The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1961. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
| Connie Cooper | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 20, 1941 [1] |
| Measurements | Bust: 37"[1] Waist: 21" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] |
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st) |
Connie Cooper (born September 20, 1941)[1] is an Italian-American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Paul Morton Smith.[1]
According to The Playmate Book, she also attended college courses to study real estate and later became a wife and mother.
| Barbara Ann Lawford | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 7, 1942 [2] |
| Measurements | Bust: 36"[2] Waist: 24" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] |
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st) |
Barbara Ann Lawford (born October 7, 1942)[2] is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[2] She also appeared on the cover of the September 1961 issue.
| Tonya Crews | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 2, 1938 Oklahoma, U.S.[3] |
| Died | August 7, 1966 (aged 28)[3] |
| Measurements | Bust: 38"[3] Waist: 22" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[3] |
| Weight | 117 lb (53 kg; 8.4 st) |
Tonya Crews (born Alice Crews on February 2, 1938 in Oklahoma, died August 7, 1966)[3] was an Choctaw[4]American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[3] Crews died in an automobile accident in 1966.
| Nancy Nielsen | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 14, 1940 [5] |
| Measurements | Bust: 36"[5] Waist: 24" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[5] |
| Weight | 125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st) |
Nancy Nielsen (born December 14, 1940) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1961 issue.[5] Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Schiller.[5]
| Susan Kelly | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 15, 1938 Oklahoma[6] |
| Measurements | Bust: 36"[6] Waist: 22" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[6] |
| Weight | 108 lb (49 kg; 7.7 st) |
Susan Kelly (born February 15, 1938 in Oklahoma)[6] is an American model and actress. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Bez.[6]
| Heidi Becker | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 11, 1940 Klagenfurt, Austria[7] |
| Measurements | Bust: 36"[7] Waist: 22" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[7] |
| Weight | 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st) |
Heidi Becker (born October 11, 1940 in Klagenfurt, Austria (at the time part of Germany))[7] is an Austrian-born model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[7] In December 1979 she again posed semi-nude for Playboy for the "Playmates Forever!" pictorial. Becker attended the University of Wisconsin.[8]
| Sheralee Conners | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 12, 1941 New York City[9] |
| Measurements | Bust: 35"[9] Waist: 23" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[9] |
| Weight | 126 lb (57 kg; 9.0 st) |
Sheralee Conners (born December 12, 1941 in New York City)[9] is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Crespinal and Sherman Weisburd.[9] Conners also was the model for the unusual double-sided cover of the December 1962 issue.
| Karen Thompson |
|---|
Karen Thompson is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1961 issue.[10] Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[10]
| Christa Speck | |
|---|---|
| Playmate of the Year | |
| 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Linda Gamble |
| Succeeded by | June Cochran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1, 1942 Danzig, Poland[11] |
| Measurements | Bust: 38"[11] Waist: 22" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[11] |
| Weight | 122 lb (55 kg; 8.7 st) |
Christa Speck (born August 1, 1942 in Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland))[11] is a German model. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1961 issue, and as the 1962 Playmate of the Year.[11] Her original pictorial was photographed by Sam Wu.[11]Her centerfold is seen in the 1978 film Animal House which takes place in 1962.
Speck married TV producer Marty Krofft.[12]
| Jean Cannon | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 5, 1941 Long Island, New York[13] |
| Died | November 17, 2005 (aged 64) |
| Measurements | Bust: 38"[13] Waist: 24" Hips: 37" |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[13] |
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st) |
Jean Cannon (October 5, 1941 in Long Island, New York – November 17, 2005 in Pembroke Pines, Florida)[13] was an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.[13] She died on November 17, 2005 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Her cause of death was not disclosed, but according to The Playmate Book, she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2002.
| Dianne Danford | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 9, 1938 Chicago, Illinois, United States[14] |
| Measurements | Bust: 36"[14] Waist: 22" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[14] |
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st) |
Dianne Danford (born August 9, 1938 in Chicago) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1961 issue.[14] Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[14] In 1966, she appeared in a horror film, Weekend of Fear, directed, written and produced by Joe Danford.
| Lynn Karrol | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 31, 1939 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[15] |
| Measurements | Bust: 35"[15] Waist: 22" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m)[15] |
| Weight | 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st) |
Lynn Karrol (born July 31, 1939 in Pittsburgh)[15] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1961 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Frank Eck.[15]
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