The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1956. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
| Lynn Turner | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1, 1935 California |
| Measurements | Bust: 38" Waist: 24" Hips: 37" |
Lynn Turner (born December 1, 1935 in California) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland, the first of his extensive Playboy career. According to The Playmate Book, Turner did layouts for other men's magazines, including Frolic, Jest and Modern Man Quarterly.
| Marguerite Empey | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 29, 1932[2] Los Angeles, California[1] |
| Died | August 19, 2008 (aged 76)[1] Los Angeles, California |
| Measurements | Bust: 39"C[1] Waist: 23" Hips: 37" |
Diane Marguerite Webber (July 29, 1932—August 19, 2008[1][2]) known as Marguerite Empey, and Diane Webber was an American model, dancer and actress.
Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956. The photos for her 1956 appearance were taken by soft core porn director Russ Meyer.
| Marian Stafford | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1933 Houston, Texas, United States[3] |
| Died | November 2006 (aged 72–73) |
| Measurements | Bust: 34"[3] Waist: 21" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[3] |
Marian Stafford (February 7, 1933 — November 2006[4]) was an American actress and model born in Houston, Texas. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ruth Sondak,[3] and was the first to consist of three pages.
| Rusty Fisher | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 5, 1935 Colorado, United States |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 22" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 5½ in (1.66 m) |
Rusty Fisher (born April 5, 1935 in Colorado) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Sam Wu. Prior to her Playboy appearance, she had posed for several other men's magazines, often under other pseudonyms such as Rusty Williams and Donna Fisher.
| Marion Scott | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Germany |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 23" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Marion Scott is a German-born American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Herman Leonard.
According to The Playmate Book, Scott emigrated to the U.S. along with her parents after World War II ended, and eventually became a fashion model, as well as a frequent cover girl for detective magazines.
| Gloria Walker | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 16, 1937 The Bronx, New York |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 21" Hips: 32" |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Weight | 108 lb (49 kg; 7.7 st) |
Gloria Walker (born July 16, 1937 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the June 1956 issue.
| Alice Denham | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 21, 1933 Jacksonville, Florida, United States[5] |
| Measurements | Bust: 36"[5] Waist: 24" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[5] |
| Weight | 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st) |
Alice Denham (born January 21, 1933 in Jacksonville, Florida)[5] is an American model and writer and former adjunct professor of English at CUNY. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1956 issue. Her centerfold was credited to Arthur-James and Mike Shea.[5]
| Jonnie Nicely | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 25, 1936 Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States |
| Measurements | Bust: 37" Waist: 24" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 122 lb (55 kg; 8.7 st) |
Jonnie Nicely (born February 25, 1936 in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.
| Elsa Sørensen | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 December 1935 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Measurements | Bust: 38" Waist: 24" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Elsa Sørensen (born 1 December 1935 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish model who did most of her work under the pseudonym Dane Arden. Under her real name, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Gowland.
| Janet Pilgrim | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 13, 1934 Wheaton, Illinois |
| Measurements | Bust: 36"D Waist: 24" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st) |
Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Karalus[6] June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois)[7] is an American model and office worker for Playboy. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month three times: July 1955, December 1955 and October 1956.
| Betty Blue | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 14, 1931 West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S.[3] |
| Died | August 23, 2000 (aged 69)[3] |
| Measurements | Bust: 39"D[3] Waist: 22" Hips: 36" |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[3] |
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg; 9.1 st) |
Betty Blue (August 14, 1931 in West Memphis, Arkansas – August 23, 2000[3]) was an American model and actress and was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.[3]
| Lisa Winters | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Florida, U.S. |
| Measurements | Bust: 35" Waist: 23" Hips: 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Weight | 106 lb (48 kg; 7.6 st) |
Lisa Winters (born in Florida) was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1956 issue. She also was a secretary working for Hugh Hefner in Chicago's Playboy offices. She also starred in two movies. Her first film was with her Playboy photographer Bunny Yeager and named "Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera" (1963) and her second film, which she starred under her real name Marie Perry was named "Intimate Diary of Artists' Models". Both films are rated R for nudity. She is now retired in Florida.
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