List of Playboy Playmates of 1969
The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1969, the 15th anniversary year of the publication. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
| Leslie Bianchini | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| January 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 12, 1947 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 24" Hips: 37" |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg; 9.3 st) |
Leslie Bianchini (born February 12, 1947) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
In 1994, it became known that Bianchini's centerfold photo (along with Angela Dorian, Reagan Wilson, and Cynthia Myers) was scanned and inserted into Apollo 12 extra-vehicular activity astronaut cuff checklists by pranksters at NASA.[1][2][3]
February
| Lorrie Menconi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| February 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 24, 1948 Philadelphia, U.S. |
| Measurements | Bust: 36.5" Waist: 21" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 118 lb (54 kg; 8.4 st) |
Lorrie Menconi (born February 24, 1948 in Philadelphia) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.
March
| Kathy MacDonald | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| March 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 7, 1946 New Jersey, U.S. |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 24" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m) |
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st) |
Kathy MacDonald (born December 7, 1946 in New Jersey) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Chan.
April
| Lorna Hopper | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| April 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 31, 1950 Houston, Texas, U.S.[4] |
| Measurements | Bust: 35"[4] Waist: 23" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4] |
| Weight | 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st) |
Lorna Hopper (born August 31, 1950 in Houston, Texas)[4] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.[4]
May
| Sally Sheffield | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| May 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 17, 1941 Brooklyn, New York |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 24" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st) |
Sally Sheffield (born June 17, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
June
| Helena Antonaccio | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| June 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 21, 1949 Morristown, New Jersey |
| Measurements | Bust: 35.5" Waist: 24" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st) |
Helena Antonaccio (born March 21, 1949 in Morristown, New Jersey) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the June 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the New York club.[5]
July
| Nancy McNeil | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| July 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 13, 1947 Los Angeles, U.S. |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 24" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Weight | 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st) |
Nancy McNeil (born December 13, 1947 in Los Angeles) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed Delong. Nancy worked for Figge and his wife Mel for a time after she posed for them for Playboy.
August
| Debbie Hooper | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| August 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 24, 1948 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 24.5" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Weight | 112 lb (51 kg; 8.0 st) |
Debbie Hooper (born January 24, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
According to The Playmate Book, Debbie went into television commercial production following her Playboy appearance.
September
| Shay Knuth | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| September 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 29, 1945 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.[6] |
| Measurements | Bust: 36 in (91 cm)[6] Waist: 23 in (58 cm) Hips: 34.5 in (88 cm) |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[6] |
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st) |
Shay Knuth (born May 29, 1945 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)[6] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for September 1969. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.[6] At the time of the photo shoot, she was studying sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and working as a Bunny at the Playboy Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.[7]
Knuth later appeared on the covers of the January 1970 and December 1970 issues of Playboy as well as a "Playmates Forever" pictorial in the April 1984 issue.[8] She also worked as a Bunny at the San Francisco and London Playboy Clubs and as the "Official Party Coordinator" for Studio 54.[7] Knuth now lives in Chicago and makes appearances at "glamour conventions".[7]
October
| Jean Bell | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| October 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 23, 1944 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Measurements | Bust: 34" Waist: 23" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Weight | 117 lb (53 kg; 8.4 st) |
Jean Bell (born Annie Lee Morgan on November 23, 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri) was one of the first of Playboy magazine's African American Playmates of the Month.
Biography
When she appeared in the October 1969 issue of Playboy, Bell was only the second African American woman to appear as the centerfold (the first was Jennifer Jackson, in March 1965). Her centerfold was photographed by Don Klumpp. A few months later, Bell became the first black person to appear on the magazine's cover. Bell was featured with four other playmates in the January 1970 cover of the magazine.
After Bell's appearance in Playboy, she enjoyed a brief acting career, working on such films as Mean Streets and The Klansman, sometimes credited as Jeanne Bell. She posed nude again for Playboy in the December 1979 pictorial "Playmates Forever!"
November
| Claudia Jennings | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| November 1969 | |
| Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
| 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Connie Kreski |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Clark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 20, 1949 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.[9] |
| Died | October 3, 1979 (aged 29)[9] |
| Measurements | Bust: 35"[9] Waist: 23" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[9] |
| Weight | 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st) |
Claudia Jennings (born Mary Eileen Chesterton, December 20, 1949, Saint Paul, Minnesota — died October 3, 1979, Malibu, California)[9] was an American model and actress. Jennings is Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 1969 and also became Playmate of the Year for 1970. Her original pictorial was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[9]
Jennings had been a receptionist at Playboy before posing for the magazine. After her appearances in Playboy, Jennings became an actress in 1970s "drive-in" movies and in television. In 1973, she had a guest appearance on The Brady Bunch.
Early in the morning of October 3, 1979, Jennings died in a car accident when a van hit her while she was driving her Volkswagen Beetle convertible. She was 29 years old.
December
| Gloria Root | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| December 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 28, 1948 Chicago Illinois, United States |
| Died | January 8, 2006 (aged 57)[10] San Francisco, California, United States |
| Measurements | Bust: 34"[10] Waist: 23" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[10] |
| Weight | 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st) |
Gloria Root (May 28, 1948 in Chicago — January 8, 2006 in San Francisco)[10] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[10]
Bibliography
- "Playmate Tells of Life in Greek Jail". Los Angeles Times. 1970-01-18. p. A7.
See also
- List of people in Playboy 1960-1969
References
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- Chip Rowe (2007-01-10). "On Buckeyes, Nanotechnology and Playmates in Space". Playboy.com. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- "Image of Apollo 12 Checklist". NASA. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
- "Playmate data". Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- "Miss June 1969 Helena Antonaccio". playboy.com. PEI. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- "Playmate data". Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- "Playmate News". Playboy. Playboy. 56: 120–121. September 2009.
- "Celeb-o-Rama Proudly Presents: September 1969 Playboy Playmate Shay Knuth". Shay Knuth (fansite). Archived from the original on 1 December 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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