What Do Retired Playmates Do?
P.J. Gladnick
years after they appear in Playboy most of them did Playboy related stuff
like hang out at Playboy clubs and parties. Plus they also did more photo
specials. But what happened to them as more years went by? I am curious as
to what happened to the Playmates when they got on in years. I figure most
of them married rich guys. Please post info as to what happened to specific
Playmates.
OK, here is what I know about one Playmate of the 60s, China Lee. She
married Mort Sahl and they had at least one kid.
Also Karen Velez, a 1984 Playmate of the Year married and divorced the Six
Million Dollar Man. So what is Karen doing now?
What about the others? In particular Hef's old squeeze, Barbi Benton.
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mslinda
>
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> "P.J. Gladnick" <pjg...@gate.net> wrote:
> >
> >I am curious as to what happened to the Playmates when they got on in years.
> >I figure most of them married rich guys. Please post info as to what happened to
> >specific Playmates.
>
>
> Star Stowe was murdered in Florida last year.
>
> One of the forgettable mid-80s Playmates (Rebekka Armstrong?) has
> AIDS.
>
> Ava Fabian was in some legal trouble because of mob ties to a club or
> restaurant she had an interest in.
>
> >
> >OK, here is what I know about one Playmate of the 60s, China Lee. She
> >married Mort Sahl and they had at least one kid.
> >
> >Also Karen Velez, a 1984 Playmate of the Year married and divorced the Six
> >Million Dollar Man. So what is Karen doing now?
> >
> >What about the others? In particular Hef's old squeeze, Barbi Benton.
> >
> >PJ's Comix
> >The Original PJ's
> >http://www.pjcomix.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
Barbi Benton married a very wealthy man named George Gradow about 20
years ago. In 1981, I supervised a photo shoot of their gorgeous mansion
in Pasadena - it was absolutely stunning. (Barbi is an expert on
antiques.) They've since had two kids and moved out of LA - to Colorado,
I think.
Shannon Tweed has lived with Gene Simmons for 12 years and they have two kids.
Crista Speck (1961) married producer Marty Krofft.
One PMOY from the mid-60s named Alison-something is the mother of "Bold
and the Beautiful" star Katherine Kelly Lange.
India Allen is a film producer.
A lot of them *do* marry well.
Linda ASGTPR#49
King Daevid MacKenzie, UltimaJock!
imo...@removezearthlink.net (Imogen) quotes msl...@earthlink.net quoting
The Vyrdolak 'n sez:
¢¢ > > Cyndi Wood sells cheesecake pix of herself over the net.
...also did some acting in the late '70s; she's in APOCALYPSE NOW and VAN
NUYS BLVD. (a lot of late '70s/Early '80s Playmates went into
flicks---Pamela Jean Bryant, Lisa London, Roseanne Katon, Susan Kiger,
Jeana Thomasina---and, of course, more recently than that, Pamela Anderson
and TWANS)...as well, Connie Mason got plugged into the classic '60s
gorefest BLOOD FEAST...
¢¢ > > Star Stowe was murdered in Florida last year.
¢¢ > >
¢¢ > > One of the forgettable mid-80s Playmates (Rebekka Armstrong?) has
¢¢ > > AIDS.
...Armstrong's also a l______...
¢¢ > > Ava Fabian was in some legal trouble because of mob ties to a club or
¢¢ > > restaurant she had an interest in.
¢¢ > >
¢¢ > > >
¢¢ > > >OK, here is what I know about one Playmate of the 60s, China Lee. She
¢¢ > > >married Mort Sahl and they had at least one kid.
...Lee's also the one seen doing the strip at the end of Woody Allen's
WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY?...she divorced Sahl (they both claim amicably) a few
years back...
¢¢ > > >Also Karen Velez, a 1984 Playmate of the Year married and
divorced the Six
¢¢ > > >Million Dollar Man.
¢¢ > > >
¢¢ >
¢¢ > Barbi Benton married a very wealthy man named George Gradow about 20
¢¢ > years ago. In 1981, I supervised a photo shoot of their gorgeous mansion
¢¢ > in Pasadena - it was absolutely stunning. (Barbi is an expert on
¢¢ > antiques.) They've since had two kids and moved out of LA - to Colorado,
¢¢ > I think.
...and, of course, Benton was a regular on HEE HAW and had a so-so
recording career as a country singer (recording for Hef's own Playboy
label, with a good third or so of her tunes written for her by Shel
Silverstein)...
¢¢ > Shannon Tweed has lived with Gene Simmons for 12 years and they have
two kids.
...Tweed also went into acting; she replaced Delta Burke as the team owner
for the last couple of seasons of "1st & Ten" on HBO...
¢¢ > Crista Speck (1961) married producer Marty Krofft.
