Reagan Wilson

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Reagan Wilson
Reagan Wilson Blood Mania.jpg
Wilson in Blood Mania (1970)
Playboy centerfold appearance
October 1967
Preceded by Angela Dorian
Succeeded by Kaya Christian
Personal details
Born (1947-03-06) March 6, 1947 (age 76)
Torrance, California, U.S. [1]
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]

Reagan Diana Wilson (born March 6, 1947) [1] is an American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1967 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel. [1]

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Early life

Wilson was born in Torrance, California, and attended Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Monica. [2] After her parents' divorce, she relocated to Missoula, Montana with her mother, younger brother and sister. She studied journalism at the University of Montana. [2]

Career

Wilson began working as a model after relocating to Los Angeles, California in the late 1960s. She made her film debut in the 1970 horror film Blood Mania with fellow Playmate Vicki Peters, and later appeared in the 1973 film Running with the Devil. Wilson later relocated to New York City, where she did further modeling work, followed by jobs in Paris and London. [2]

In 1968, Wilson appeared at a Men's Day event at the University of Washington in Seattle, which also featured a concert by Phil Ochs. Wilson was criticized for her appearance by feminist organizers, who chanted, "Reagan Wilson, you are an empty vessel" at the event. [3]

In November 1969, a nude photo of Wilson made a trip to the Moon. As a joke, NASA ground staff hid a small nude photo of her (along with fellow playmates Angela Dorian, Cynthia Myers and Leslie Bianchini) inside the schedule of Apollo 12's mission commander, Pete Conrad. A photograph of Pete Conrad in his spacesuit with the Lunar Module in the background can be enlarged to see her picture. [4] Pete Conrad was the third man to walk on the Moon. [5] [6]

Wilson again posed nude for Playboy for the December 1979 pictorial "Playmates Forever!" [7]

Personal life

Wilson married Barry Hornig in 1987. The couple owns a textile rug company in Santa Monica, California. [2]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967 The Big Valley JanetteEpisode: "The Lady from Mesa"
1969The Johnny Carson SpecialHerselfTelevision film
1969 Letters to Laugh-In Herself1 episode
1970 The Kraft Music Hall HerselfEpisode: "Friars Club Roast of Jack Benny"
1970 Blood Mania Cheryl
1973Running with the Devil

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Playmate listing" . Retrieved March 2, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Reagan Wilson: October 1967". Centerfold Memories. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016.
  3. DuPlessis & Snitow 2007, p. 231.
  4. Fishman 2019, p. 283.
  5. Playboy Playmates pranked into Apollo 12 mission checklists – Boing Boing Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "NASA Astronauts Brought Playmates to the Moon". Seeker. June 18, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  7. "Reagan Wilson: Miss October 1967". mypmates.club. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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