Vicki Peters

{{short description|American model and former actress (born 1950)}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image = Vicki Peters Blood Mania trailer.png | imagesize = | caption = Peters in ''Blood Mania'' (1970) | name = Vicki Peters | issue = April 1972 | birth_name = Vicki Jean Peters | birth_place = {{nowrap|Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.<ref name=aprkingly />}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|9|9|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name=aprkingly /> | preceded = Ellen Michaels | succeeded = Deanna Baker | website = }} '''Vicki Jean Peters''' (born September 9, 1950) is an American model and former actress. She made her film debut in the exploitation film ''Blood Mania'' (1970), and was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1972 issue.<ref name=aprkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=peters%2C+vicki&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date =July 17, 2010}}</ref>

==Early life== Peters was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Joseph Blair Peters and Emogene Maybell Taylor.<ref name=birthindex>"Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCJW-FBQ : 6 May 2014), Vicki Jean Peters, 09 Sep 1950; from "Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.</ref> She spent her early life there and in St. Paul.<ref name=pom>{{cite web|url=http://www.playboyplus.com/gallery/13489/playmates-1972-4-vicki-peters-0/|work=Playboy|publisher=Playboy Plus|date=March 31, 1972|title=Playmate of the Month April 1972: Vicki Peters}}</ref>

==Career== In 1968, Peters relocated from St. Paul to Los Angeles, California, hoping to begin a career as an actress.<ref name=pom/> In 1970, Peters appeared in the film ''Blood Mania'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&retailCheck=&Type=PN&CatID=DATABIN_CAST&ID=150802&AN_ID=&searchedFor=Vicki_Peters_|work=American Film Institute (AFI)|access-date=March 18, 2017|title=Vicki Peters}}</ref> along with fellow ''Playboy'' playmate Reagan Wilson (October 1967). In 1971, she had a walk-on part in the horror film ''The Cult'' (1971). In addition to several television series.Peters had a successful career in modeling from 1975-1982 with Nina Blanchard and Ford Models. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1972 issue.<ref name="aprkingly"/> Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.<ref name=aprkingly /> In her interview with the magazine, Peters revealed she had abandoned her acting career and was working at photographer Harry Philmore Langdon Jr.'s (son of Harry Langdon) studio.<ref name=pom/> she credits Langdon for launching her modeling career.

==Personal life== Peters married film producer Jeffrey Konvitz in 1980. She has a daughter with him, Kristen Nicole, born in 1983. They divorced in 1988. Peters married Robert Lieberman in 2010-2023 Lieberman was an American award winning television and film director until his death July 1, 2023 in Los Angeles.

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1970 || ''Blood Mania'' || Gail Waterman || |- | 1971 || ''The Cult'' || Actress || Also known as ''The Manson Massacre'' |- | 1975 || ''Mitchell'' || Helena Jackman || |}

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==External links== * {{playmate|vicki-peters|Vicki Peters}} * {{IMDb name|id=0676716|name=Vicki Peters}}

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