List of Playboy Playmates of 1959

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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1959, the 5th anniversary year of the publication. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

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January

Virginia Gordon
Personal details
Born (1936-10-28) October 28, 1936 (age 87)
Chaplin, West Virginia, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Virginia Gordon (born October 28, 1936, in Chaplin, West Virginia) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.

February

Eleanor Bradley
Personal details
Born (1938-12-13) December 13, 1938 (age 85)
Waukegan, Illinois, United States [1]
Height5 ft 81⁄2 in (1.74 m) [1]

Eleanor Bradley (born December 13, 1938, in Waukegan, Illinois) [1] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel. [1]

March

Audrey Daston
Personal details
Born (1936-04-25) April 25, 1936 (age 87)
Boise, Idaho, United States

Audrey Daston (born April 25, 1936 in Boise, Idaho) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Schiller.

April

Nancy Crawford
Personal details
Born (1941-04-16) April 16, 1941 (age 82)
Valhalla, New York, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Nancy Crawford (born April 16, 1941, in Valhalla, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Barbara and Justin Kerr.

May

Cindy Fuller
Personal details
Born(1938-05-13)May 13, 1938
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 6, 2020(2020-01-06) (aged 81)
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [2]

Cindy Fuller (May 13, 1938 – January 6, 2020) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. [2] She was an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bunny Yeager. [2] Many years later, at around the turn of the 21st-century, she claimed to be the first Jewish Playmate. That means she was the first, by about seven years, before the previously presumed first one, December 1966's Susan Bernard. [3] Fuller died on January 6, 2020, at the age of 81. [4]

June

Marilyn Hanold
Personal details
Born (1938-06-09) June 9, 1938 (age 85)
Jamaica, New York, United States [5]
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [5]

Marilyn Hanold (born June 9, 1938, in Jamaica, New York) [5] is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bruno Bernard.

July

Yvette Vickers
Personal details
Born(1928-08-26)August 26, 1928
Kansas City, Missouri
Diedc.2010 (exact date unknown; body found on April 27, 2011)
Los Angeles
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Yvette Iola Vickers (née Vedder) (August 26, 1928 – c. 2010) was a blond-haired, blue-eyed American actress, pin-up model, and singer. In 1959 she appeared as the Playboy Playmate of the Month for the July issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Russ Meyer. She also appeared in several other men's magazines.

August

Clayre Peters
Personal details
Born (1935-04-12) April 12, 1935 (age 88)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.

Clayre Peters born April 12, 1935 in Manhattan, New York, is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck.

September

Marianne Gaba
Personal details
Born(1939-11-13)November 13, 1939
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 3, 2016(2016-05-03) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Marianne Gaba (November 13, 1939 – May 3, 2016) was an American model, actress and beauty queen. She was Miss Illinois USA 1957 Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1959 issue. Marianne Gaba Starkman died from a brain tumor in Los Angeles, on May 3, 2016, at the age of 76. [6]

October

Elaine Reynolds
Personal details
Born (1939-09-07) September 7, 1939 (age 84)
Jersey City, New Jersey [7]
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [7]

Elaine Reynolds (born September 7, 1939, in Jersey City, New Jersey) [7] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck. [7] Her centerfold appears in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society .

November

Donna Lynn
Personal details
Born (1936-09-21) September 21, 1936 (age 87)
Walukee, Oklahoma [8]
Height5 ft 3.5 in (1.61 m) [8]

Donna Lynn (born September 21, 1936, in Walukee, Oklahoma) [8] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.

December

Ellen Stratton
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1960
Succeeded by Linda Gamble
Personal details
BornBonnie La Rue Nix
(1939-06-09)June 9, 1939
Marietta, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedApril 26, 2016(2016-04-26) (aged 76)
California, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Bonnie La Rue Miller (née Nix, June 9, 1939 – April 26, 2016), better known as Ellen Stratton, was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1959. She also became the first "official" Playmate of the Year for 1960. [9] Her centerfold was photographed by William Graham. Stratton died in California, on April 26, 2016 at the age of 76. [10]

See also

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<i>Playboy</i> Playmate Female model featured in a centerfold of Playboy magazine

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Playmate listing" . Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Tomolson, Mark. "Cindy Fuller". PLAYBOY Playmates. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Friedman, Gabe (28 September 2017). "7 Jewish Playboy playmates from 62 years". Times of Israel . Jerusalem, Israel. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Cindy Fuller". My P Mates. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Playmate listing" . Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Marianne Gaba Starkman". Legacy. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Playmate data" . Retrieved February 7, 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 "Playmate listing" . Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  9. ↑ "Hugh Hefner announces Playmate of the Year in Las Vegas". 3 May 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Death record for Ellen Stratton" . Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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