List of Playboy Playmates of 1977

{{Short description|none}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} The following is a list of '''Playboy Playmates of 1977'''. ''Playboy'' magazine named its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. {{Horizontal TOC|nonum=y}}

==January== {{Main|Susan Kiger}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = | caption = | name = Susan Kiger | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1953|11|16}} | birth_place = Pasadena, California, United States<ref name=jankingly /> | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name=jankingly /> | website = }}

'''Susan Lynn Kiger''' (born November 16, 1953, in Pasadena, California)<ref name=jankingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=kiger%2C+susan+lynn&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> is an American model and actress. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar and Ken Marcus.<ref name=jankingly /> She appeared in the cover of ''Playboy'' three times: March 1977, November 1977, April 1978.

Kiger was the first Playmate to perform in a hardcore sex film, 'Hot Nasties' (1976).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134603/trivia/ Hot Nasties - Trivia]</ref> After her Playmate designation, she appeared in several other films, including the sex comedy ''H.O.T.S.'' alongside fellow Playmate Pamela Bryant, and eventual ''Playboy'' model KC Winkler. {{Clear}}

==February== {{Main|Star Stowe}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Star Stowe |image= | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1956|3|19}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1997|3|16|1956|3|19}}<ref name=wekinglypigs2 /> | death_place = Coral Springs, Florida, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}<ref name=wekinglypigs2 /> }}

'''Star Stowe''' (born '''Ellen Louise Stowe'''; March 19, 1956, in Little Rock, Arkansas – died March 16, 1997, in Coral Springs, Florida)<ref name=wekinglypigs2>{{Cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=stowe%2C+star&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref name=wekinglypigs2 />

Stowe at one time dated Gene Simmons.<ref name=foxnews>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/anna-nicole-smith-wasnt-first-playboy-pinup-to-die-tragically|title=Anna Nicole Smith Wasn't First Playboy Pinup to Die Tragically|access-date=29 January 2010 | website=Fox News | first=Catherine | last=Donaldson-Evans | date=13 February 2007 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216005052/https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251738,00.html | archive-date=16 February 2007}}</ref> She later married and divorced Peter Maligo.<ref name=sunsen>{{Cite web |url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.mag.playboy/browse_frm/thread/66ee5f3b5c0d9a2b/1a2933c1ab03506e?lnk=st&q=Ellen+Star+Stowe&rnum=1 |title=Star's Fall a Dark Tale After World of Glamour |access-date=October 4, 2006 |first=Donna |last=Pazdera |date=March 23, 1997 |publisher=Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel |pages=1B}}</ref> Together they had a son, Michael.<ref name=sunsen /> After falling from the spotlight and moving to Fort Lauderdale, Florida she fell into prostitution, alcoholism, and drug abuse and was ultimately murdered.<ref name=foxnews /> {{Clear}}

==March== {{redirect-distinguish|Nicki Thomas|Nick Thomas (disambiguation)|Nicky Thomas (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Nicki Thomas | birth_name = Nancy Elizabeth Tritt | birth_place = Berwyn, Illinois | birth_date = March 22, 1954 | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|9|2|1954|3|22}}<ref name=obit/> | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}} }}

'''Nicki Thomas''' or '''Nicki E. Rossine'''<ref name=obit>{{cite web|title=Nancy E. Rossine|url=http://obituaries.mysuburbanlife.com/obituaries/chicagosuburbannews/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-e-rossine&pid=132958061|work=Obituary|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=22 December 2013}}</ref> (born '''Nancy Elizabeth Tritt''' on March 22, 1954, in Berwyn, Illinois – died September 2, 2009) 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.<ref name=obit/> {{Clear}}

==April== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Lisa Sohm | birth_name = | birth_place = Vancouver, Washington<ref name=aprkingly/> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|3|21|mf=y}} | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name=aprkingly/> }}

'''Lisa Sohm''' (born March 21, 1955, in Vancouver, Washington)<ref name=aprkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=sohm%2C+lisa&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=February 2, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref name=aprkingly/> {{Clear}}

==May== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Sheila Mullen | birth_name = | birth_place = Hollywood, United States | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|11|7|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | website = }}

'''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. {{Clear}}

==June== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Virve Reid | birth_name = | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|11|24|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=2.5}} | website = }}

'''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. {{Clear}}

==July== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Sondra Theodore | birth_name = Sondra Jo Theodore | birth_place = San Bernardino, California<ref name=julkingly /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|12|12|mf=y}} | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}<ref name=julkingly /> }}

'''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.<ref name=julkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=theodore%2C+sondra&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=October 8, 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playboy.com/worldofplayboy/hmh/hefsladies/theodore.html |title=Hef's Special Ladies – Playboy Girlfriends – Sondra Theodore |access-date=2010-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430195650/http://www.playboy.com/worldofplayboy/hmh/hefsladies/theodore.html |archive-date=April 30, 2010 |df=mdy-all |website=Playboy}}</ref> 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".

