List of Playboy Playmates of 1976

{{Short description|none}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} __NOTOC__ The following is a list of '''Playboy Playmates of 1976'''. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

==January== {{Main|Daina House}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Daina House | birth_name = | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, United States<ref name=wekinglypigs1 /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|12|30|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref name=wekinglypigs1 /> | website = }}

'''Daina House''' (born December 30, 1954, in Dallas, Texas)<ref name=wekinglypigs1>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=house%2C+daina&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref> is a former model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.<ref name=wekinglypigs1 /> {{clear}}

==February== {{Main|Laura Lyons}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Laura Lyons | birth_name = | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|10|22|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}} | website = }}

'''Laura Lyons''' (born October 22, 1954) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker and Mario Casilli. She worked as a Playboy Bunny in the Chicago Playboy Club prior to becoming a Playmate, and led a protest and brief strike gaining improved work privileges such as the freedom to date customers.<ref name="protest1">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/661833192.html?dids=661833192:661833192&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+19%2C+1975&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=SEEK+A+TOUCH+OF+HUMAN+KINDNESS&pqatl=google | title= Seek a Touch of Human Kindness | author= Bryce Nelson |work=Los Angeles Times| date= June 19, 1975 | access-date=April 22, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201005631/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/661833192.html?dids=661833192:661833192&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+19,+1975&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=SEEK+A+TOUCH+OF+HUMAN+KINDNESS&pqatl=google|archive-date=1 February 2013}}</ref>

==March== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Ann Pennington | birth_name = | birth_place = Seattle, Washington, United States | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|6|3|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5.5}} | website = }}

'''Ann Victoria Pennington''' (born June 3, 1950, in Seattle, Washington) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar and Phillip Dixon. She is the sister of Janice Pennington, and like Janice, appeared as a model on game shows.

Pennington was married to Shaun Cassidy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Every Page a Centerfold|last=Jeanne Malmgren|date=December 15, 1996|work=St. Petersburg Times|pages=10.F}}</ref>

==April== {{Main|Denise Michele}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Denise Michele | birth_name = | birth_place = San Francisco, California, United States | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|6|12|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} | website = }}

'''Denise Michele''' (born June 12, 1953, in San Francisco, California) is a former model who was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1976. Her ''Playboy'' pictorial was shot by Ken Marcus. She is also featured in a number of ''Playboy'' videos. She appears on the album cover of Robert Palmer's ''Some People Can Do What They Like'' (1976) and had some minor movie and TV roles. {{clear}}

==May== {{Main|Patricia McClain}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Patricia McClain | birth_name = | birth_place = Long Beach, California, United States | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|5|3|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}} | website = }}

'''Patricia Margot McClain''' (born May 3, 1954, in Long Beach, California) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.

In 1996, McClain's firing from her office manager job over her Playmate past made national news. Her lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed sum. After the firing, she worked for ''Playboy'' in their editing department.<ref>{{cite news|title=EX-PLAYBOY MODEL SETTLES WITH COMPANY OVER FIRING|last=David Greenberg|date=January 15, 1998|work=Los Angeles Daily News|pages=TO1}}</ref> In 1999, she attempted to challenge Elton Gallegly for the Republican Congressional nomination in his Ventura County district.<ref name="Times">{{cite news|title=Candidate with a popular front|date=September 11, 1999|work=The Times |pages=13|location=London, England}}</ref> {{clear}}

==June== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Debra Peterson | birth_name = | birth_place = Santa Monica, California, United States | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|4|13|mf=y}}<ref>{{Cite web | title=PLAYBOY Playmates | url=https://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=peterson%2C+debra&limit=0 | access-date=2025-08-25 | website=wekinglypigs.com}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}

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'''Debra Peterson''' (born April 13, 1955,<ref>{{cite web | title=PLAYBOY Playmates | website=Peggy Wilkins' Home Page | date=1955-04-13 | url=https://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=peterson%2C+debra&limit=0 | access-date=2025-08-23}}</ref> in Santa Monica, California) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Debra Peterson|url=https://mypmates.club/1976/Miss-June/Debra-Peterson|website=mypmates.club|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>

==July== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Deborah Borkman | birth_name = | birth_place = Virginia<ref name=julkingly /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1957|1|8}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}<ref name=julkingly /> | website = }}

'''Deborah Borkman''' (born January 8, 1957, in Virginia)<ref name=julkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=borkman%2C+deborah&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> is an American model of Swedish and Japanese descent. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon.<ref name=julkingly />

==August== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Linda Beatty | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.<ref name=augkingly /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|9|16|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}<ref name=augkingly /> | website = }}

'''Linda Beatty''' (born September 16, 1952, in Louisville, Kentucky)<ref name=augkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=beatty%2C+linda&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> is a model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon and Ken Marcus.<ref name=augkingly /> Her most prominent movie role was that of a Playmate doing a USO tour in the Vietnam War epic ''Apocalypse Now''.<ref>{{cite news |title= Sinatra takes a hasty day off |page= A11|newspaper= Chicago Tribune|date= May 17, 1976 |quote= Playboy playmates Cindi and Linda Beatty also have roles in the movie. }}</ref>

==September== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Whitney Kaine | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = Ogden, Utah, United States<ref name=sepkingly /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|20|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}}<ref name=sepkingly /> | website = }}

'''Whitney Kaine''' (born September 20, 1956, in Ogden, Utah)<ref name=sepkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=kaine%2C+whitney&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Grant Edwards and Phillip Dixon.<ref name=sepkingly />

==October== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Hope Olson | birth_name = | birth_place = Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States<ref name=octkingly /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|4|4|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name=octkingly /> | website = }}

'''Hope Olson''' (born April 4, 1956, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin)<ref name=octkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=olson%2C+hope&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.<ref name=octkingly /> {{clear}}

==November== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = | caption = | name = Patti McGuire | birth_name = | birth_place = Dexter, Missouri, United States<ref name=novkingly /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|9|5|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<ref name=novkingly /> | pmoy-year = 1977 | pmoy-preceded = Lillian Müller | pmoy-succeeded = Debra Jo Fondren | website = }} '''Patti McGuire''' (born September 5, 1951, in Dexter, Missouri)<ref name=novkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=mcguire%2C+patti&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> is an American model and television producer. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1976 issue, and the 1977 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Pompeo Posar.<ref name=novkingly /> She married tennis star Jimmy Connors in 1979; they have two children.<ref name=Independent>[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/lovebird-double-who-ruled-wimbledon-732683.html "'Lovebird Double' who ruled Wimbledon"], ''The Independent'', June 19, 2004. Retrieved March 5, 2010.</ref> {{clear}}

==December== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | imagesize = 150px | caption = | name = Karen Hafter | birth_name = | birth_place = New York City, New York<ref name=deckingly /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|12|27|mf=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name=deckingly /> | website = }} '''Karen Hafter''' (born December 27, 1954, in New York City)<ref name=deckingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=hafter%2C+karen&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon.<ref name=deckingly />

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