Lee Ann Michelle

{{Short description|British model (born 1960)}}

{{About||the British actress|Ann Michelle|the British singer|Leanne Mitchell}}

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{{Infobox Playboy Playmate

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| issue = February 1979

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| birth_place = Surrey, England

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|3|17}}

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}

| preceded = Candy Loving

| succeeded = Denise McConnell

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Lee Ann Michelle (born 17 March 1960){{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=1979&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|accessdate=January 11, 2010}} is an English model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. She is the first Playmate to have been born in the 1960s.

She was born in Surrey, England. Her real name is Carol Needham{{cite web|title=Carol Needham On Playboy And Page 3: How A Legend Was Made|website=Anorak|date= 6 December 2010|url=https://www.anorak.co.uk/267281/madame-arcati/carol-needham-on-playboy-and-page-3-how-a-legend-was-made.html|access-date=17 May 2011}} and she was called Carol earlier in her career, including when she posed topless for the newspapers The Sun and Daily Mirror. Her debut was at the age of 16{{cite news|last1=Bain|first1=Charlie|last2=Brown|first2=David|title=25 Years On. The Sex Kittens Who Blazed a Trail in a Braless New World|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/25+years+on...the+sex+kittens+who+blazed+a+trail+in+a+bra-less+new...-a061154395|newspaper=The People|location=London, England|date=21 July 1996|via=The Free Library}} in the 7 January 1977 edition of The Sun.

In the 1979 film Seven she had an uncredited role playing Sybill.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157366/|title=Carol Needham|website=IMDb}}

Needham later married and co-founded a modelling agency called Needham and Hanson Management.