The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1980. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
edit| Gig Gangel | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 17, 1958 Harlingen, Texas[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] |
Geraldine "Gig" Gangel (born October 17, 1958, in Harlingen, Texas[1]) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1980 issue.[2] Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.[1][3]
Before becoming a Playmate, Gangel appeared on the October 1979 cover of Playboy. In The Playmate Book, Gangel commented on her photo shoot with Burt Reynolds that, "I didn't think Burt was my type, until I met him."
February
edit| Sandy Cagle | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 2, 1957 Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)[1] |
Sandra Joyce Cagle (born February 2, 1957, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1]) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1980 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[1] Cagle had a brief stint as a Bunny at the Playboy Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, before her Playmate selection. She appeared on four covers of the Japanese edition in one year before she became a Playmate.
March
edit| Henriette Allais | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 22, 1954[1] Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)[1] |
Henriette Allais (born July 22, 1954, in Jacksonville, Florida)[1] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1980 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag and Richard Fegley.[1] In 1980, she posed for Helmut Newton's "Big Nudes" series. Her portrait "Big Nude III" became the poster for the first exhibition of the series at Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris in 1981.[citation needed] A numbered print of "Big Nude III" was sold at an auction at Christie's in November 2005 for £176,000 ($311,344).[4]
April
edit| Liz Glazowski | |
|---|---|
 Liz Glazowski attending Glamourcon No. 50, Long Beach, California on November 13, 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 19, 1957 Chicago, Illinois |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Liz Glazowski (born December 19, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois)[5] is a Polish-American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1980 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.[5]
May
edit| Martha Thomsen | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 25, 1957 Moses Lake, Washington |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Martha Elizabeth Thomsen (born January 25, 1957, in Moses Lake, Washington) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1980 issue.
June
edit| Ola Ray | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 26, 1960 St. Louis, Missouri[6] |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[6] |
Ola Ray (born August 26, 1960)[6] is an American model and actress who starred in the short film "Thriller" in 1983. She modeled for Playboy and was the Playmate of the Month for the June 1980 issue.[6]
July
edit| Teri Peterson | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 6, 1959 Santa Monica, California[7] |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[7] |
Teri Peterson (born November 6, 1959, in Santa Monica, California) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1980 issue.[7]
August
edit| Victoria Cooke | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 31, 1957 Hollywood[8] |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[8] |
Victoria Cooke (born July 31, 1957, in Hollywood, California)[8] is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1980 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
September
edit| Lisa Welch | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 11, 1960 Aberdeen, Maryland |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Lisa Welch Semler[9] (born on November 11, 1960, in Aberdeen, Maryland) is an American model, actress and artist. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1980 issue. Semler played Suzy, a cheerleader, in Revenge of the Nerds. Semler is married and lives in Malibu, California, and is a painter and photographer.[9] She sells her paintings to greeting card companies. Semler and her husband also maintain their own vineyard and make their own wine.[10]
External links
edit- Lisa Welch at IMDb
October
edit| Mardi Jacquet | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 2, 1960[1] Châteauroux, France[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] |
Mardi Jacquet (born November 2, 1960, in Châteauroux, France)[1] is a French-American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1980 issue.
November
edit| Jeana Tomasino | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 18, 1955[1] Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] |
Jeana Tomasino was born on September 18, 1955, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] Tomasino graduated from Whitnall High School located in Greenfield, Wisconsin, in 1972. When she was younger, she worked as a model and actress. Tomasino was also a Playboy magazine Playmate of the Month in November 1980.[11]
Currently known as Jeana Ellen Keough, Tomasino is a real estate salesperson in Aliso Viejo, California,[12] and a cast member of the reality show The Real Housewives of Orange County.[13]
December
edit| Terri Welles | |
|---|---|
| Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
| 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Dorothy Stratten |
| Succeeded by | Shannon Tweed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 21, 1956[1] Santa Monica, California[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] |
Terri Welles (born Terri Knepper November 21, 1956, in Santa Monica, California)[1] is an American actress and model. Welles first appeared on the cover of the May 1980 issue of Playboy. She was the centerfold in the December 1980 issue and named Playmate of the Year for 1981. Her original Playmate pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley.
Playboy Enterprises sued Welles in 1998 over her online use of its trademark terms "Playboy" and "Playmate of the Year" for commercial purposes. In Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles,[14] the courts ruled that virtually all of Welles' uses of the terms were allowed.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Playmate listing". Retrieved January 23, 2009.
- ^ My tears spoiled my aim, and other ... – Google Books
- ^ Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds (Chronicle Books 2008) (ISBN 978-0811860918)
- ^ "Helmut Newton (1920-2004): Big Nude III, Paris, 1980". Christie's. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "Playmate data". Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Playmate data". Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Playmate data". Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Hayes, Britt. "See the cast of 'Revenge of the Nerds' then and now". Screencrush. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ^ "Lisa's Cool Ranch". Playboy. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ^ "Playmate Directory, Playboy". Archived from the original on December 17, 2006. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ Jeana Keough Official Website Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jeana Keough Bio on Bravo Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles, 7 F. Supp. 2d 1098 S.D. Cal. aff'd without opinion, 162 F. 3d 1169 (9th Cir. 1998).