting the performing arts. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Hanold)
Cindy Fuller (born 13 May 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bunny Yeager. Prior to being in Playboy, Cindy worked as a secretary at a Boston law firm. She later moved to Miami, where she joined the Water Follies. She also was a regular dancer at the Copacabana in New York City, and went on to become a professional artist.
Cindy claims to have been the first Jewish playmate. She is married and goes by the name Cindy Fuller Martino. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Fuller)

Nancy Crawford (born April 16, 1941 in Valhalla, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Barbara Kerr and Justin Kerr.
According to The Playmate Book, Crawford did not go into show business but instead became a wife and mother. She currently lives in the suburbs of New York City. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Crawford)

Eleanor Bradley (born December 13, 1938 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel. Bradley was discovered by Playboy while she was in Los Angeles to visit her sister. After the pictorial, she remained active with Playboy for several years, usually with promotional trips and the like; she also was a regular on the syndicated TV show Playboy's Penthouse. She also posed for other men's magazines in the early 1960s, along with her career as a mainstream model, mostly in the Midwest. She again posed topless for Playboy for the magazine's 1979 feature "Playmates Forever!" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Bradley)
Virginia Gordon (born October 28, 1936 in Chaplin, West Virginia) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel. Gordon enjoyed a prolific career as a pin-up and nude model before and after her Playboy appearance. She was so prolific, in fact, that Playboy editor Hugh Hefner was compelled to establish exclusivity contracts with future Playmates that kept them from appearing nude in any non-Playboy project for two years following their Playmate pictorials.
Among Gordon's more significant movies was 1962's Tonight for Sure, a nudie film that was the directorial debut of Francis Ford Coppola. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Gordon)


Joan Staley (born Joan Lynette McConchie on 20 May 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American actress and model. She is perhaps best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Schiller and Ron Vogel. According to The Playmate Book, she was pregnant at the time of her Playmate shoot.
Joan grew up in Los Angeles. Her parents encouraged her to learn to play the violin at a very young age. At six, she joined Peter Meremblum's Junior Symphony. This led to her first film appearance, as a child violinist in The Emperor Waltz, starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine.Her first marriage to TV Director Chuck Staley was brief. They were married in the late 1950s and lived in Memphis, then moved to Los Angeles. They had a daughter, Sherrye, who was born in 1959. By the ear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Staley)
Mara Corday (born Marilyn Joan Watts on January 3, 1930 in Santa Monica, California) is a showgirl, model, actress, Playboy Playmate and a 1950s cult figure. Wanting a career in films, Mara Corday came to Hollywood while still in her teens and found work as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. Her physical beauty brought jobs as a photographer's model that led to a bit part as a showgirl in the 1951 film Two Tickets to Broadway. She signed on as a Universal International Pictures (UI) contract player where she met actor Clint Eastwood with whom she would remain lifelong friends. With UI, Corday was given small roles in various B-movies and television series. In 1954 on the set of Playgirl she met actor Richard Long. Following the death of Long's wife, the two began dating and married in 1957. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Corday)

Teri Hope (born Natalie Hope Ronson in February 1939) is an American model and actress She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Don Bronstein and Mike Shea.
Teri became a Playmate while attending Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While attending a Playboy-themed party at the Beta Sigma Rho fraternity house, chapter members proclaimed her the "Party Playmate" and submitted her photos to Playboy.
Hope went on to enjoy a modest acting career in the 1960s, including appearances in two Elvis Presley movies, 1963's Fun in Acapulco and 1964's Roustabout. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri_Hope)

Linné Nanette Ahlstrand (born 1 July 1936 in Chicago — died 18 January 1967 (aged 30) in Pasadena, California) was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez. Linné moved to New York City from Hollywood, Ca. to pursue an acting and modeling career. She appeared in such movies as Living Venus, Beast from Haunted Cave, and in such TV Shows as Highway Patrol, and Johnny Stacatto. She returned to the Los Angeles area in September, 1965. Married on September 7, 1965, she continued to pursue an acting and modeling career before her death to cancer in Pasadena, California on January 18, 1967. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn%C3%A9_Ahlstrand)