At age 17, Theodore played the lead role in a local San Bernardino summer youth theatre musical production of Cinderella in 1974.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74624537/cinderella |title=Cinderella |date=July 18, 1974 |newspaper=The San Bernardino Sun |page=41 }}</ref> The next year, she represented her native city as Miss Bicentennial.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74624617/rent-bicentennial-queen-for-a-day |title=Rent Bicentennial queen for a day |last=McAfee |first=Lois |date=October 22, 1975 |newspaper=The San Bernardino Sun |page=32 }}</ref> She spent one year at college before heading west to Los Angeles in July 1976 to pursue a career in acting.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74624710/she-went-from-girl-next-door-to-centerfo |title=She went from girl-next-door to centerfold |last=Weeks |first=John |date=June 18, 1977 |newspaper=The San Bernardino Sun |page=7 }}</ref> {{Clear}}

==August== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Julia Lyndon | birth_name = Lisa Moira Rome | birth_place = Upper Sandusky, Ohio, United States | birth_date = August 6, 1957 | death_date = August 1, 2019 | death_place = Los Angeles, California | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} | website = }}

'''Julia Lyndon''' (born August 6, 1957, in Upper Sandusky, Ohio; died August 1, 2019, in Los Angeles, California) is the pseudonym for an American model. Her given name was Lisa Rome. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1977 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon.

Lisa, the sister of actress Sydne Rome, was an equestrienne who had been in training for the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} In 1996 ''The Playmate Book'' reported that she was running a restaurant in South America. She died at home in West Los Angeles on August 1, 2019, from an overdose of over-the-counter medications: aspirin, Tylenol and Sudafed. Her remains are interred in Akron, Ohio. {{Clear}}

==September== {{Main|Debra Jo Fondren}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Debra Jo Fondren | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = Los Angeles, California<ref name=sepkingly /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|2|5|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}<ref name=sepkingly /> | pmoy-year = 1978 | pmoy-preceded = Patti McGuire | pmoy-succeeded = Monique St. Pierre | website = }}

'''Debra Jo Fondren''' (born February 5, 1955)<ref name=sepkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=fondren%2C+debra+jo&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=February 13, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref name=sepkingly /><ref>Las Vegas Sun Newspaper, January 1, 1978 by Jan Plowman</ref>

Today, Fondren no longer participates in ''Playboy'' promotions because they place "too much emphasis on sex."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/03/20/060320crbo_books|title=The Girls Next Door: Life in the centerfold|magazine=The New Yorker|first=Joan|last=Acocella|date=12 March 2006}}</ref> {{Clear}}

==October== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Kristine Winder | birth_name = | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | birth_date = October 15, 1955 | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2011|03|14|1955|10|15}} | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} }}

'''Kristine Winder''' (born October 15, 1955, in Vancouver, British Columbia and died March 14, 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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hugh Hefner|author2=Dave Hickey |title=Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds|publisher=Chronicle Books|year=2008|isbn=9780811860918}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Heavy breathers plague nude Playmate's namesakes|last=The Canadian Press|author-link=The Canadian Press|date=September 15, 1977|work=Montreal Gazette|pages=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Fold Out Cause of Crank Calls|last=Associated Press|date=September 14, 1977|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Spokane, Washington}}</ref> {{Clear}}

==November== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = | caption = | name = Rita Lee | birth_name = | birth_place = Frederic, Wisconsin, United States | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|6|15|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}} | website = }} '''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== {{Main|Ashley Cox}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Ashley Cox | birth_name = | birth_place = Dallas, Texas<ref name=deckingly /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|11|15|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name=deckingly /> | website = }}

'''Ashley Cox''' (born November 15, 1956)<ref name=deckingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=cox%2C+ashley&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 8, 2010}}</ref> 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. {{Clear}}

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