...another couple of notable marriages---Dolly Read married Dick Martin
("Rowan and..."), and Patti McGuire married Jimmy Connors...
¢¢ > One PMOY from the mid-60s named Alison-something is the mother of "Bold
¢¢ > and the Beautiful" star Katherine Kelly Lange.
¢¢ > India Allen is a film producer.
¢¢ > A lot of them *do* marry well.
¢¢
¢¢ Dorothy Stratten was played by both Mariel Hemingway and Jamie Lee Curtis.
¢¢ Jenny McCarthy is now a waitress in the Inland Empire. Carmen Electra had
¢¢ a romantic wedding and is trying for a baby.
...Donna D'Errico was also a Playmate before heading for "Baywatch"...
...Teri Weigel went into hardcore porn...
...now, whatever happened to that Monroe woman who appeared in the very
first issue? :-) ...
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mellster
P.J. Gladnick wrote in message <01be3ca8$07823a60$d367e3c7@default>...
>I'm just curious. What happened to all the old Playboy Playmates? For a few
>years after they appear in Playboy most of them did Playboy related stuff
>like hang out at Playboy clubs and parties. Plus they also did more photo
>to what happened to the Playmates when they got on in years. I figure most
>of them married rich guys. Please post info as to what happened to specific
>Playmates.
>
>married Mort Sahl and they had at least one kid.
I thought they all ran off and married rock-n-rollers...lessee, there's
Shannon Tweed (Nov. 1981, and a Playmate of the Year, if I'm not mistaken,
who is Mrs. Gene Simmons), Donna D' Errico (Sept. 1995, who is Mrs. Nikki
Sixx), and Pamela Stein (Nov. 1987, who is Mrs. Robin Zander) for a few
starters. And, FWIW, some of the gals who once worked as waitresses in the
Playboy clubs, shoulda probably _been_ Playmates, but weren't. Like Debbie
Harry...
mellster--who's been brave enough for one night, thanks...!
The^...@vrwc.com
The Vyrdolak wrote:
> Star Stowe was murdered in Florida last year.
Any more details on this?
FJA
> years ago. In 1981, I supervised a photo shoot of their gorgeous mansion
> in Pasadena - it was absolutely stunning. (Barbi is an expert on
> antiques.) They've since had two kids and moved out of LA - to Colorado,
> I think.
Did you really like their place??? I thought it was incredibly tacky!
mslinda
The 1920s mansion they had in Pasadena in 1980? It won design awards
back then. I haven't seen their current home.
Linda ASGTPR#49
mslinda
>
> P.J. Gladnick wrote in message <01be3ca8$07823a60$d367e3c7@default>...
> >I'm just curious. What happened to all the old Playboy Playmates? For a few
> >years after they appear in Playboy most of them did Playboy related stuff
> >like hang out at Playboy clubs and parties. Plus they also did more photo
> >specials. But what happened to them as more years went by? I am curious as
> >to what happened to the Playmates when they got on in years. I figure most
> >of them married rich guys. Please post info as to what happened to specific
> >Playmates.
> >
> >OK, here is what I know about one Playmate of the 60s, China Lee. She
> >married Mort Sahl and they had at least one kid.
>
> I thought they all ran off and married rock-n-rollers...lessee, there's
> Shannon Tweed (Nov. 1981, and a Playmate of the Year, if I'm not mistaken,
> who is Mrs. Gene Simmons),
Although they've been together over a decade and have two children, Gene
and Shannon have never made it legal. (Or haven't admitted it if they have.)
Donna D' Errico (Sept. 1995, who is Mrs. Nikki
> Sixx), and Pamela Stein (Nov. 1987, who is Mrs. Robin Zander) for a few
> starters. And, FWIW, some of the gals who once worked as waitresses in the
> Playboy clubs, shoulda probably _been_ Playmates, but weren't. Like Debbie
> Harry...
>
> mellster--who's been brave enough for one night, thanks...!
Linda ASGTPR#49
Jon
and all, but I didn't see a centerfold coming. Last I know of her,
she was in one the Porky's movies playing a Swedish exchange student.
I also spent a plane ride from LA to NY sitting next to Lonnie Chin,
also from the mid-80's. Nice girl. I was single at the time, and I
got her to write her phone number in my little black book ( I think I
told her I was planning to write a screenplay and would send it to her
to read. You know a line is golden when it works on a Playmate). I
never called (she lived in LA, and besides, who was I kidding?), but I
proudly displayed the number to my friends as the ultimate black book
entry. When you're 24, things like that are very impressive.
