Sue Hamilton (actress)

This article is about the American Playboy model. For other people called Sue Williams, see Susan Williams.
Sue Williams
Playboy centerfold appearance
April 1965
Preceded by Jennifer Jackson
Succeeded by Maria McBane
Personal details
Born Susan Williams
(1945-05-13)May 13, 1945
Glendale, California, U.S.
Measurements Bust: 34"
Waist: 20"
Hips: 34"
Height 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m)
Weight 98 lb (44 kg; 7.0 st)

Sue Williams was an American actress and Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1965. Her centerfold was photographed by Ed DeLong and William V. Figge.

Early life and Playboy

Sue Williams was born Susan Williams in Glendale, California[1] and attended Glendale High School (Glendale, California) between 1957 and 1959.[2] In 1964 Williams modelled for photographers Bill and Melba Figge, who she met through her sister who worked as an artist at Figge Studio, then located in Glendale.[3] According to Melba Figge, quoted in an interview with Lindsay Sandham in 2005, We sent the first [photo] in ... and Hugh Hefner said, ‘She's really cute. We'd like to see your work.’[3] Sue Williams was the first of 48 Playboy centerfolds to be photographed by Figge Studio. According to Playboy, she was the first Playmate to have breast implants and the first who was less than five feet tall.[4]

Acting career

After appearing in Playboy, Sue Williams was signed immediately by American International Pictures[5] and appeared in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini as “Peanuts”, alongside other Playboy Playmates Marianne Gaba and Jo Collins.[6] She appeared in four more AIP movies released in between 1965 and 1966, credited as Sue Hamilton.[7] Sue Hamilton appeared in nationally-syndicated magazine articles promoting American International Pictures releases, including “Starlets Seek Natural Look’’[8] and “Use Makeup The Professional Way.”[9] Sue Hamilton also appeared in the “Super-face” print advertising campaign for “Sheer Magic” make-up, as did fellow AIP starlet Patti Chandler, to promote The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini and Fireball 500.[10]

Mistaken identity

On Saturday September 3, 1966, Sue Williams made an appearance as "Sue Williams, Miss April 1965" at the Anaheim store of Cotley's Gentlemen's Outfitters, in a promotion "You Have a Date with a Playmate".[11] There are no verified details of Sue Hamilton’s career or life after 1966. Many online sources, including IMDB, Find a Grave and a previous version of this page, incorrectly state that Williams’ real name was Karen Sue Hamilton, née Levitt, who committed suicide on September 2, 1969 and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.[12] However, published photographs of Karen Sue Levitt in 1964 confirm that she is not the same person as Playboy model and actress Sue Williams/Hamilton.[13][14]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1965 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Peanuts
1965 Sergeant Dead Head Ivy Alternative title: Sergeant Deadhead, the Astronut
1965 Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Robot Alternative title: Dr. G. and the Bikini Machine
1965 The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot Television movie
1965 to 1966 Gidget 3 episodes
1966 The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini Sue
1966 Fireball 500 Farmer's Daughter

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Private Life and Times of Sue Hamilton". glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Glendale High School Yearbook 1959". classmates.com. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  3. 1 2 "Behind the camera of '60s Playboy". dailypilot.com. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Playboy Firsts". playboy.com. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  5. ↑ Tom Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969, McFarland 2005
  6. ↑ "How To Stuff a Wild Bikini". imdb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  7. ↑ "Sue Hamilton". imdb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  8. ↑ Carol Brewster (August 28, 1965). "Starlets Seek Natural Look". Pittsburgh Press. p. 7. Retrieved April 18, 2015. …Sue Hamilton, a bubbly five foot blonde…
  9. ↑ Reba Churchill (Feb 24, 1966). "Use Makeup The Professional Way". The Montreal Gazette. p. 26. Retrieved April 18, 2015. …beauty boosters illustrated by actress Sue Hamilton..
  10. ↑ "Super-Face". flickr.com. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  11. ↑ advertisement (Sep 2, 1966). "You Have a Date with a Playmate". The Long Beach Independent. p. 27. Retrieved April 24, 2015. Meet one of Playboy’s famous centerfold girls in person. SUE WILLIAMS, playmate of April 64 will be at our Anaheim store.
  12. ↑ "Find A Grave Karen Sue Hamilton". findagrave.com. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  13. ↑ Gene Lonberg (June 15, 1964). "Mayer-Levitte Rites". Tucson Daily Citizen. p. 23. Retrieved April 18, 2015. …Karen Sue Levitt for her wedding to Kenneth Dorian Mayer…
  14. ↑ "Sue Hamilton". beachmovies.wordpress.com. Retrieved April 23, 2015.

External links

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