Connie Kreski

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Connie Kreski
Connie Kreski
Playboy centerfold
appearance		 January 1968
Birthplace Wyandotte, Michigan
Birthdate September 19, 1946
Date of death March 21, 1995
Measurements 35" - 23" - 36"
Height 5 ft 5 in
Weight 118 lb
Preceded by Lynn Winchell
Succeeded by Nancy Harwood
Playmate of the Year
(PMOY) for		 1969
PMOY preceded by Angela Dorian
PMOY succeeded by Claudia Jennings

Connie Kreski (b. 19 September 1946, Wyandotte, Michigan — died 21 March 1995, Beverly Hills, California) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for January 1968 and was Playmate of the Year for 1969. Kreski had long taffy-colored hair and blue near-sighted eyes. Her parents were Polish and Catholic.

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[edit] Playboy Playmate

Her original pictorial was photographed by Larry Gordon. She was discovered by a Playboy staffer while attending a University of Michigan football game. Kreski was on a date with a doctor and he introduced her to his friend, Playboy's sports editor.

She was a graduate of Mercy College, a Catholic nursing school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At the time of her photo shoot she had been working for three months at an Ann Arbor psychiatric hospital. She was also studying psychiatry.

[edit] Actress

Kreski left Michigan abruptly when her older sister found out about her upcoming Playmate pictorial, and told their mother. Her mom began to take tranquilizers. This was in September 1967. A two week holiday in London, England turned into a stay of more than a year. She did some modeling, bought two Pekingese and met producer/director Anthony Newley.

In April 1969 Kreski was signed by Newley to play the feminine title role of Mercy Humpe in the Universal Pictures film Can Hieronymous Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humpe and Find True Happiness? The movie was shot in Malta and starred Milton Berle, Joan Collins, and George Jessel.

[edit] Hollywood Life

Los Angeles Times writer Joyce Haber mentioned Kreski in a newspaper column just days after the murder of Sharon Tate by followers of Charles Manson. Kreski was a member of the murdered actress' social circle along with John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Tina Sinatra, Jacqueline Bisset, Michael Sarrazin, and Andrew Prine. Kreski was among those invited to the mansion Tate shared with her husband, director Roman Polanski. The home was on Cielo Drive, Los Angeles, California. Haber said that some of those invited declined to attend on the fatal night of August 9, 1969.

Kreski was the girlfriend of James Caan in the early 1970s. The actor was enjoying his greatest popularity with roles in Brian's Song (1971) and The Godfather (1972). In a 1974 interview Caan depicted Kreski as very sweet. He described himself as difficult to live with, requiring a lot of woman to put up with me.

[edit] Death

Connie Kreski died of lung cancer on 21 March 1995 in Beverly Hills, California, aged 48.

[edit] Trivia

Kreski received a spear gun, a facial moisturizer, a custom billiard cue, and a Ford Shelby GT 500, among the $15,000 in prizes she won with her selection as Playboy's Playmate of the Year in May 1969.

[edit] References

  • Burlington, North Carolina, She's On Her Way To Stardom, But Mom's On Tranqulizers, April 30, 1969, Page 58.
  • Florence, South Carolina Morning News, Star Chat, Tough Talk From James Caan, January 6, 1974, Page 44.
  • Los Angeles Times, Movie Call Sheet, April 15, 1968, Page C21.
  • Los Angeles Times, Venus of the Centerfold, July 13, 1969, Page K22.
  • Los Angeles Times, Playmate of the Year Ceremonies Present, May 15, 1969, Page D21.
  • Los Angeles Times, Living in Era of Uncommon Barbarity, August 12, 1969, Page C11.
  • Los Angeles Times, Lived The Part, How James Caan Became Godson, May 30, 1972, Page G1.

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Playboy Playmates of 1968
Connie Kreski Nancy Harwood Michelle Hamilton Gaye Rennie Elizabeth Jordan Britt Fredriksen
Melodye Prentiss Gale Olson Dru Hart Majken Haugedal Paige Young Cynthia Myers
Playboy Playmates of the Year
Ellen Stratton • Linda Gamble • Christa Speck • June Cochran • Donna Michelle • Jo Collins • Allison Parks • Lisa Baker • Victoria Vetri • Connie Kreski • Claudia Jennings • Sharon Clark • Liv Lindeland • Marilyn Cole • Cynthia Wood • Marilyn Lange • Lillian Müller • Patti McGuire • Debra Jo Fondren • Monique St. Pierre • Dorothy Stratten • Terri Welles • Shannon Tweed • Marianne Gravatte • Barbara Edwards • Karen Velez • Kathy Shower • Donna Edmondson • India Allen • Kimberley Conrad • Renee Tenison • Lisa Matthews • Corinna Harney • Anna Nicole Smith • Jenny McCarthy • Julie Lynn Cialini • Stacy Sanches • Victoria Silvstedt • Karen McDougal • Heather Kozar • Jodi Ann Paterson • Brande Roderick • Dalene Kurtis • Christina Santiago • Carmella DeCesare • Tiffany Fallon • Kara Monaco
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