List of Playboy Playmates of 1966

{{Short description|none}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} __NOTOC__ The following is a list of '''Playboy Playmates of 1966'''. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

==January== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 100px | caption = | name = Judy Tyler | birth_name = | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1947|12|24}} | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2013|6|18|1947|12|24}} | death_place = Died from complications of open heart surgery. | height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}} }}

'''Judy Tyler''' (December 24, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, – June 18, 2013)<ref name=jankingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=tyler%2C+judy&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 3, 2011}}</ref> was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.<ref name=jankingly />

Tyler went into sales following her ''Playboy'' days.

June 18, 2013, Judy died from complications of open heart surgery. She was 65 years old.<ref name="jankingly" /> {{Clear}}

==February== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 100px | caption = | name = Melinda Windsor | birth_name = Ann Brockway | birth_place = Akron, Ohio | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1944|6|25}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}} }}

'''Melinda Windsor''' (born June 25, 1944, in Akron, Ohio) was the pseudonym used by '''Ann Brockway''',<ref name="Melinda Windsor's Real Name">{{cite news |author1=Review Staff |title=Ann Brockway on Cover of New Playboy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89250386/ |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=The Decatur Daily Review |date=22 December 1966 |location=Decatur, Illinois |page=26 |url-access = subscription | via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> a 21-year-old student at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Tony Marco.<ref name="Windsor Playmate Data">{{cite web |last1=Tomlonson |first1=Mark |title=Melinda Windsor |url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=windsor%2C+melinda&limit=0 |website=Playboy Playmates |access-date=10 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202123417/http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=windsor%2C+melinda&limit=0 |archive-date=2 February 2016 |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=25 June 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>

She used a pseudonym to protect her true identity. According to ''The Decatur Daily Review'', from December 1966, she was 22 and married to Niells Hansson at the time she appeared on the cover of the January 1967 ''Playboy''.<ref name="Melinda Windsor's Real Name" />

Windsor was photographed by Maynard Frank Wolfe for the January 1967 issue of ''Playboy'' and by Morton Tadder for the Fall 1967 issue of ''VIP'' magazine. {{Clear}}

==March== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 100px | caption = | name = Priscilla Wright | birth_name = | birth_place = Santa Barbara, California, United States<ref name=markingly /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|11|20}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=2}}<ref name=markingly /> }} '''Priscilla Wright''' (born November 20, 1943)<ref name=markingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=wright%2C+priscilla&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 19, 2010}}</ref> is an American model who was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.<ref name=markingly /> {{Clear}}

==April== {{main|Karla Conway}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Karla Conway | birth_name = Karla Jo Musacchia | birth_place = Pasadena, California<ref name=pigs4 /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|7|5}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=4|in=11}}<ref name=pigs4 /> }}

'''Karla Conway''' (born Karla Jo Musacchia on July 5, 1946, in Pasadena, California)<ref name=pigs4>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=conway%2C+karla&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=February 7, 2010}}</ref> was the name used by American model and artist '''Karla Jo Musacchia''' for her appearance as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Paul Morton Smith and R. Charleton Wilson.<ref name=pigs4 />

She has started going by the name Sachi and became an artist.<ref name=pboct08>{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=55|date=October 2008|pages=123–124}}</ref> Due to her concern for the environment, she created a turtle logo for companies to use for bags that they make that are both biodegradable and compostable.<ref name=pboct08 /> {{Clear}}

==May== {{main|Dolly Read}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Dolly Read | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = Bristol, England<ref name=wkp /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|9|13}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4.5}}<ref name=wkp /> }}

'''Dolly Read''' (born September 13, 1944, in Bristol, England<ref name=wkp>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=1966&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|access-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref>) is an English pinup model and actress. She is best remembered for her appearance in ''Playboy May 1966'' magazine and as the lead character in the motion picture ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls''. She is sometimes credited as Margaret Read, Dolly Read Martin, or Dolly Martin.<ref name=imdbcredits>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713820/ IMDb credits for Dolly Read]</ref>

