Chris Cranston

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Chris Cranston
Playboy centerfold appearance
April 1971
Preceded by Cynthia Hall
Succeeded by Janice Pennington
Personal details
Born (1946-09-14) September 14, 1946 (age 75)
Santa Monica, California, [1] U.S.
Height5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) [1]

Chris Cranston (born September 14, 1946 in Santa Monica, California) [1] is an American model and actress. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1971 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. [1]

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Cranston had small parts in the 1965 film Beach Blanket Bingo and the 1968 musical Funny Girl . In 1967, she appeared on the front, back, and inside cover of a record jacket for the album Golden Greats by The Ventures. She had appeared in the September 1968 issue of Playboy in the "Girls of Funny Girl" pictorial. She also a regular on the syndicated Playboy After Dark program. In 1977 she was a winning contestant on Match Game .

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Playmate data" . Retrieved February 2, 2011.