January
Gig Gangel
Personal details
Born October 17, 1958 (age 65)
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
Sandy Cagle
Personal details
Born February 2, 1957 (age 67)
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
Henriette Allais
Personal details
Born July 22, 1954 (age 69)[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
Liz Glazowski
Liz Glazowski attending Glamourcon No. 50, Long Beach, California on November 13, 2010
Personal details
Born December 19, 1957 (age 66)
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
Martha Thomsen
Personal details
Born January 25, 1957 (age 67)
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
Main article: Ola Ray
Ola Ray
Personal details
Born August 26, 1960 (age 63)
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 costarred in the short film for "Thriller" in 1983. She modeled for Playboy and was the Playmate of the Month for the June 1980 issue.[6]
July
Main article: Teri Peterson
Teri Peterson
Personal details
Born November 6, 1959 (age 64)
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
Victoria Cooke
Personal details
Born July 31, 1957 (age 66)
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
Lisa Welch
Personal details
Born November 11, 1960 (age 63)
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
Lisa Welch at IMDb
October
Mardi Jacquet
Personal details
Born November 2, 1960 (age 63)[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
Main article: Jeana Tomasino
Jeana Tomasino
Personal details
Born September 18, 1955 (age 68)[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
Main article: Terri Welles
Terri Welles
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1981
Preceded by Dorothy Stratten
Succeeded by Shannon Tweed
Personal details
Born November 21, 1956 (age 67)[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.
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