List of Playboy Playmates of 1976
The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1976. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
| Daina House | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 30, 1954 Dallas, Texas, United States[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] |
Daina House (born December 30, 1954, in Dallas, Texas)[1] is a former model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.[1]
February
| Laura Lyons | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1954 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Laura Lyons (born October 22, 1954) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker and Mario Casilli. She worked as a Playboy Bunny in the Chicago Playboy Club prior to becoming a Playmate, and led a protest and brief strike gaining improved work privileges such as the freedom to date customers.[2]
March
| Ann Pennington | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 3, 1950 Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m) |
Ann Victoria Pennington (born June 3, 1950, in Seattle, Washington) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar and Phillip Dixon. She is the sister of Janice Pennington, and like Janice, appeared as a model on game shows.
Pennington was married to Shaun Cassidy.[3]
April
| Denise Michele | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 12, 1953 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Denise Michele (born June 12, 1953, in San Francisco, California) is a former model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1976. Her Playboy pictorial was shot by Ken Marcus. She is also featured in a number of Playboy videos. She appears on the album cover of Robert Palmer's Some People Can Do What They Like (1976) and had some minor movie and TV roles.
May
| Patricia McClain | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 3, 1954 Long Beach, California, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Patricia Margot McClain (born May 3, 1954, in Long Beach, California) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.
In 1996, McClain's firing from her office manager job over her Playmate past made national news. Her lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed sum. After the firing, she worked for Playboy in their editing department.[4] In 1999, she attempted to challenge Elton Gallegly for the Republican Congressional nomination in his Ventura County district.[5]
June
| Debra Peterson | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 15, 1955 Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Debra Peterson (born April 15, 1955, in Santa Monica, California) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[6]
July
| Deborah Borkman | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 8, 1957 Virginia[7] |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[7] |
Deborah Borkman (born January 8, 1957, in Virginia)[7] is an American model of Swedish and Japanese descent. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon.[7]
August
| Linda Beatty | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 16, 1952 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.[8] |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[8] |
Linda Beatty (born September 16, 1952, in Louisville, Kentucky)[8] is a model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon and Ken Marcus.[8] Her most prominent movie role was that of a Playmate doing a USO tour in the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now.[9]
September
| Whitney Kaine | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 20, 1956 Ogden, Utah, United States[10] |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[10] |
Whitney Kaine (born September 20, 1956, in Ogden, Utah)[10] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Grant Edwards and Phillip Dixon.[10]
October
| Hope Olson | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 4, 1956 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States[11] |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[11] |
Hope Olson (born April 4, 1956, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)[11] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.[11]
November
| Patti McGuire | |
|---|---|
| Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
| 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Lillian Müller |
| Succeeded by | Debra Jo Fondren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1951 Dexter, Missouri, United States[12] |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[12] |
Patti McGuire (born September 5, 1951, in Dexter, Missouri)[12] is an American model and television producer. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1976 issue, and the 1977 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[12] She married tennis star Jimmy Connors in 1979; they have two children.[13]
December
| Karen Hafter | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 27, 1954 New York City, New York[14] |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[14] |
Karen Hafter (born December 27, 1954, in New York City)[14] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon.[14]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 29, 2010.
- ^ Bryce Nelson (June 19, 1975). "Seek a Touch of Human Kindness". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ^ Jeanne Malmgren (December 15, 1996). "Every Page a Centerfold". St. Petersburg Times. pp. 10.F.
- ^ David Greenberg (January 15, 1998). "EX-PLAYBOY MODEL SETTLES WITH COMPANY OVER FIRING". Los Angeles Daily News. pp. TO1.
- ^ "Candidate with a popular front". The Times. London, England. September 11, 1999. p. 13.
- ^ "Debra Peterson". mypmates.club. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Sinatra takes a hasty day off". Chicago Tribune. May 17, 1976. p. A11.
Playboy playmates Cindi and Linda Beatty also have roles in the movie.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "'Lovebird Double' who ruled Wimbledon", The Independent, June 19, 2004. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved December 22, 2010.