List of Playboy Playmates of 1959#March
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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1959, the 5th anniversary year of the publication. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
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| name = Virginia Gordon
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| birth_place = Chaplin, West Virginia, U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1936|10|28}}
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{{main|Virginia Gordon}}
Virginia Gordon (born October 28, 1936, in Chaplin, West Virginia) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.
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February
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| name = Eleanor Bradley
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| birth_place = Waukegan, Illinois, United States
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1938|12|13}}
| height = 5 ft 8{{frac|1|2}} in (1.74 m)
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Eleanor Bradley (born December 13, 1938, in Waukegan, Illinois){{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=bradley%2C+eleanor&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|access-date=February 15, 2010}} is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.
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March
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| name = Audrey Daston
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| birth_place = Boise, Idaho, United States
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1936|4|25}}
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Audrey Daston (born April 25, 1936 in Boise, Idaho) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Schiller.
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April
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| name = Nancy Crawford
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| birth_place = Valhalla, New York, U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1941|4|16}}
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Nancy Crawford (born April 16, 1941, in Valhalla, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Barbara and Justin Kerr.
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May
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| name = Cindy Fuller
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|5|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|6|1938|5|13|mf=y}}
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Cindy Fuller (May 13, 1938 – January 6, 2020) was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
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| title = Cindy Fuller
| website = PLAYBOY Playmates
| location = Kalamazoo, Michigan
| url = http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=fuller%2C+cindy&limit=0\
| access-date = 11 December 2023
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231211070401/http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=fuller%2C+cindy&limit=0%5C
| archive-date = 11 December 2023
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}} She was an American model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1959 issue.
Her centerfold was photographed by Bunny Yeager. Many years later, at around the turn of the 21st century, she claimed to be the first Jewish Playmate. That means she was the first, by about seven years, before the previously presumed first one, December 1966's Susan Bernard.{{cite news
| last1 = Friedman
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| title = 7 Jewish Playboy playmates from 62 years
| url = https://www.timesofisrael.com/7-jewish-playboy-playmates-from-62-years-2/
| access-date = 11 December 2023
| work = Times of Israel
| date = 28 September 2017
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220522183853/https://www.timesofisrael.com/7-jewish-playboy-playmates-from-62-years-2/
| archive-date = 22 May 2022
| location = Jerusalem, Israel
| url-status = live}} Fuller died on January 6, 2020, at the age of 81.{{cite web |title=Cindy Fuller |url=https://mypmates.club/1959/Miss-May/Cindy-Fuller-amp |website=My P Mates |access-date=14 December 2023}}
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June
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| name = Marilyn Hanold
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| birth_place = Jamaica, New York, United States
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1938|6|9}}
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Marilyn Hanold (born June 9, 1938, in Jamaica, New York){{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=hanold%2C+marilyn&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|access-date=February 15, 2010}} is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bruno Bernard.
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July
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| name = Yvette Vickers
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| birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|08|26}}
| death_date = {{circa}} 2010 (aged 81-82){{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/playmate-found-mummified-friends-portrait-yvette-vickers/story?id=13522253|title = 'Mummified' Former Playmate Swerved Between Recluse and Storyteller|website = ABC News}} (exact date unknown; body found on April 27, 2011)
| death_place = Los Angeles
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{{main|Yvette Vickers}}
Yvette Iola Vickers (née Vedder) (August 26, 1928 – c. 2010) was a blond-haired, blue-eyed American actress, pin-up model, and singer. In 1959 she appeared as the Playboy Playmate of the Month for the July issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Russ Meyer. She also appeared in several other men's magazines.
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August
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| name = Clayre Peters
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| birth_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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Clayre Peters born September 17, 1930 in Manhattan, New York, is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck.
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September
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| name = Marianne Gaba
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|11|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|5|3|1939|11|13|mf=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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{{main|Marianne Gaba}}
Marianne Gaba (November 13, 1939 – May 3, 2016) was an American model, actress and beauty queen. She was Miss Illinois USA 1957 Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1959 issue. Marianne Gaba Starkman died from a brain tumor in Los Angeles, on May 3, 2016, at the age of 76.{{cite web |title=Marianne Gaba Starkman |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/marianne-starkman-obituary?id=16196709 |website=Legacy |access-date=14 December 2023}}
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October
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|name=Elaine Reynolds
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| birth_place = Jersey City, New Jersey
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1939|9|7}}
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Elaine Reynolds (born September 7, 1939, in Jersey City, New Jersey){{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=reynolds%2C+elaine&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=February 7, 2010}} is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck. Her centerfold appears in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society.
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November
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| name = Donna Lynn
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| birth_place = Walukee, Oklahoma
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1936|9|21}}
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Donna Lynn (born September 21, 1936, in Walukee, Oklahoma){{Cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=1959&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|access-date=2009-02-15}} is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.
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December
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| name = Ellen Stratton
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| birth_name = Bonnie La Rue Nix
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|6|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Marietta, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|4|26|1939|6|9|mf=y}}
| death_place = California, U.S.
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}
| pmoy-year = 1960
| pmoy-succeeded = Linda Gamble
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Bonnie La Rue Miller (née Nix, June 9, 1939 – April 26, 2016), better known as Ellen Stratton, was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1959. She also became the first "official" Playmate of the Year for 1960.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/03/miss-march-named-2009-playmate-year-las-vegas/|title=Hugh Hefner announces Playmate of the Year in Las Vegas|date=3 May 2009 |access-date=March 12, 2010}}
Her centerfold was photographed by William Graham. Stratton died in California, on April 26, 2016 at the age of 76.{{cite web |title=Death record for Ellen Stratton |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vMAk_D75_ARZ0Chh7qF-ZoQ7K3MW-CAO/view |access-date=18 December 2023}}
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See also
References
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