List of Playboy Playmates of 1969

{{Short description|none}} __NOTOC__ The following is a list of '''Playboy Playmates of 1969''', the 15th anniversary year of the publication. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

==January== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Leslie Bianchini | image = | caption = | imagesize = | issue = January 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|02|12}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}} }}

'''Leslie Bianchini''' (born February 12, 1947) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

In 1994, it became known that Bianchini's centerfold photo (along with Angela Dorian, Reagan Wilson, and Cynthia Myers) was scanned and inserted into Apollo 12 extra-vehicular activity astronaut cuff checklists by pranksters at NASA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/13/playboy_playmates_pr.html |title=Playboy Playmates Pranked into Apollo 12 Mission Checklists |publisher=Boing Boing |date=2007-01-13 |access-date=2007-02-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517151518/http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/13/playboy_playmates_pr.html |archive-date=2011-05-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playboy.com/blog/2007/01/on-buckeyes-nanotechnology-and-playmates-in-space.html |title=On Buckeyes, Nanotechnology and Playmates in Space|website=Playboy.com|access-date=30 August 2008|date=10 January 2007|author=Chip Rowe|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509194132/https://www.playboy.com/blog/2007/01/on-buckeyes-nanotechnology-and-playmates-in-space.html|archive-date=9 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a12/a12.lmpcuf14.jpg |title=Image of Apollo 12 Checklist|publisher=NASA|access-date=2007-02-23}}</ref> {{clear}}

==February== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = Lorrie Menconi.jpg | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Lorrie Menconi | issue = February 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|2|24}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} }}

'''Lorrie Menconi''' (born February 24, 1948, in Philadelphia, PA) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.

Lorrie was one of several Playmates who were pregnant at the time of her shoot. This was not mentioned in her Playmate article, nor was it mentioned that she was married, both common occurrences at the time when biographical details about Playmates were obscured or enhanced by the magazine.

Lorrie raised four children. One of her children is Ashlee Ricci, also a Playboy model. Lorrie attends Glamourcon events with her daughter. {{clear}}

==March== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Kathy MacDonald | issue = March 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = New Jersey, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|12|7}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4.5}} }}

'''Kathy MacDonald''' (born December 7, 1946, in New Jersey) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Chan. {{clear}}

==April== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Lorna Hopper | issue = April 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.<ref name=aprkingly /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|8|31}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}<ref name=aprkingly /> }}

'''Lorna Hopper''' (born August 31, 1950, in Houston, Texas)<ref name=aprkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=hopper%2C+lorna&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=19 December 2010}}</ref> was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.<ref name=aprkingly /> {{clear}}

==May== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Sally Sheffield | issue = May 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1941|6|17}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}} }}

'''Sally Sheffield''' (born June 17, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar, who later remarked, "Sally was an interesting lady, so smart". A younger sister, Anita Sheffield, also did some nude modeling. {{clear}}

==June== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  |image =  | caption = | imagesize = 150px | name = Helena Antonaccio | issue = June 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Morristown, New Jersey | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1949|3|21}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}} }}

'''Helena Antonaccio''' (born March 21, 1949, in Morristown, New Jersey) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the June 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the New York club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss June 1969 Helena Antonaccio|url=http://www.playboy.com/helena-antonaccio|website=playboy.com|publisher=PEI|access-date=18 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119063444/https://www.playboy.com/helena-antonaccio|archive-date=19 January 2015}}</ref> {{clear}}

==July== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Nancy McNeil | issue = July 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|12|13}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=2}} }}

'''Nancy McNeil''' (born December 13, 1947, in Los Angeles) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed Delong. Nancy worked for Figge and his wife Mel for a time after she posed for them for ''Playboy''. {{clear}}

==August== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Debbie Hooper | issue = August 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|1|24}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}} }}

'''Debbie Hooper''' (born January 24, 1948, in Cleveland, Ohio) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

According to ''The Playmate Book'', Debbie went into television commercial production following her ''Playboy'' appearance. {{clear}}

