Kathy Shower | |
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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 |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Kathleen Ann Shower [1] 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 oldest woman ever to appear as a Playboy Playmate, at age 33, as well as a single mother of two. [2]
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 forty-six 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. [3]
At age 43, she was again featured in Playboy in a "Playmates Revisited" pictorial in August 1996. [4]
A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. At the end of the year, one of the 12 Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOTY). Every Playmate of the Month is awarded a prize of US$25,000 and each Playmate of the Year receives an additional prize of US$100,000 plus a car and other discretionary gifts. In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. The use of the word "Playmate" in a sexual sense did not originate with Playboy, and was seen at least as early as 1950 in Vue magazine.
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