Diane Webber
Marguerite Empey | |
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Lynn Turner (January 1956) | |
Succeeded by | Eve Meyer (June 1955) Marian Stafford (March 1956) |
Personal details | |
Born | [2] Los Angeles, California, US[1] | July 27, 1932
Died | August 19, 2008[1] Los Angeles, California, US | (aged 76)
Marguerite Diane Webber (born Marguerite Empey; July 27, 1932 – August 19, 2008),[1][2][3] was an American model, dancer and actress.
Early life
Born in
Modeling career
In the early 1950s, while developing her professional modeling career, she found employment as a
Playmate of the Month
Under the name Marguerite Empey, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in both May 1955 and February 1956. The photo shoot for the 1956 publication was shot by Russ Meyer. When she posed for Playboy the second time, Hugh Hefner didn't even recognize her as a Playmate from the previous year.
Album covers and film
Webber appeared on the cover art of several
In the 1960s and 1970s, she appeared in the movie Mermaids of Tiburon (1962), and an episode of the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea entitled "The Mermaid" (1967). She also appeared in the film The Trial of Billy Jack (1974).
Nudism
In the mid to late 1960s, as a part of the
Middle-Eastern dance
From 1969 to 1980, Webber's professional career was as a
Cultural references
Her iconic status among Playboy models is referenced in Gay Talese's non-fiction book Thy Neighbor's Wife (1980).[15] Talese had published an extensive article in the August 1975 issue of Esquire, in which Webber is considered an object of fantasy as well as an actual person.[16] Two nude photos of her appear in the article, and one is on the cover.
Personal life
In her final years, Webber was a librarian and archivist for a law firm in
She married Joseph Webber in 1955 (the marriage ended with a divorce in 1986), from which came a son named John (born 1956).[4]
Webber died on August 19, 2008, in Los Angeles, following complications from surgery for cancer. She was 76.
Filmography
- This Is My Body (1960, Short) – Herself
- Mermaids of Tiburon (1962) – Mermaid Queen
- The Swinger (1966) – Model No. 12 (uncredited)
- The Witchmaker (1969) – The Nautch of Tangier
- Sinthia, the Devil's Doll (1970) – The Housewife
- The Blue Hour (1971) – Belly Dancer
- The Trial of Billy Jack (1974) – Belly-Dance Instructor (final film role)
Notable TV guest appearances
- Bold Venture – playing Latin dancer, along with Kathy Kelly and Lisa Gaye, episode 1003, August 1959.
- Peter Gunn – playing Midge in episode "Scuba" (episode 1.21), February 16, 1959.
- Highway Patrol– playing Woman in episode "Coptor Cave-In" (episode 18), February 1959.
- Markham – playing Valerie in episode "The Glass Diamond" (episode 1.8), June 1959.
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents – playing The Other Woman in episode "The Pearl Necklace" (Season 6 Episode 29), May 2, 1961.
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea – playing Mermaid in episode "The Mermaid" (episode 3.19), January 29, 1967.
- The Stanley Siegel Show – as herself, discussing bellydancing, 1981.
See also
- List of people in Playboy 1953–1959
References
- ^ a b c "Playmate listing". Retrieved March 23, 2009.
- ^ a b "Name: Diane M Webber, State: California". Retrieved March 24, 2009.
- ^ "Marguerite Diane Webber: Diane Webber". December 6, 2011.
- ^ a b "Biographical website detailing the life of Marguerite Empey". Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
- ^ Entry for 'Jazz for Relaxation' on Discogs.
- ^ Entry for Otto Cesana's 'Sheer Ecstasy' (1960) in Discogs database.
- ^ Published by Elysium Inc
- ^ "Marguerite Diane Webber".
- ^ "Diane Webber". The Perfumes of Araby. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- Doubleday & Company, page 440, paragraph 2.
- ^ "Demography: The Command Generation". Time. July 29, 1966. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Diane Webber". The Perfumes of Araby. Archived from the original on 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
- ^ "R.I.P. Diane Webber | Scott Pearce.com".
- ^ "Anaheed & the Perfumes of Araby". www.anaheed.com.
- ^ "Web sampler". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher.
- ^ Talese, Gay (August 1975). "A Matter of Fantasy: First look at his report on sex in America", Esquire, vol. 84, No. 2, Whole No. 501, pp. 49-57 & 144-52.
- ^ "Diane Webber". The Perfumes of Araby. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
External links
- Diane Webber at Playboy Online
- Diane Webber at IMDb