==September== {{main|Shay Knuth}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Shay Knuth | issue = September 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.<ref name=wekinglypigs9 /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1945|5|29}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}}<ref name=wekinglypigs9 /> }}

'''Shay Knuth''' (born May 29, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)<ref name=wekinglypigs9>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=knuth%2C+shay&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for September 1969. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.<ref name=wekinglypigs9 /> At the time of the photo shoot, she was studying sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and working as a Bunny at the Playboy Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.<ref name=playboysep />

Knuth later appeared on the covers of the January 1970 and December 1970 issues of ''Playboy'' as well as a "Playmates Forever" pictorial in the April 1984 issue.<ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://www.shayknuth.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031201195906/http://www.shayknuth.com/|archive-date=1 December 2003|title=Celeb-o-Rama Proudly Presents: September 1969 Playboy Playmate Shay Knuth|website=Shay Knuth (fansite)|access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> She also worked as a Bunny at the San Francisco and London Playboy Clubs and as the "Official Party Coordinator" for Studio 54.<ref name=playboysep>{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=56|date=September 2009|pages=120–121}}</ref>

{{asof|2009}} Knuth lived in Chicago and was appearing at "glamour conventions".<ref name=playboysep /> {{clear}}

==October== {{main|Jean Bell}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  |image =  | caption = | imagesize = 150px | name = Jean Bell | issue = October 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1944|11|23}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}} }}

'''Jean Bell''' (born '''Annie Lee Morgan''' on November 23, 1944, in St. Louis, Missouri) was one of the first of ''Playboy'' magazine's African American Playmates of the Month.

When she appeared in the October 1969 issue of ''Playboy'', Bell was only the second African American woman to appear as the centerfold (the first was Jennifer Jackson, in March 1965). Her centerfold was photographed by Don Klumpp. A few months later, Bell became the first black person to appear on the magazine's cover. Bell was featured with four other playmates in the January 1970 cover of the magazine.

After Bell's appearance in ''Playboy'', she enjoyed a brief acting career, working on such films as ''Mean Streets'' and ''The Klansman'', sometimes credited as '''Jeanne Bell'''. She posed nude again for ''Playboy'' in the December 1979 pictorial "Playmates Forever!" {{clear}}

==November== {{main|Claudia Jennings}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Claudia Jennings | issue = November 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.<ref name=wekinglypigs11 /> | birth_date = {{birth date|1949|12|20|mf=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1979|10|03|1949|12|20}}<ref name=wekinglypigs11 /> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}<ref name=wekinglypigs11 /> | pmoy-year = 1970 | pmoy-preceded = Connie Kreski | pmoy-succeeded = Sharon Clark }}

'''Claudia Jennings''' (born '''Mary Eileen Chesterton''', December 20, 1949, Saint Paul, Minnesota – died October 3, 1979, Malibu, California)<ref name=wekinglypigs11>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=jennings%2C+claudia&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref> was an American model and actress. Jennings is ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 1969 and also became Playmate of the Year for 1970. Her original pictorial was photographed by Pompeo Posar.<ref name=wekinglypigs11 />

Jennings had been a receptionist at Playboy before posing for the magazine.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} After her appearances in ''Playboy'', Jennings became an actress in 1970s "drive-in" movies and in television. In 1973, she had a guest appearance on ''The Brady Bunch''.

Early in the morning of October 3, 1979, Jennings died in a car accident when a van hit her while she was driving her Volkswagen Beetle convertible. She was 29 years old. {{clear}}

==December== {{main|Gloria Root}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Gloria Root | issue = December 1969 | birth_name = | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|5|28|mf=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|1|8|1948|5|28|mf=y}}<ref name=wekinglypigs12 /> | death_place = San Francisco, California, United States | height = {{height|ft=5|in=2}}<ref name=wekinglypigs12 /> }}

'''Gloria Root''' (May 28, 1948 in Chicago – January 8, 2006 in San Francisco)<ref name=wekinglypigs12>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=root%2C+gloria&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref> was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.<ref name=wekinglypigs12 /> {{clear}}

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