List of Playboy Playmates of 1961

{{Short description|none}} __NOTOC__ The following is a list of '''Playboy Playmates of 1961'''. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

==January== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Connie Cooper | birth_name = | birth_place = New York City, NY | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|9|20}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 5 in }}

'''Connie Cooper''' (born September 20, 1941) is an Italian-American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Paul Morton Smith.<ref name=jankingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=cooper%2C+connie&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref>

According to ''The Playmate Book'', she also attended college courses to study real estate and later became a wife and mother. {{clear}}

==February== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Barbara Ann Lawford | birth_name = | birth_place = New York City, NY | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|7}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 7 in }}

'''Barbara Ann Lawford''' (born October 7, 1942) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.<ref name=febkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=lawford%2C+barbara+ann&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> She also appeared on the cover of the September 1961 issue. {{clear}}

==March== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Tonya Crews | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Alice Crews | birth_place = Oklahoma, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|2|2}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1966|8|7|1938|2|2}} | death_place = | height = 5 ft 4 in }}

'''Tonya Crews''' (born '''Alice Crews'''; February 2, 1938 – August 7, 1966) was a Choctaw American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.<ref name=markingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=crews%2C+tonya&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> Crews died in an automobile accident in 1966. {{clear}}

==April== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Nancy Nielsen | birth_name = | birth_place = California, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|12|14}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 7 in }}

'''Nancy Nielsen''' (born December 14, 1940) is an American model. She was Playmate of the Month for its April 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Schiller.<ref name=aprkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=nielsen%2C+nancy&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> {{clear}}

==May== {{about|the American model and actress|the U.S. congresswoman|Sue W. Kelly|those of a similar name|Susan Kelley (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Susan Kelly | birth_name = | birth_place = Oklahoma, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|2|15}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 3 in }}

'''Susan Kelly''' (born February 15, 1938) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.<ref name=maykingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=kelly%2C+susan&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> {{clear}}

==June== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  |image = | caption = | imagesize = | name = Heidi Becker | birth_name = | birth_place = Klagenfurt, Austria | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|10|11}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 4 in }}

'''Heidi Becker''' (born October 11, 1940) is an Austrian-born model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1961 issue.

Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.<ref name=junkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=becker%2C+heidi&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref>

In December 1979 she again posed semi-nude for ''Playboy'' for the "Playmates Forever!" pictorial.

Becker attended the University of Wisconsin.<ref name=pboct08>{{cite magazine |magazine=Playboy |publisher=Playboy |title=Playmate News |volume=55 |date=October 2008 |pages=123–124}}</ref> {{clear}}

==July== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Sheralee Conners | birth_name = | birth_place = New York City, NY | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|12|12}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 9 in }}

'''Sheralee Conners''' (born December 12, 1941) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1961 issue.

Her centerfold was photographed by William Crespinal and Sherman Weisburd.<ref name=julkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=connors%2C+sheralee&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref>

Conners also was the model for the unusual double-sided cover of the December 1962 issue. {{clear}}

==August== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Karen Thompson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = New York City, NY | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1939|09|04}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 4 in }}

'''Karen Thompson''' is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1961 issue.

Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.<ref name=augkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=thompson%2C+karen&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> {{clear}}

==September== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Christa Speck | birth_name = | birth_place = Danzig, Germany | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|8|1}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|3|22|1942|8|1}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | height = 5 ft 5 in | pmoy-year = 1962 | pmoy-preceded = Linda Gamble | pmoy-succeeded = June Cochran }} {{main article|Christa Speck}} '''Christa Speck''' (August 1, 1942 – March 22, 2013) was a German model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for September 1961, and the 1962 Playmate of the Year.

Her original pictorial was photographed by Sam Wu.<ref name=sepkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=speck%2C+christa&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref>

Her centerfold is seen in the 1978 film ''Animal House'', which takes place in 1962.

Speck married TV producer Marty Krofft.<ref>{{cite news |title=And you thought puppets are for kids |first=Ray |last=Bennett |newspaper=Windsor Star |date=June 13, 1970 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7zY_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=oFEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5321,3404740&dq=christa+speck+marty+krofft&hl=en }}</ref> {{clear}}

==October== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Jean Cannon | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = Long Island, New York | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|10|5}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|11|17|1941|10|5}} | death_place = Pembroke Pines, Florida | height = 5 ft 4 in }}

'''Jean Cannon''' (October 5, 1941 – November 17, 2005) was an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1961 issue.

Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.<ref name=octkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=cannon%2C+jean&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref>

She died on November 17, 2005, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Her cause of death was not disclosed, but according to ''The Playmate Book'', she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2002. {{clear}}

==November== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Dianne Danford | birth_name = | birth_place = Chicago, IL | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|8|9}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 7 in }} '''Dianne Danford''' (born August 9, 1938) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1961 issue.

Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.<ref name=novkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=danford%2C+dianne&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref>

In 1966, she appeared in a horror film, ''Weekend of Fear'', directed, written and produced by Joe Danford. {{clear}}

==December== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = Lynn Karrol | birth_name = | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|7|31}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 6.5 in }}

'''Lynn Karrol''' (born July 31, 1939) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck.<ref name=deckingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=karrol%2C+lynn&limit=0|title=Playmate data |access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> {{clear}}

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