Debra Jo Fondren
{{short description|American model and actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate
| name = Debra Jo Fondren
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| issue = September 1977
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| birth_place = Los Angeles, California
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|2|5|mf=y}}
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}
| preceded = Julia Lyndon
| succeeded = Kristine Winder
| pmoy-year = 1978
| pmoy-preceded = Patti McGuire
| pmoy-succeeded = Monique St. Pierre
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Debra Jo Fondren (born February 5, 1955){{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=fondren%2C+debra+jo&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=13 February 2011}} 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. Her pictorial was photographed by Robert Scott Hooper.
Career
Fondren, who lived in Lumberton, Texas, and was working as a waitress at Gallagher's in Beaumont, Texas, was discovered on a visit to Las Vegas by photographer Robert Scott Hooper, who also photographed her centerfold, featuring her very long, almost knee-length blonde hair.Las Vegas Sun Newspaper, January 1, 1978 by Jan Plowman Fondren had guest-starring roles on television series such as Mork & Mindy and Fantasy Island. She also appeared in movies such as Spit Fire. In 2007, she returned home to the Lumberton/Silsbee, Texas, area, having stated she had enough of the California lifestyle and now operates a beauty school in her home area.{{Cite web |url=http://www.debrajofondren.com/VIP25-27.pdf |title=Golden Triangle Godiva |access-date=2015-10-03 |archive-date=2016-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117193609/http://www.debrajofondren.com/VIP25-27.pdf |url-status=dead }}
TV appearances
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.debrajofondren.com}}
- {{YouTube|u=debrajofondren|Debra Jo Fondren}}
- {{blogger|officialdebrajofondren|Debra Jo Fondren}}
- {{playmate|debra-fondren|Debra Jo Fondren}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0284516|name=Debra Jo Fondren}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:People from Lumberton, Texas
Category:1970s Playboy Playmates
Category:Playboy Playmates of the Year