In 1971, Read married American comedian Dick Martin. They divorced in 1974<ref>Deseret News, June 14, 1974, p. A2</ref> and were remarried in 1978 and remained married up to Dick Martin's death on May 24, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/25/dick.martin.ap/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526100234/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/25/dick.martin.ap/index.html|archive-date=26 May 2008|title='Laugh-In' comic Dick Martin dead at 86|agency=Associated Press|website=CNN|date=25 May 2008}}</ref> {{Clear}}

==June== {{main|Kelly Burke}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Kelly Burke | birth_name = | birth_place = Los Angeles, California | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1944|12|31}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=1}} }}

'''Kelly Burke''' (born December 31, 1944) is an American model who was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge.

Burke was born in Los Angeles, California.

According to ''The Playmate Book'', Kelli was pregnant while she was shooting her Playmate centerfold. She also was (at the time) the sister-in-law of 1966 Playmate of the Year Allison Parks. {{Clear}}

==July== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Tish Howard | birth_name = | birth_place = New York City, New York, United States | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|7|4}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}} }}

'''Tish Howard''' (born July 4, 1946, in New York City) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1966 issue.

Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong. She was a finalist for the title of 1967's Playmate of the Year, along with Susan Denberg and the winner, Lisa Baker. {{Clear}}

==August== {{main|Susan Denberg}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Susan Denberg | birth_name = Dietlinde Zechner | birth_place = Bad Polzin, Germany (now in Poland) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|8|2}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}} }}

'''Susan Denberg''' (born August 2, 1944, in Bad Polzin, Germany (now Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland)) is the stage name of an Austrian model and actress, born Dietlinde Zechner. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1966 issue.

Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland. She also was one of the finalists for the title of 1967's Playmate of the Year along with Tish Howard and the eventual winner, Lisa Baker.

She was married to Tony Scotti (1965–1968) (divorced).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/63/Susan+Denberg/index.html|title=Susuan Denberg|website=Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen}}</ref> She had a son Wolfgang-Dieter in 1971; the father is of Yugoslavian descent and a second child. Now as Dietlinde Scotti, she resides in the tenth district of Vienna, Austria.[3][4] {{Clear}}

==September== {{main|Dianne Chandler}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Dianne Chandler | birth_name = | birth_place = Oak Park, Illinois<ref name=sepkingly /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|12|31}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref name=sepkingly /> }}

'''Dianne Chandler''' (born December 31, 1946, in Oak Park, Illinois)<ref name=sepkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=chandler%2C+dianne&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date= July 19, 2010}}</ref> is an American model who served as both a ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month and as a Playboy Bunny. She was Miss September 1966.

Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.<ref name=sepkingly /> {{Clear}}

==October== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Linda Moon | birth_name = | birth_place = Michigan,<ref name=wkp /> U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|9|24}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<ref name=wkp /> }}

'''Linda Moon''' (born September 24, 1948, in Michigan<ref name=wkp/>) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Graham, Stan Malinowski, and Gene Trindl. {{Clear}}

==November== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  |image =  | caption = | imagesize = 150px | name = Lisa Baker | birth_name = | birth_place = Detroit, Texas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1944|3|19}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}} | pmoy-year = 1967 | pmoy-preceded = Allison Parks | pmoy-succeeded = Angela Dorian }}

'''Lisa Baker''' (born March 19, 1944, in Detroit, Texas) is ''Playboy''{{'}}s Playmate of the Month for November 1966, and Playmate of the Year for 1967. Her original pictorial for photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.

She was also able to get some work on television, on ''The Jonathan Winters Show'' and as the Budweiser girl on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''.

