List of Playboy Playmates of 1959
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.
January[edit]
| Virginia Gordon | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 28, 1936 Chaplin, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
| Eleanor Bradley | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 13, 1938 Waukegan, Illinois, United States[1] |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
| Audrey Daston | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 25, 1936 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[edit]
| Nancy Crawford | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 16, 1941 Valhalla, New York, U.S. |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
| Cindy Fuller | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 13, 1938 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2020 (aged 81) |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
| Marilyn Hanold | |
|---|---|
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| Personal details | |
| Born | June 9, 1938 Jamaica, New York, United States[5] |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
| Yvette Vickers | |
|---|---|
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| Personal details | |
| Born | August 26, 1928 Kansas City, Missouri |
| Died | c.2010 (exact date unknown; body found on April 27, 2011) Los Angeles |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
| Clayre Peters | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 12, 1935 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[edit]
| Marianne Gaba | |
|---|---|
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| Personal details | |
| Born | November 13, 1939 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 2016 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
| Elaine Reynolds | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 7, 1939 Jersey City, New Jersey[7] |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
| Donna Lynn | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 21, 1936 Walukee, Oklahoma[8] |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
| Ellen Stratton | |
|---|---|
| Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
| 1960 | |
| Succeeded by | Linda Gamble |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bonnie La Rue Nix June 9, 1939 Marietta, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | April 26, 2016 (aged 76) California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Playmate listing". Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ a b c Tomolson, Mark. "Cindy Fuller". PLAYBOY Playmates. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Cindy Fuller". My P Mates. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Playmate listing". Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ "Marianne Gaba Starkman". Legacy. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Playmate listing". Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ "Hugh Hefner announces Playmate of the Year in Las Vegas". 3 May 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "Death record for Ellen Stratton". Retrieved 18 December 2023.