David
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>
>I also spent a plane ride from LA to NY sitting next to Lonnie Chin,
>also from the mid-80's. Nice girl. I was single at the time, and I
>got her to write her phone number in my little black book ( I think I
>told her I was planning to write a screenplay and would send it to her
>to read. You know a line is golden when it works on a Playmate). I
>never called (she lived in LA, and besides, who was I kidding?), but I
>proudly displayed the number to my friends as the ultimate black book
>entry. When you're 24, things like that are very impressive.
Jon, get back to us when you've got a line that works on nuns! Playmates
aren't exactly the hardest women in the world to bed, especially when you're
dangling a screenplay in front of them. <g>
I for one would prefer most 24-year-olds to Hugh Hefner.
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FJA
mslinda <msl...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
<3699B620...@earthlink.net>...
Hmm, I don't honestly know. I saw a spread in Hello magazine about three
years ago, so it must be a new place. I didn't see a lot of antiques --
mostly contemporary pieces. A lot of it looked like wild horses running
through the surf -- black velvet painting stuff.
Leslie
mslinda
>
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> was killed. One of the tabloid shows did a piece on it, although I
> had heard about it before.
>
> Martha Smith played Mandy Pepperidge in _Animal House_.
She was also married to Mel Blanc Jr.
> Diana Lee danced behind the credits of one of the 70s Bond films.
> Gail Stanton died of cancer.
Besides Dorothy Stratton, other Playmates who have died young:
Claudia Jennings - auto accident in 1979
Willy Rey - drug overdose
Linda ASGTPR#49
MikeC...@webtv.net
Trish
fantastic view from every room. It took something like $12 million or more
and maybe five years to build. It is the most incredible thing I have ever
seen. I also cannot believe that she looks the same as she did when she
was dating Hef.
Trish
Imogen <imo...@removezearthlink.net> wrote in article
<imogen-ya02408000...@news.earthlink.net>...
> In article <01be3e00$19eae860$bc133ad8@default>, "FJA" <f...@igs.net>
wrote:
>
> > mslinda <msl...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
> > <3699B620...@earthlink.net>...
> > > FJA wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Barbi Benton married a very wealthy man named George Gradow about
20
> > > > > years ago. In 1981, I supervised a photo shoot of their gorgeous
> > mansion
> > > > > in Pasadena - it was absolutely stunning. (Barbi is an expert on
> > > > > antiques.) They've since had two kids and moved out of LA - to
> > Colorado,
> > > > > I think.
> > > >
> > > > Did you really like their place??? I thought it was incredibly
tacky!
> > >
> > > The 1920s mansion they had in Pasadena in 1980? It won design awards
> > > back then. I haven't seen their current home.
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, I don't honestly know. I saw a spread in Hello magazine
>
> Uh oh.*
>
> Imogen
>
> *(See "Hello" curse)
>
>
Elaine Gallant
For many of them their time as "Bunnies" will have been the high point of
their lives. At heart, remember that a "Bunny" is just a specialized
cocktail waitress. Many go on to have a variety of careers.
My first cousin was a Playboy bunny. She left calif. and traveled to some
state in the south at age 18 to be a bunny. Ironic, huh? At the time I
believe that the women had to be 21 to be bunnies in Calif. Guess it's the
drinking age.
She was a bunny for many years. Worked in the hottest playboy clubs, Los
Angeles and I think Las Vegas.
In her mid-thirties, they retired her. Actually they gave her the option of
being "bunny mother" a sort of supervisor, or quitting. Evidently bunny mom
was not her thing, and she quit.
She then went on to serve bar at an LA hotspot called Tony Romas. Worked
there for several years. That ended, and she took work in a local dive bar.
Many drugs, abortions and drunk abusive boyfriends later, she apparently met
a very nice, younger guy. They married, and moved to Oklahoma.
She's a happy housewife now.
Trish wrote in message <01be4641$893011c0$7e0d4ecf@Precon>...
ce...@hotmail.com
> I'm just curious. What happened to all the old Playboy Playmates? For a few
> years after they appear in Playboy most of them did Playboy related stuff
> like hang out at Playboy clubs and parties. Plus they also did more photo
> specials. But what happened to them as more years went by? I am curious as
> to what happened to the Playmates when they got on in years. I figure most
> of them married rich guys. Please post info as to what happened to specific
> Playmates.
>
> OK, here is what I know about one Playmate of the 60s, China Lee. She
> married Mort Sahl and they had at least one kid.
>
>
> What about the others? In particular Hef's old squeeze, Barbi Benton.
>
> PJ's Comix
> The Original PJ's
> http://www.pjcomix.com
http://www.idolfeatures.com/2009/12/whatever-happened-to-susan-kiger.html
rc
> Her new place in Aspen is not to be believed. They have a huge disco and a
> fantastic view from every room. It took something like $12 million or more
> and maybe five years to build. It is the most incredible thing I have ever
> seen. I also cannot believe that she looks the same as she did when she
> was dating Hef.
>
> Trish