Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) | |
Born November 16, 1953 (age 63)Pasadena, California, United States ( 1953-11-16 ) Measurements Bust: 37 in (94 cm)Waist: 24 in (61 cm)Hips: 37 in (94 cm) | ||
The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1977. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
Contents
January
Susan Lynn Kiger (born November 16, 1953 in Pasadena, California) is an American model and actress. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar and Ken Marcus. She appeared in the cover of Playboy three times: March 1977, November 1977, April 1978.
After her Playmate designation, Kiger appeared in several films, including the sex comedy H.O.T.S. alongside fellow Playmate Pamela Bryant, and eventual Playboy model KC Winkler.
February
Star Stowe (born Ellen Louise Stowe; March 19, 1956 in Little Rock, Arkansas – died March 16, 1997 in Coral Springs, Florida) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
Stowe at one time dated Gene Simmons. She later married and divorced Peter Maligo. Together they had a son, Michael. After falling from the spotlight and moving to Ft. Lauderdale she fell into prostitution, alcoholism, and drug abuse. She was found dead from strangulation just three days before her 41st birthday.
March
Nicki Thomas or Nicki E. Rossine (born Nancy Elizabeth Tritt on March 22, 1954 in Berwyn, Illinois-September 2, 2009) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
Tritt married, and eventually had two children. She died in September, 2009 in Edgewood, Kentucky.
April
Lisa Sohm (born March 21, 1955 in Vancouver, Washington) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
May
Sheila Mullen (born November 7, 1957 in Hollywood) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus. Mullen worked as a Bunny at the Los Angeles Playboy Club.
June
Virve Reid (born November 24, 1956 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian model of Scottish, English and Estonian descent. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Grant Edwards and Phillip Dixon.
July
Sondra Theodore (born December 12, 1956 in San Bernardino, California) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus. Her Playmate pictorial was the first to include the Data Sheets that Playmates had been filling out since 1959.
A former Sunday school teacher, Theodore became the girlfriend of Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner for several years, living alongside him at the Playboy Mansion. She can be seen on the famous Playboy pinball machine alongside Hefner and fellow Playmate Patti McGuire. During this time she sang with the "Singing Playmates".
August
Julia Lyndon (born July 3, 1955 in Buffalo, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon.
Julia, the sister of actress Sydne Rome, was an equestrienne who had been in training for the Summer Olympics. In 1996 The Playmate Book reported that Julia was running a restaurant in South America.
September
Debra Jo Fondren (born February 5, 1955) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1977 issue and Playmate of the Year for 1978. Fondren, who lived in Beaumont, Texas, was discovered on a visit to Las Vegas by photographer Robert Scott Hooper who also photographed her centerfold.
Today, Fondren no longer participates in Playboy promotions because they place "too much emphasis on sex."
October
Kristine Winder (October 15, 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia-2011) is the pseudonym of a Canadian model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. Her pictorial was titled "Invitation to the Dance", with nude shots of her in a dance studio.
Winder used a pseudonym because she did not want her father to find out, but the name change did not help. Several families in Vancouver with the Winder last name received obscene phone calls from people across North America looking for "Kristine Winder".
November
Rita Lee (born June 15, 1953 in Frederic, Wisconsin) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. She was the magazine's cover model three times in the ensuing three years.
December
Ashley Cox (born November 15, 1956) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli, Phillip Dixon and Arny Freytag.