List of Playboy Playmates of 1970

{{Short description|none}} __NOTOC__ The following is a list of '''Playboy picture Playmates of 1970'''. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

==January== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Jill Taylor | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Van Nuys, California<ref name=wekinglypigsjan /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1951|10|14}} | height = 5 ft 4 in<ref name=wekinglypigsjan /> }} '''Jill Taylor''' (born October 14, 1951, in Van Nuys, California)<ref name=wekinglypigsjan>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=taylor%2C+jill&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1970 issue. {{clear}}

==February== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Linda Forsythe | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Jersey City, New Jersey, United States<ref name=wekinglypigsfeb /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|5|14}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 3 in<ref name=wekinglypigsfeb /> | website = }} '''Linda Forsythe''' (born May 14, 1950, in Jersey City, New Jersey)<ref name=wekinglypigsfeb>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=forsythe%2C+linda&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.<ref name=wekinglypigsfeb /> {{clear}}

==March== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Chris Koren | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, United States<ref name=wekinglypigsmar /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|8|8}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref name=wekinglypigsmar /> | website = }} '''Christine Koren''' (born August 8, 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio)<ref name=wekinglypigsmar>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=koren%2C+chris&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Mel Figge.<ref name=wekinglypigsmar /> {{clear}}

==April== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Barbara Hillary | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States<ref name=wekinglypigsapr /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1949|2|18}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}<ref name=wekinglypigsapr /> | website = }} '''Barbara Hillary''' (born February 18, 1949, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)<ref name=wekinglypigsapr>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=hillary%2C+barbara&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.<ref name=wekinglypigsapr /> {{clear}}

==May== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Jennifer Liano | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = | issue = | birth_name = Judy Young | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1948|2|24}}<ref name=wekinglymay>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=liano%2C+jennifer&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=February 16, 2010}}</ref> | birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.<ref name=wekinglymay /> | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2024|10|8|1948|2|24}} | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4.5}}<ref name=wekinglymay /> | website = }}

'''Judy Young''' (later '''Stirling''', February 24, 1948 – October 8, 2024), better known as '''Jennifer Liano''', was an American model of Italian descent. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.<ref name=wekinglymay /> Her daughter is ''Real Housewives of Orange County'' star Lydia McLaughlin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hubbard |first1=Linda |title=Always a local angle: this M-A grad was Playmate of the Month back in the day |url=https://inmenlo.com/2017/09/28/always-a-local-angle-this-m-a-grad-was-playmate-of-the-month-back-in-the-day/ |access-date=30 October 2024 |publisher=InMenlo |date=28 September 2017}}</ref> Liano died on October 8, 2024, at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite news |title=RHOC Alum Lydia McLaughlin Announces the Passing of Her Mom Judy Stirling |url=https://www.allabouttrh.com/2024/10/10/rhoc-lydia-mclaughlin-mom-judy/ |access-date=30 October 2024 |publisher=All About the Real Housewives |date=10 October 2024}}</ref> {{clear}}

==June== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Elaine Morton | issue = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1949|8|17}} | birth_place = Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}} | website = }}

'''Elaine Morton''' (born August 17, 1949) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1970 issue. Her cousin, Karen Morton, was the July 1978 Playmate. {{clear}}

==July== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Carol Willis | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Bowie County, Texas, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date|1949|4|17}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|11|24|1949|4|17}} | death_place = Laguna Beach, California, U.S. | height = 5 ft 6 in }} '''Carol Willis''' (April 17, 1949 – November 24, 1971) was an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1970 issue and her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playboy.com/carol-willis |title=Miss July 1970: Carol Willis |website=Playboy |access-date=18 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701111828/https://www.playboy.com/carol-willis|archive-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>

She died in an automobile accident in Laguna Beach, California. {{clear}}

==August== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Sharon Clark | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Seminole, Oklahoma<ref name=wekinglypigsaug /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|10|15}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 6.5 in<ref name=wekinglypigsaug /> | pmoy-year = 1971 | pmoy-preceded = Claudia Jennings | pmoy-succeeded = Liv Lindeland | website = }} {{main|Sharon Clark}} '''Sharon Clark''' (born October 15, 1943, in Seminole, Oklahoma)<ref name=wekinglypigsaug>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=clark%2C+sharon&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> is an American model and actress. She is ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for August 1970. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.<ref name=wekinglypigsaug /> In 1971, at age 27, she became the oldest Playmate of the Year so far and remained so for 15 years, until Miss May 1985 Kathy Shower became PMOY 1986 at age 33. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the St. Louis club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Playmate of the Year 1971 Sharon Clark|url=http://www.playboy.com/sharon-clark|website=playboy.com|publisher=PEI|access-date=18 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407183641/http://www.playboy.com/sharon-clark|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{clear}}

