List of Playboy Playmates of 1977

The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1977. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January

Susan Kiger
Personal details
Born (1953-11-16) November 16, 1953
Pasadena, California, United States[1]
Measurements Bust: 37 in (94 cm)[1]
Waist: 24 in (61 cm)
Hips: 37 in (94 cm)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)

Susan Lynn Kiger (born November 16, 1953 in Pasadena, California)[1] is an American model and actress. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar and Ken Marcus.[1] She appeared in the cover of Playboy three times: March 1977, November 1977, April 1978.

After her Playmate designation, Kiger appeared in several films, including the sex comedy H.O.T.S. alongside fellow Playmate Pamela Bryant, and eventual Playboy model KC Winkler.

February

Star Stowe
Personal details
Born (1956-03-19)March 19, 1956
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Died March 16, 1997(1997-03-16) (aged 40)[2]
Coral Springs, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]

Star Stowe (born Ellen Louise Stowe; March 19, 1956 in Little Rock, Arkansas – died March 16, 1997 in Coral Springs, Florida)[2] was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[2]

Stowe at one time dated Gene Simmons.[3] She later married and divorced Peter Maligo.[4] Together they had a son, Michael.[4] After falling from the spotlight and moving to Ft. Lauderdale she fell into prostitution, alcoholism, and drug abuse.[3] She was found dead from strangulation just three days before her 41st birthday.[5]

March

Nicki Thomas
Personal details
Born Nancy Elizabeth Tritt
March 22, 1954
Berwyn, Illinois
Died September 2, 2009(2009-09-02) (aged 55)[6]
Measurements Bust: 34 in (86 cm)
Waist: 23 in (58 cm)
Hips: 35 in (89 cm)
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight 112 lb (51 kg; 8.0 st)

Nicki Thomas or Nicki E. Rossine[6] (born Nancy Elizabeth Tritt on March 22, 1954 in Berwyn, Illinois) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.

Tritt married Anthony Rossine, and had two children, Michael Anthony and Marissa Nicole. She died September 2, 2009 in Edgewood, Kentucky.[6]

April

Lisa Sohm
Personal details
Born (1955-03-21) March 21, 1955
Vancouver, Washington[7]
Measurements Bust: 35 in (89 cm)[7]
Waist: 24 in (61 cm)
Hips: 35 in (89 cm)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[7]
Weight 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st)

Lisa Sohm (born March 21, 1955 in Vancouver, Washington)[7] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[7]

May

Sheila Mullen
Personal details
Born (1957-11-07) November 7, 1957
Hollywood, United States
Measurements Bust: 38 in (97 cm)
Waist: 25 in (64 cm)
Hips: 36 in (91 cm)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 130 lb (59 kg; 9.3 st)

Sheila Mullen (born November 7, 1957 in Hollywood) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus. Mullen worked as a Bunny at the Los Angeles Playboy Club.

June

Virve Reid
Personal details
Born (1956-11-24) November 24, 1956
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Measurements Bust: 36 in (91 cm)
Waist: 22 in (56 cm)
Hips: 32 in (81 cm)
Height 5 ft 2.5 in (1.59 m)
Weight 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st)

Virve Reid (born November 24, 1956 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian model of Scottish, English and Estonian descent. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Grant Edwards and Phillip Dixon.

July

Sondra Theodore
Personal details
Born (1956-12-12) December 12, 1956
San Bernardino, California[8]
Measurements Bust: 34 in (86 cm)[8]
Waist: 24 in (61 cm)
Hips: 35 in (89 cm)
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[8]
Weight 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)

Sondra Theodore (born December 12, 1956 in San Bernardino, California) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1977 issue.[8] Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus. Her Playmate pictorial was the first to include the Data Sheets that Playmates had been filling out since 1959.

A former Sunday school teacher, Theodore became the girlfriend of Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner for several years, living alongside him at the Playboy Mansion.[9] She can be seen on the famous Playboy pinball machine alongside Hefner and fellow Playmate Patti McGuire. During this time she sang with the "Singing Playmates".

August

Julia Lyndon
Personal details
Born (1955-07-03) July 3, 1955
Buffalo, New York, United States
Measurements Bust: 36 in (91 cm)DD
Waist: 23 in (58 cm)
Hips: 32 in (81 cm)
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight 112 lb (51 kg; 8.0 st)

Julia Lyndon (born July 3, 1955 in Buffalo, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon.

Julia, the sister of actress Sydne Rome, was an equestrienne who had been in training for the Summer Olympics. In 1996 The Playmate Book reported that Julia was running a restaurant in South America.

September

Debra Jo Fondren
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1978
Preceded by Patti McGuire
Succeeded by Monique St. Pierre
Personal details
Born (1955-02-05) February 5, 1955
Los Angeles[10]
Measurements Bust: 35 in (89 cm)[10]
Waist: 24 in (61 cm)
Hips: 36 in (91 cm)
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[10]
Weight 114 lb (52 kg; 8.1 st)

Debra Jo Fondren (born February 5, 1955)[10] 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. Fondren, who lived in Beaumont, Texas, was discovered on a visit to Las Vegas by photographer Robert Scott Hooper who also photographed her centerfold.[10][11]

Today, Fondren no longer participates in Playboy promotions because they place "too much emphasis on sex."[12]

October

Kristine Winder
Personal details
Born October 15, 1955
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died March 14, 2011(2011-03-14) (aged 55)
Measurements Bust: 34 in (86 cm)
Waist: 24.5 in (62 cm)
Hips: 34 in (86 cm)
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight 119 lb (54 kg; 8.5 st)

Kristine Winder (October 15, 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia-2011) is the pseudonym of a Canadian model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[13] Her pictorial was titled "Invitation to the Dance", with nude shots of her in a dance studio.

Winder used a pseudonym because she did not want her father to find out, but the name change did not help. Several families in Vancouver with the Winder last name received obscene phone calls from people across North America looking for "Kristine Winder".[14][15]

November

Rita Lee
Personal details
Born (1953-06-15) June 15, 1953
Frederic, Wisconsin, United States
Measurements Bust: 36 in (91 cm)
Waist: 23 in (58 cm)
Hips: 36 in (91 cm)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st)

Rita Lee (born June 15, 1953 in Frederic, Wisconsin) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. She was the magazine's cover model three times in the ensuing three years.

December

Ashley Cox
Personal details
Born (1956-11-15) November 15, 1956
Dallas, Texas[16]
Measurements Bust: 36 in (91 cm)[16]
Waist: 24 in (61 cm)
Hips: 35 in (89 cm)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[16]
Weight 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st)

Ashley Cox (born November 15, 1956)[16] is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli, Phillip Dixon and Arny Freytag.

See also

References

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