She posed nude for the December 1979 ''Playboy'' pictorial "Playmates Forever!" {{Clear}}

==December== {{main|Susan Bernard}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Susan Bernard | image = Susan Bernard in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965).jpg | caption = Susan Bernard ''circa'' 1965. | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1948|2|11}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|6|21|1948|2|11|mf=yes}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California | height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}}<ref name="Playboy Data" /> | website = http://www.bernardofhollywood.com }}

'''Susan Bernard''' (February 11, 1948 – June 21, 2019 Los Angeles, California)<ref name= "Playboy Data"> {{cite web | last1 = Tomlonson | first1 = Mark | title = Susan Bernard | website = PLAYBOY Playmates | url = http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=bernard%2C+susan&limit=0 | access-date = 11 December 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230408124508/http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=bernard%2C+susan&limit=0 | archive-date = 8 April 2023 | url-status = live }}</ref> was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1966 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli and her father Bruno Bernard.<ref name="Playboy Data" />

Bernard had a sporadic film and television career, appearing for one season of ''General Hospital'' in the late 1960s and in small parts in series television. In most of her work, she was credited as '''Sue Bernard'''.<ref name = "Bernard Times Obit" > {{Cite news | first = Katharine Q. | last = Seelye | title = Susan Bernard, 71, Dies; Actress and Keeper of a Photographic Legacy | date = June 30, 2019 | newspaper = The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/obituaries/susan-bernard-dies.html | access-date = 10 December 2023 }}</ref>

When she posed for ''Playboy'', she was working on the Russ Meyer film ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!''.<ref name = "Bernard Times Obit"/> She was believed – at the time – to be the first Jewish Playmate of the month. However, at the turn of the 21st century, Cindy Fuller, Miss May 1959, has claimed that she was the first Jewish Playmate.<ref name = "Susan of Hollywood"> {{cite news | first = Dana | last = Goodyear | title = Icon: Love, Susan of Hollywood | newspaper = LA Weekly | date = 9 October 2002 | url = http://www.laweekly.com/columns/a-considerable-town/icon-love-susan-of-hollywood/10257/ | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080306112929/http://www.laweekly.com/columns/a-considerable-town/icon-love-susan-of-hollywood/10257/ | archive-date = 6 March 2008 }}</ref>

In an interview in the August 1998 issue of ''Femme Fatales'', Bernard revealed, "I was the first under-18 Jewish virgin who was in the centerfold placed in front of a Christmas tree."<ref name="Bernard in Femme Fatale"> {{cite journal | last1 = Scapperotti | first1 = Dan | title = Banned in Boston: Bernard of Hollywood | journal = Femme Fatales | date = 1 August 1998 | volume = 7 | issue = 3 | pages = 8–31 | publisher = Frederick S. Clark | location = Forest Park, Illinois | issn = 1062-3906 }}</ref> Prior to her ''Playboy'' photo shoot, she had never been nude in front of anyone other than her mother.<ref name="Bernard in Femme Fatale"/>

The photographer of her centerfold, Mario Cassili, was one of her father's apprentices.<ref name="Bernard in Femme Fatale"/> Her father was photographer Bruno Bernard.<ref name=pbnov08>{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=55|date=November 2008|pages=143–144}}</ref> She was working on several books about her father that were published before her death.<ref name=pbnov08 />

On June 21, 2019 – in Los Angeles – 71-year-old Susan Bernard died from an apparent cardiac arrest.<ref name = "Bernard Obit"> {{cite web | last1 = Evans | first1 = Greg | title = Susan Bernard Dies: 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' Actress, Publisher Of Iconic Hollywood Photo Archive Was 71 | url = https://deadline.com/2019/06/susan-bernard-dead-faster-pussycat-kill-kill-actress-publisher-iconic-hollywood-photo-archive-1202638352/ | website = Deadline Hollywood | access-date = 21 May 2021 | date = 26 June 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230208204633/https://deadline.com/2019/06/susan-bernard-dead-faster-pussycat-kill-kill-actress-publisher-iconic-hollywood-photo-archive-1202638352/ | archive-date = 8 February 2023 | url-status = live}}</ref>{{Clear}}

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