List of Playboy Playmates of 1954
The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1954. Playboy magazine named its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. Prior to September 1959, Playmates were not asked to complete data sheets.
January
Margie Harrison | |
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Born | November 3, 1931 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Margie Harrison was an American actress and model. She was Playmate of the Month for both January 1954 and June 1954.
February
Marilyn Waltz (aka Margaret Scott) | |
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Born | Marilyn Ardith Waltz November 5, 1931 Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.[2] |
Died | December 23, 2006[2] Medford, U.S.[2] | (aged 75)
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Marilyn Ardith Jordan (née Waltz; November 5, 1931 – December 23, 2006) was an American actress and model. Using the pseudonym Margaret Scott, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1954 issue.[3]
Known as Marilyn Waltz, (later Marilyn Jordan), she also appeared as Playmate of the Month in the April 1954 and April 1955 issues. She was the first of two women to become a three-time Playmate (the other being Janet Pilgrim). In her first Playboy appearance, Waltz was billed as Margaret Scott. For years thereafter, many assumed that Marilyn and Margaret were two different women. It was not until the mid-1990s that they were determined to be one and the same.
Waltz was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1931. In 1954, she starred in the film Love Me Madly alongside Al Molinaro. Four years later, in 1958, she married Breck Jordan. After retiring from acting and modeling, she worked in real estate in Southern California. In 1993, she moved to Oregon. She retired from real estate in 1996.[2]
March
Dolores Del Monte | |
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Born | Spokane, Washington, U.S. | March 15, 1932
Died | February 11, 2023 | (aged 90)
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
Dolores Del Monte (March 15, 1932 – February 11, 2023) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1954 issue.[4]
Del Monte was born in
After she left modeling, Del Monte worked in public relations.[5] She died on February 11, 2023, at the age of 90.[7]
April
Marilyn Waltz (See February entry above)
May
Joanne Arnold | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | April 1, 1931
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Joanne Arnold (born April 1, 1931) was an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1954 issue.[8] She also appeared on the covers of the March 1954 and August 1955 issues.
June
Margie Harrison (See January entry above)
July
Neva Gilbert | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | September 1, 1929
Died | November 12, 2022 Lake Worth, Florida , U.S. | (aged 93)
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
Neva Gilbert (September 1, 1929 – November 12, 2022) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1954 issue.[9]
August
Arline Hunter | |
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Born | San Pedro, California , U.S. | December 16, 1931
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
Arline Hunter (December 16, 1931 – September 11, 2018) was an American actress and model who was perhaps best known as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 1954. Her centerfold was the first not to be purchased from the John Baumgarth Co. by Hugh Hefner, and was photographed by Ed DeLong.[10]
September
Jackie Rainbow | |
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Born | Santa Monica, California, U.S. | June 6, 1933
Died | June 15, 1988 | (aged 55)
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Jackie Rainbow (June 6, 1933 – June 15, 1988) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1954 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Carlyle Blackwell for the Publix Pictorial Service.[11]
October
Madeline Castle | |
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Born | Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. | December 1, 1933
Height | 5 ft 4 in (164 cm) |
Madeline Castle (born December 1, 1933) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1954 issue. Her
November
Diane Hunter | |
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Born | Gale Rita Morris July 14, 1934 Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
Died | June 3, 2019 | (aged 84)
Height | 5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm) |
Diane Hunter (July 14, 1934 – June 3, 2019) was an American model.[13] She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1954 issue. Hunter died of cancer on June 3, 2019, at the age of 84.[14]
December
Terry Ryan | |
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Born | Fort Hood, Texas, U.S. | December 1, 1933
Height | 5 ft 5 in (166 cm) |
Terry Ryan (born December 1, 1933) was an American model.[15] She is best known as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1954 issue.
Ryan's pictorial was the first photographed directly under Playboy's supervision.[16] Prior to this issue, Playboy had purchased layouts from independent photographers.
See also
- List of people in Playboy 1953–59
References
- ISBN 978-0811860918.
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- ^ "Playmate data". Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ^ "Playmate data". Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ a b c Malone, Noreen; Kander, Nadav (October 21, 2014). "Playboy Pinups From the '50s, '60s, and '70s on Meeting the Male Gaze Then — and Now". The Cut. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-226-67006-5.
- ^ "Dolores Jean Mack". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ "Playmate data". Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Playmate data". Retrieved March 28, 2010.
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- ^ "Playmate listing". Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "Playmate data". Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ^ "Playmate data". Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ^ "Diane Hunter bio". Playboy Playmates And Centerfolds. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Playmate data". Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Terry Ryan". Playboy Plus. Retrieved September 7, 2021.