List of Playboy Playmates of 1969

The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1969, the 15th anniversary year of the publication. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January

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Leslie Bianchini
Playboy centerfold appearance
January 1969
Personal details
Born (1947-02-12) February 12, 1947 (age 77)
Chicago, USA
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Leslie Bianchini (born February 12, 1947) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

In 1994, it became known that Bianchini's centerfold photo (along with Angela Dorian, Reagan Wilson, and Cynthia Myers) was scanned and inserted into Apollo 12 extra-vehicular activity astronaut cuff checklists by pranksters at NASA.[1][2][3]

February

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Lorrie Menconi
 
Playboy centerfold appearance
February 1969
Personal details
Born (1948-02-24) February 24, 1948 (age 76)
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Lorrie Menconi (born February 24, 1948, in Philadelphia, PA) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.

Lorrie was one of several Playmates who were pregnant at the time of her shoot. This was not mentioned in her Playmate article, nor was it mentioned that she was married, both common occurrences at the time when biographical details about Playmates were obscured or enhanced by the magazine.

Lorrie raised four children. One of her children is Ashlee Ricci, also a Playboy model. Lorrie attends Glamourcon events with her daughter.

March

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Kathy MacDonald
Playboy centerfold appearance
March 1969
Personal details
Born (1946-12-07) December 7, 1946 (age 77)
New Jersey, U.S.
Height5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m)

Kathy MacDonald (born December 7, 1946, in New Jersey) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Chan.

April

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Lorna Hopper
Playboy centerfold appearance
April 1969
Personal details
Born (1950-08-31) August 31, 1950 (age 74)
Houston, Texas, U.S.[4]
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4]

Lorna Hopper (born August 31, 1950, in Houston, Texas)[4] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.[4]

Sally Sheffield
Playboy centerfold appearance
May 1969
Personal details
Born (1941-06-17) June 17, 1941 (age 83)
Brooklyn, New York
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Sally Sheffield (born June 17, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar, who later remarked, "Sally was an interesting lady, so smart". A younger sister, Anita Sheffield, also did some nude modeling.

June

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Helena Antonaccio
Playboy centerfold appearance
June 1969
Personal details
Born (1949-03-21) March 21, 1949 (age 75)
Morristown, New Jersey
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Helena Antonaccio (born March 21, 1949, in Morristown, New Jersey) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the June 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the New York club.[5]

July

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Nancy McNeil
Playboy centerfold appearance
July 1969
Personal details
Born (1947-12-13) December 13, 1947 (age 76)
Los Angeles, U.S.
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)

Nancy McNeil (born December 13, 1947, in Los Angeles) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed Delong. Nancy worked for Figge and his wife Mel for a time after she posed for them for Playboy.

August

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Debbie Hooper
Playboy centerfold appearance
August 1969
Personal details
Born (1948-01-24) January 24, 1948 (age 76)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Debbie Hooper (born January 24, 1948, in Cleveland, Ohio) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

According to The Playmate Book, Debbie went into television commercial production following her Playboy appearance.

September

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Shay Knuth
Playboy centerfold appearance
September 1969
Personal details
Born (1945-05-29) May 29, 1945 (age 79)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.[6]
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[6]

Shay Knuth (born May 29, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)[6] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for September 1969. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.[6] At the time of the photo shoot, she was studying sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and working as a Bunny at the Playboy Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.[7]

Knuth later appeared on the covers of the January 1970 and December 1970 issues of Playboy as well as a "Playmates Forever" pictorial in the April 1984 issue.[8] She also worked as a Bunny at the San Francisco and London Playboy Clubs and as the "Official Party Coordinator" for Studio 54.[7]

As of 2009 Knuth lived in Chicago and was appearing at "glamour conventions".[7]

October

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Jean Bell
Playboy centerfold appearance
October 1969
Personal details
Born (1944-11-23) November 23, 1944 (age 79)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Jean Bell (born Annie Lee Morgan on November 23, 1944, in St. Louis, Missouri) was one of the first of Playboy magazine's African American Playmates of the Month.

Biography

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When she appeared in the October 1969 issue of Playboy, Bell was only the second African American woman to appear as the centerfold (the first was Jennifer Jackson, in March 1965). Her centerfold was photographed by Don Klumpp. A few months later, Bell became the first black person to appear on the magazine's cover. Bell was featured with four other playmates in the January 1970 cover of the magazine.

After Bell's appearance in Playboy, she enjoyed a brief acting career, working on such films as Mean Streets and The Klansman, sometimes credited as Jeanne Bell. She posed nude again for Playboy in the December 1979 pictorial "Playmates Forever!"

November

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Claudia Jennings
Playboy centerfold appearance
November 1969
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1970
Preceded byConnie Kreski
Succeeded bySharon Clark
Personal details
Born(1949-12-20)December 20, 1949
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.[9]
DiedOctober 3, 1979(1979-10-03) (aged 29)[9]
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[9]

Claudia Jennings (born Mary Eileen Chesterton, December 20, 1949, Saint Paul, Minnesota – died October 3, 1979, Malibu, California)[9] was an American model and actress. Jennings is Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 1969 and also became Playmate of the Year for 1970. Her original pictorial was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[9]

Jennings had been a receptionist at Playboy before posing for the magazine.[citation needed] After her appearances in Playboy, Jennings became an actress in 1970s "drive-in" movies and in television. In 1973, she had a guest appearance on The Brady Bunch.

Early in the morning of October 3, 1979, Jennings died in a car accident when a van hit her while she was driving her Volkswagen Beetle convertible. She was 29 years old.

December

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Gloria Root
Playboy centerfold appearance
December 1969
Personal details
Born(1948-05-28)May 28, 1948
Chicago Illinois, United States
DiedJanuary 8, 2006(2006-01-08) (aged 57)[10]
San Francisco, California, United States
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[10]

Gloria Root (May 28, 1948 in Chicago – January 8, 2006 in San Francisco)[10] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[10]

Bibliography

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  • "Playmate Tells of Life in Greek Jail". Los Angeles Times. 1970-01-18. p. A7.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Playboy Playmates Pranked into Apollo 12 Mission Checklists". Boing Boing. 2007-01-13. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
  2. ^ Chip Rowe (10 January 2007). "On Buckeyes, Nanotechnology and Playmates in Space". Playboy.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Image of Apollo 12 Checklist". NASA. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
  4. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Miss June 1969 Helena Antonaccio". playboy.com. PEI. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  7. ^ a b c "Playmate News". Playboy. 56. Playboy: 120–121. September 2009.
  8. ^ "Celeb-o-Rama Proudly Presents: September 1969 Playboy Playmate Shay Knuth". Shay Knuth (fansite). Archived from the original on 1 December 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Playmate data". Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  10. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 29, 2010.