Teri Hope

{{Short description|American model and actress (1938–2023)}}

{{Infobox Playboy Playmate

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| name = Teri Hope

| issue = September 1958

| birth_name = Natalie Hope Reisberg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|2|19}}

| birth_place = Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QM5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MWwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=teri-hope&pg=7111%2C2979156

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|9|26|1938|2|19}}

| death_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=2}}

| preceded = Myrna Weber

| succeeded = Mara Corday, Pat Sheehan

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Teri Hope (born Natalie Hope Reisberg, February 19, 1938 – September 26, 2023) was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1958 issue.{{cite book|author=Tom Lisanti|title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CCUSa_GmDo8C&pg=PA98|accessdate=27 October 2012|year=2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3172-4|pages=98–100}} Her centerfold was photographed by Don Bronstein and Mike Shea.

Hope was born on February 19, 1938. She attended Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Earl|title=Pittsburgh's Teri Hope, in a Bikini, Almost Beaches a Spanish Ship|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QM5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MWwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=teri-hope&pg=7111%2C2979156|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Sun-Telegraph|accessdate=October 28, 2012|date=1960-06-12}}{{cite web|title=Teri Hope, Native Girl, Comes Home|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zm0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G2wDAAAAIBAJ&dq=teri-hope&pg=7304%2C5702904|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|accessdate=October 28, 2012|date=1961-11-28}} While attending a Playboy-themed party at the Beta Sigma Rho (now merged with Pi Lambda Phi) fraternity house, chapter members proclaimed her the "Party Playmate" and submitted her photos to Playboy.

Hope went on to enjoy a modest acting career in the 1960s, including appearances in two Elvis Presley movies, 1963's Fun in Acapulco and 1964's Roustabout.

Teri Hope was married to Jay Redack and died in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on September 26, 2023, at the age of 85.{{cite web |title=Teri Hope Redack |url=https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/albuquerque-nm/teri-redack-11475474 |website=Neptune Society |access-date=4 October 2023}}

Filmography

=Films=

=Television=

  • Hennesey - "The Best Man" (1962) (credited as Terry Hope) as Nurse
  • The Gertrude Berg Show
  • "Dad's Day" (1962-03-29) (credited as Terry Hope) as Susan
  • "Goodbye, Mr. Howell" (1962-02-15) (credited as Teri Hope) as Susan

See also

References

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