Sharon Johansen

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Sharon Johansen
Playboy centerfold appearance
October 1972
Preceded by Susan Miller
Succeeded by Lenna Sjööblom
Personal details
Born (1948-10-11) October 11, 1948 (age 73)
Norway [1]
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]

Sharon Johansen (born October 11, 1948) [1] is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1972 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Alexas Urba. [1]

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Johansen was born in Norway, but when she was a year old her family moved to Wisconsin.

For a brief time, Johansen worked as a receptionist for Pierre Salinger. [2]

She posed nude for the December 1979 Playboy pictorial "Playmates Forever!".

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Playmate listing" . Retrieved November 12, 2009.
  2. "Playboy UK" . Retrieved November 12, 2009.