Kathy Shower | |
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![]() Shower c. 2005 | |
Playboy centerfold appearance | |
May 1985 | |
Preceded by | Cindy Brooks |
Succeeded by | Devin DeVasquez |
Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
1986 | |
Preceded by | Karen Velez |
Succeeded by | Donna Edmondson |
Personal details | |
Born | Kathleen Ann Shower March 8, 1953 [1] |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Kathleen Ann Shower [2] is an American model and actress. Known as Kathy Shower she is Playboy's Playmate of the Month for May 1985 and Playmate of the Year for 1986. At that time, she was the 3rd oldest( after Dolores Donlon in August 1957 at nearly age 37 and Cindy Brooks in April 1985 at age 33) woman ever to appear as a Playboy Playmate, at age 32, as well as a single mother of two. [3]
Before and after Playboy, Shower had an acting career, mainly within the action-adventure (American Kickboxer 2, The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck ) and erotic thriller genres (Boundaries, LA Goddess, and Velvet Dreams). Shower also made numerous appearances on mainstream television, guest-starring in episodes of Knight Rider , Three's Company , CHiPs , Simon & Simon , and a 46-episode continuing role in the daytime drama series Santa Barbara . She appeared in To the Limit , starring Anna Nicole Smith. In 2009, Shower completed an independent film entitled Kathy Shower: Playmate Model Mom.
Shower worked as a model for the Tapout clothing company. [4]
At age 43, she was again featured in Playboy in a "Playmates Revisited" pictorial in August 1996. [5]