The following is a list ofPlayboy Playmates of 1979,the 25th anniversary year of the publication.Playboymagazine names itsPlaymate of the Montheach month throughout the year.
January
edit| Candy Loving | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Candis Loving September 4, 1956 Oswego, Kansas,U.S.[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] |
Candis "Candy" Loving(born September 4, 1956)[1]is an American model. She wasPlayboy's Playmate of the Month for the January 1979 issue, which made her Playboy's 25th Anniversary Playmate.[1]Hercenterfoldwas photographed byDwight Hooker.[1]
February
edit| Lee Ann Michelle | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1960 Surrey,England[2] |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2] |
Lee Ann Michelle(born 17 March 1960)[2]is an English model and actress. She was chosen asPlayboymagazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed byMario Casilli.[2]
March
edit| Denise McConnell | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 23, 1958 Wiesbaden,Germany[3] |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[3] |
Denise McConnell(born December 23, 1958)[3]is an American model. She wasPlayboymagazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed byNicholas DeScioseandPompeo Posar.[3]
April
edit| Missy Cleveland | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1959 Jackson, Mississippi[4] |
| Died | August 14, 2001(aged 41) (adverse reaction to prescription medication) |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4] |
Amanda "Missy" Hodges Cleveland(December 25, 1959 – August 14, 2001)[4]was an American model and actress. She wasPlayboymagazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1979 issue. Her centrefold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[4]
Cleveland was born inJackson, Mississippi[4]and attendedProvine High SchoolandMcClure Academy.[5]She came to the magazine's attention through its 25th Anniversary Great Playmate Hunt. Her death, which resulted from side effects of a prescription drug, occurred the year she would have reached the age of 42. She was a property manager.[5]
May
edit| Michele Drake | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1958 La Jolla, California,U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Michele Drake(born February 7, 1958) is an American model and actress. She wasPlayboymagazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1979 issue and a member of Playboy's vocal group, The Singing Playmates.[6]
June
edit| Louann Fernald | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 23, 1957 San Antonio,Texas,U.S.[7] |
| Height | 5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m) |
Louann Fernald(born October 23, 1957) is an American lawyer and former model and actress. She wasPlayboymagazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1979 issue.[7]Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.
July
edit| Dorothy Mays | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 24, 1957 Nuremberg,Germany |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Dorothy Mays(born July 24, 1957) is an American model and actress. She was chosen asPlayboymagazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed byRichard Fegley.
August
edit| Dorothy Stratten | |
|---|---|
| Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
| 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Monique St. Pierre |
| Succeeded by | Terri Welles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 28, 1960 Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada[8] |
| Died | August 14, 1980(aged 20) |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[8] |
Dorothy Stratten(February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980)[8]was a Canadian model and actress. Stratten found fame as thePlayboyPlaymate of the Month for August 1979 and subsequentlyPlaymate of the Yearfor 1980.[8]Stratten is remembered for the circumstances of her murder at age 20 by her estranged husband,[9]an act that was the basis of two motion pictures.
September
edit| Vicky McCarty | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vicki Ann McCarty January 13, 1954 Los Angeles,California,U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Vicki McCarty Iovine(bornVicki Ann McCarty;January 13, 1954) is an American model, writer, and lawyer. She is a former member of the board of directors of theSpecial Olympics,as well as a former television producer and radio talk show host. She wasPlayboymagazine'sPlaymate of the Monthfor its September 1979 issue and was photographed byArny Freytag.She is separated from her husband,record producerand founder ofInterscope RecordsJimmy Iovine.They have four children.[10]She has published several books pertaining to pregnancy and parenthood under the brand of Girlfriends' Guides, as well as Best Friends' Guides.
October
edit| Ursula Buchfellner | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 June 1961 Munich,Germany |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Ursula Buchfellner(born 8 June 1961) is a German model and actress. She wasPlayboymagazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Weissbrich. Buchfellner also was the Playmate for the December 1977 issue ofPlayboy'sGerman edition.
In her later modeling and acting work, she was sometimes credited as Uschi Buchfellner, Ursula Fellner, Ulla Maris and Ursula Maris. Most of her movie roles were in European B-movies.
November
edit| Sylvie Garant | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 23, 1957 Montmagny,Quebec,Canada |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Sylvie Garant(born September 23, 1957) is a Canadian model. She wasPlayboymagazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1979 issue.[11]Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley.[12]She served as hostess for one season of the late 1970s game showThe $128,000 Questionand later served as hostess on another Canadian game show,The Joke's on Us.[citation needed]
December
edit| Candace Collins | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 26, 1957 Dupo, Illinois,U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
[ candidcandace Official website] | |
Candace Collins(born May 26, 1957) is an American model and actress. She wasPlayboymagazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. She was a 9-time cover girl (two US, seven international), and her February 1980 iconic "eyes" cover was chosen as Cover of the Year by Marketing Bestsellers Association.[citation needed]Collins was also a Playboy Bunny[13]at the St. Louis club and Chicago Playboy Bunny of the Year in 1976. The issue Collins appeared in was 410 pages, the largest issuePlayboyever published.
Professionally, she now goes by the name Candace Jordan,[14]as a television host, popular media personality in Chicago,[citation needed]and onetimeChicago Tribunesocial columnist.[15]In May 2017, at the age of 60, Collins duplicated her cover along with her cohortsKimberley Conrad,Renee Tenison,Lisa Matthews,Cathy St. George,Charlotte Kemp,andMonique St. Pierrenearly four decades on.[16]
See also
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- ^ab"Obituary at Clarion Ledger".RetrievedJanuary 29,2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^Palopoli, Steve (17 May 2019)."Meet Playboy's Little-Known Group, The Singing Playmates".Playboy Magazine (Spring 2019).
- ^abFernald, Louann (17 March 2020)."Speaking Out With Louann Fernald".Playboy.
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- ^Vincent Canby (1983-11-10)."SCREEN: 'STAR 80,' A SEX-SYMBOL'S LIFE AND DEATH".The New York Times.Retrieved2008-07-22.
- ^Iovine, Vicki."Divorce Is Trite, But Everyone's Is Special".Huffington Post.Retrieved2009-09-09.
- ^"Sylvie Garant".Toronto Public Library.Retrieved24 August2021.
- ^"Playboy's Playback: Sylvie Garant".Playboy.Retrieved27 August2021.
- ^"Playboy".July 2008: 131.
{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^Kogan, Rick (2 June 2017)."Where are those Playmates now? Former cover girls return in Playboy photo project".Chicago Tribune.
- ^"Candace Jordan".Chicago Tribune.Retrieved6 May2021.
- ^n/a, Iveta."7 Playboy's Playmates Recreate Their Own Magazine Covers Around 30 Years Later".Bored Panda.Retrieved2017-12-18.