Claudia Jennings

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Claudia Jennings
Playboy centerfold
appearance		 November 1969
Birthplace Flag of United States
St. Paul, Minnesota
Birthdate December 20, 1949
Date of death October 3, 1979
Measurements 35" - 23" - 36"
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight 115 lb (52 kg)
Preceded by Jean Bell
Succeeded by Gloria Root
Playmate of the Year
(PMOY) for		 1970
PMOY preceded by Connie Kreski
PMOY succeeded by Sharon Clark

Claudia Jennings (born Mary Eileen Chesterton on December 20, 1949 in St. Paul, Minnesota — died October 3, 1979 in Malibu, California) was an American model and actress. Claudia Jennings was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in November 1969 and later Playmate of the Year 1970. Her original pictorial was photographed by Pompeo Posar.

Claudia Jennings on the cover of Playboy.
Claudia Jennings on the cover of Playboy.

Her father was a sales manager and her mother was a college professor. She was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later moved to Evanston, Illinois, where she graduated from high school in 1968. Later that year, she joined the Hull House theater company in Chicago and got a job as a receptionist at the offices of Playboy magazine.

After her appearances in Playboy, Claudia became a popular actress in 1970s "drive-in" movies (for which many dubbed her the "Queen of the B's") and in television. From 1970 to 1975, she lived with singer/songwriter Bobby Hart. After their breakup, Claudia's life began to unravel, and she began using hard drugs.

In 1979, Claudia tried out for the role of Kate Jackson's replacement on Charlie's Angels. Executives at the television network were put off by Claudia's Playboy work, and Shelley Hack was chosen for the role. That same year, she also entered into a stormy relationship with Stan Herman, a Beverly Hills realtor.

Early in the morning of 3 October 1979, Claudia Jennings died in a car accident when she fell asleep while driving her Volkswagen Beetle convertible. She was on her way to Herman's house in Malibu to collect her things. Although she had a history of drug use, she was clean and sober at the time of her death.

Contents

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Notable TV appearances

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  • Edwards, Bruce V. (2002). Claudia Jennings. Bad Cinema Diary. Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
    Reviews of Claudia Jennings' movies.


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Playboy Playmates of the Year
1960s Ellen Stratton • Linda Gamble • Christa Speck • June Cochran • Donna Michelle • Jo Collins • Allison Parks • Lisa Baker • Victoria Vetri • Connie Kreski 
1970s Claudia Jennings • Sharon Clark • Liv Lindeland • Marilyn Cole • Cynthia Wood • Marilyn Lange • Lillian Müller • Patti McGuire • Debra Jo Fondren • Monique St. Pierre 
1980s Dorothy Stratten • Terri Welles • Shannon Tweed • Marianne Gravatte • Barbara Edwards • Karen Velez • Kathy Shower • Donna Edmondson • India Allen • Kimberley Conrad 
1990s Renee Tenison • Lisa Matthews • Corinna Harney • Anna Nicole Smith • Jenny McCarthy • Julie Lynn Cialini • Stacy Sanches • Victoria Silvstedt • Karen McDougal • Heather Kozar 
2000s Jodi Ann Paterson • Brande Roderick • Dalene Kurtis • Christina Santiago • Carmella DeCesare • Tiffany Fallon • Kara Monaco


Playboy Playmates of 1969
Leslie Bianchini Lorrie Menconi Kathy MacDonald Lorna Hopper Sally Sheffield Helena Antonaccio
Nancy McNeil Debbie Hooper Shay Knuth Jean Bell Claudia Jennings Gloria Root
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