==September== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Debbie Ellison | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States<ref name=wekinglypigssep /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1949|6|17}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 6.5 in<ref name=wekinglypigssep /> | website = }} '''Debbie Ellison''' (born June 17, 1949, in Atlantic City, New Jersey)<ref name=wekinglypigssep>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=ellison%2C+debbie&limit=0|title=Playmate data}}</ref> is an American model. She is best known for being ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.<ref name=wekinglypigssep /> This centerfold was later used in the movie ''Tremors 2: Aftershocks'' as a double for Helen Shaver, although she is incorrectly identified in the movie as Miss October 1974. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the New York club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss September 1970 Debbie Ellison|url=http://www.playboy.com/debbie-ellison|website=playboy.com|publisher=PEI|access-date=18 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107165139/https://www.playboy.com/debbie-ellison|archive-date=7 January 2015}}</ref> {{clear}}

==October== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Mary Collinson | birth_name = | birth_place = Sliema, Malta | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|7|22}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|23|1952|7|22}} | death_place = Milan, Malta | height = 5 ft 6.5 in | website = }} {{main|Mary Collinson}} '''Mary Collinson''' (July 22, 1952 – November 23, 2021) was a model and actress . She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in October 1970, together with her twin sister Madeleine Collinson. They were the first identical twin Playmate sisters.

Both sisters went on to acting careers, mostly in B-movies. Her sister is quoted in ''The Playmate Book'' as saying that Mary has two daughters and now lives in Milan with an "Italian gentleman", with whom she has been for more than 20 years. Collinson died from bronchopneumonia in Milan, on 23 November 2021, at the age of 69. {{clear}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Madeleine Collinson | birth_name = | birth_place = Sliema, Malta | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|7|22}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|8|14|1952|7|22}} | death_place = Msida, Malta | height = 5 ft 6 in }} {{main|Madeleine Collinson}}

'''Madeleine Collinson''' (July 22, 1952 – August 14, 2014) was a model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month in October, 1970, together with her twin sister Mary.

Both sisters went on to acting careers, mostly in B-movies. Madeleine married a British Royal Air Force officer and raised three children. She later moved back to Malta and was involved in cultural and educational activities there. After several months of illness, she died at Mater Dei Hospital in Msida on August 14, 2014, with her sister Mary present.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.starburstmagazine.com/movie-news/9466-madeleine-collinson-rip|title=Madeleine Collinson, R.I.P.|work=Starburst|date=16 August 2014|first=Martin|last=Unsworth|access-date=6 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906203610/http://www.starburstmagazine.com/movie-news/9466-madeleine-collinson-rip|archive-date=6 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/madeleine-collinson-playboy-centrefold-model-who-also-appeared-with-her-sister-mary-in-the-horror-9856981.html |title=Madeleine Collinson: Playboy centrefold model who also appeared with her sister Mary in the horror film Twins of Evil |first=Simon |last=Farquhar |author-link=Simon Farquhar |newspaper=The Independent |date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> {{clear}}

==November== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Avis Miller | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Ohio, United States | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1945|11|4}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|11|1945|11|4}} | death_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | website = }}

'''Avis Miller''' (November 4, 1945 – November 11, 2021) was an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the San Francisco club and later served as a flight attendant on the company's luxury commercial airliner.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss November 1970 Avis Miller|url=http://www.playboy.com/avis-miller|website=playboy.com|publisher=PEI|access-date=18 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102131248/https://www.playboy.com/avis-miller|archive-date=2 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=November 1970 Playmate Avis Miller was a ‘Jet Bunny’ | url=https://www.instagram.com/playboy/p/B45f4dfpPq_/|website=instagram.com/playboy }} </ref> She died on November 11, 2021. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/avis-erickson-obituary?id=31568398&__cf_chl_captcha_tk__=wRwrTX.s4UDz.8SNNwQas8torNuC96OXuRK6Wki94xE-1641389733-0-gaNycGzNB6U | title=Avis Erickson Obituary - Schaudt's Tulsa Funeral Service & Cremation Care Centers - 2021 | website=Legacy.com }}</ref> {{clear}}

==December== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Carol Imhof | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|3|13}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<ref name=wekinglypigsdec /> | website = }} '''Carol Imhof''' (born March 13, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois)<ref name=wekinglypigsdec /> was an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1970 issue.<ref name="playmate">{{cite web|url=http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/directory/197012.html|title=Carol Imhof: Miss December 1970|website=Playboy Playmate Directory|access-date=12 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061215115121/http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/directory/197012.html|archive-date=15 December 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.<ref name=wekinglypigsdec>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=1970&limit=0|title=Playmate listings at WeKinglyPigs|access-date=August 12, 2009}}</ref>

Imhof studied elementary education at Southern Illinois University and worked at the Playboy Club in Chicago.<ref name="playmate"/> She also appeared in the July 1969 and February 1970 issues of ''Playboy''. {{clear}}

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