Lari Laine was the pseudonym used by Corrine Cole (born April 13, 1937 in Brentwood, California), who is an American model and actress She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.
According to The Playmate Book, Corrine used a pseudonym for her Playboy appearance because her father was considering running for Congress, and she didn't want to disrupt those plans.
Corrine married her first husband, Jack Entratter, in 1968; they divorced a few years later. In 1972, she married Roger Heffron; they had a child and divorced in 1980. Finally, in 1990, Corrine married her third husband, director George Sidney, with whom she worked for on the 1966 film The Swinger. He passed away in 2002 after 12 years of marriage to Corinne. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lari_Laine)

Felicia Atkins (born c. 1937) is an Australian model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bruno Bernard and Bill Bridges.
Atkins was a showgirl at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, which is how she was discovered by Playboy. (The issue she was featured in had a Vegas theme.) She holds the record for the longest tenure in the Tropicana's long-running Folies-Bergère revue (19 years). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Atkins)

Zahra Norbo (born Ragnhild Olavsson c. 1934 in Sweden) is a Swedish model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Tom Caffrey.
Norbo was Miss Sweden 1956 and a popular pin-up model in men's magazines, but her only nude pictorial was for Playboy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahra_Norbo)

Cheryl Kubert was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
Little is known about Kubert's life before and after her Playboy appearance. However The Playmate Book reported that Kubert died on April 25, 1989. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Kubert)
Elizabeth Ann Roberts (born August 4, 1941) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arthur James and Mike Shea. Elizabeth's pictorial was a significant one in the history of Playboy because she was only 16 at the time her photos were taken.[1][2] (Her pictorial was titled "Schoolmate Playmate.") She literally had a note from her mother giving her permission to pose, but both Hugh Hefner and Roberts' mother were arrested and charged by Chicago authorities with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The charges were eventually dropped on the grounds of lack of evidence that Hefner had known her true age. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Ann_Roberts)
Marlene Callahan (born August 24, 1937 in Ventura, California) 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. Callahan's post-Playboy fame has come for her acclaimed photography, most of which has been done under the name Marlene Wallace. She is one of the most renowned portrait photographers of her time; among her famous subjects have been Jimmy Carter, Kobe Bryant, Teri Hatcher, Anthony Quinn, Maya Angelou, Beatrice Wood and even Hugh Hefner. She is the author of two books of her photography, and (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Callahan)
Colleen Farrington (born Colleen Scott in 1936 in Davisboro, Georgia) is an American model and nightclub singer. She is the mother of Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Lane. She was also Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1957 issue.During her Playboy photo shoot, Colleen was actually pregnant with her first child. Her pictorial also is notable because she has photos as a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead.Before becoming a Playmate, Farrington was a fashion model in New York City and was a particular favorite of fashion designer Oleg Cassini. She eventually married acting coach Burt Lane and divorced him in 1965, shortly after her daughter Diane was born. She later settled in Georgia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_Farrington)

Dolores Donlon is the pseudonym of Patricia Vaniver (born September 19, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), who is 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. Donlon had a busy life before becoming a Playmate - she attended a French convent school in New York State, became a successful model in New York City, was a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and had married twice before she appeared in Playboy. Donlon also posed for several other men's magazines, as well as the cover of Life magazine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Donlon)
Jean Jani (born October 31, 1931 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland. Jani was presented as a flight attendant in her Playboy pictorial, but in actuality she was a reservations clerk with United Airlines when she was discovered. Gowland is quoted in The Playmate Book as saying that United fired Jani following her Playmate appearance.
In a newer edition of The Playmate Book, Jani says she had totally forgotten (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Jani)
Carrie Radison (born November 1, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 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. At the time of her centerfold, Radison was attempting to launch a Broadway career. She went on to become one of the first Bunnies at the Playboy Club. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Radison)

Dawn Richard (born March 5, 1936 in Los Angeles, California) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ed DeLong and David Sutton.
Richard posed for several other men's magazines during the Fifties. Her most prominent film role was as one of Pharaoh's daughters in 1956's The Ten Commandments, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Richard)

Sandra Edwards (born March 12, 1938 in Los Angeles) is 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.In addition to her modeling career for Playboy and other men's magazines, Edwards, who is part Cherokee, was a showgirl in Las Vegas. Her acting credits - she was a contract player at Warner Bros. - include a few films and many more television roles in shows such as Hawaiian Eye and Maverick (her Maverick episode was "Holiday at Hollow Rock" with James Garner). She retired from show business in the 1960s.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Edwards)

June Blair (born Margaret June Blair on October 20, 1933, in San Francisco, California) is 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.June made her first television appearance in 1954. Through the rest of the decade, she took supporting roles in feature films and guest-starred in series television. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Blair)
Lisa Winters (born March 6, 1937 in Florida) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bunny Yeager, who discovered Winters when she saw the teenager running to catch a bus. Winters would pose only for Yeager because she felt too shy to be naked in front of any male photographer. It can be argued that Lisa was the first Playmate of the Year, as she was unofficially dubbed as such by the Playboy editors due to the volume of fan mail she received. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Winters)
Betty Blue (born August 14, 1931 in West Memphis, Arkansas; died August 23, 2000) was an American model and actress and was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams. A self-described nudist, Blue was a showgirl at the El Rancho Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas before becoming a Playmate, and posed for other men's magazines before and after joining the Playboy family. She also did additional nude photo shoots for Playboy, usually anonymously, and can be seen in a recent (mid-1990s) topless shot in The Playmate Book. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Blue_%28model%29)
Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playboy Playmate of the Month three times: July 1955, December 1955 and October 1956. As Charlaine Karalus, she worked in Playboy's subscription department. Hugh Hefner talked her into posing nude for his magazine. Her stage name "Janet Pilgrim" was Hefner's pun on puritanism. For Hefner, Janet's "girl next door" qualities set the tone for future playmates. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Pilgrim)
Elsa Sørensen (born December 1, 1935 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish model who did most of her work under the pseudonym Dane Arden. Under her real name, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland. Sorensen is believed to be the first Playmate who was not from the United States. Sørensen was Miss Denmark 1955 prior to her Playboy appearance. She went on to marry singer Guy Mitchell, though they divorced several years later. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Sorensen)
Jonnie Nicely (born February 25, 1936 in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams. Nicely was originally supposed to be a Playmate for the October 1955 issue, but scheduling and creative conflicts temporarily pushed her aside in favor of Jean Moorhead. Before and after her Playboy appearance, Nicely did additional pin-up modeling, but eventually she went on to a long career as a mechanic at a Rockwell International B-1 bomber plant in California. According to The Playmate Book, she remains active with Playboy and its promotions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonnie_Nicely)
Alice Denham (born January 21, 1933 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American model, writer and scholar. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mike Shea and Lawrence Tirschel. Denham posed for other men's magazines during her modeling career, but she was as well known for her academic achievements as for her physical attributes. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina in 1949 and a ()http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Denham
Gloria Walker (born July 16, 1937 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the June 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Herman Leonard. Walker became a Playmate through her attendance of a modeling school, which referred her to Leonard. He then submitted some cheesecake photos of Walker to Playboy. At the time her Playmate photos were published, she was working at a New York-based telephone company, which eventually dismissed her because of the extra attention she was garnering. Following that, Walker continued modeling and also appeared a few times on The Steve Allen Show.
Although Walker remains proud of her status as a Playmate, she says she has never been to the Playboy Mansion and has never met Hugh Hefner.
Marion Scott is a German-born American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Herman Leonard. According to The Playmate Book, Scott emigrated to the U.S. along with her parents after World War II ended, and eventually became a fashion model, as well as a frequent cover girl for detective magazines. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Scott)

Marian Stafford (February 7, 1933 — November 2006[1]) was an American actress and model born in Houston, Texas. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ruth Sondak, and was the first to consist of three pages. In addition to posing for other men's magazines in the decade, Stafford became a popular personality during the so-called "Golden Age" of television. She was a regular on game shows such as Treasure Hunt and The $64,000 Question. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Stafford)
Marguerite Diane Empey (born 27 July 1932) is an American model and actress. Webber was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus) and screen writer Arthur Guy Empey.
Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956, the latter of which includes an underwater photo which clearly shows her pubic hair — a Playboy first. The photos for her 1956 appearance were taken by soft core porn director Russ Meyer। (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Webber)

Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playboy Playmate of the Month three times: July 1955, December 1955 and October 1956. As Charlaine Karalus, she worked in Playboy's subscription department. Hugh Hefner talked her into posing nude for his magazine. Her stage name "Janet Pilgrim" was Hefner's pun on puritanism. For Hefner, Janet's "girl next door" qualities set the tone for future playmates.


Jean Moorhead (born c.1936) is an American actress and model. Using the name Jean Moorehead, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1955 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.
A former Miss Hollywood, Moorhead acted in movies such as the Ed Wood-scripted The Violent Years, as well a guest spot on the TV Western Death Valley Days. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Moorehead)
