The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1973. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
| Miki Garcia | |
| Birth Place: | Kingman, Arizona, United States |
| Birth Date: | 1947 2, mf=yes |
Miki Garcia (born February 17, 1947, in Kingman, Arizona) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
See main article: Cynthia Wood.
| Cynthia Wood | |
| Birth Place: | Burbank, California |
| Birth Date: | 1950 9, mf=yes |
| Pmoy-Year: | 1974 |
| Pmoy-Preceded: | Marilyn Cole |
| Pmoy-Succeeded: | Marilyn Lange |
Cynthia Lynn Wood (born September 25, 1950, in Burbank, California) is an American model and actress. She is the daughter of Harold and Erma Wood. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in February 1973, and the 1974 Playmate of the Year.[1] Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
| Bonnie Large | |
| Birth Place: | Glendale, California, United States |
| Birth Date: | September 9, 1952 |
Bonnie Large (born September 9, 1952, in Glendale, California) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for March 1973. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Mel Figge. She is noted for becoming historically the first Playmate of the Month ever to appear clearly full frontal nude. (Marilyn Cole, Playmate of the Month for January 1972, made the first full-frontal nude posing, but her pubic hair was partly covered by the shadow cast from the book in her hand).[2]
| Julie Woodson | |
| Birth Place: | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| Birth Date: | July 11, 1950 |
Julie Woodson (July 11, 1950 – September 14, 2022 in Hutchinson, Kansas)[3] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1973. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Mel Figge. Woodson was only the third African-American Playboy Playmate of the Month, the earlier two being Jennifer Jackson in March 1965 and Jean Bell in October 1969. She died September 14, 2022 at the age of 72.
See main article: Anulka Dziubinska.
| Anulka Dziubinska | |
| Birth Place: | Preston, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Birth Date: | 1950 12, df=yes |
Anulka Maria Dziubinska (born 14 December 1950) is an English actress and model. She was featured as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1973.[4]
After her Playmate appearance, Dziubinska became an actress of film and television, perhaps most prominently in her debut role as a lesbian vampire in the British exploitation film classic Vampyres (1974), in which she was credited by only her first name, Anulka.
Further acting assignments followed. In the late 1970s, Dziubinska moved to the USA. She continued her career and married twice. She left the public eye in 1985, however, when she became pregnant with her first child.
Eventually, she became a floral designer and owner of a florist shop in Hollywood. She returned to England in 2003 for an appearance in the documentary short Return of the Vampyres, in which she shares her memories of working on the film. In 2006, she co-wrote a book about flower design, Zen Flowers: Designs to Soothe the Senses and Nourish the Soul.
| Ruthy Ross | |
| Birth Place: | Bourbon, Missouri |
| Birth Date: | March 22, 1948 |
Ruthy Ross (born March 22, 1948, in Bourbon, Missouri) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for June 1973. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. She is sometimes credited as Ruthey Ross.
See main article: Martha Smith.
Martha Smith (born Martha Anne Smith on October 16, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio)[5] is an American model and actress. She is sometimes credited as Martha L. Smith.
Smith attended Michigan State University.[6] Smith has starred in movies, such as National Lampoon's Animal House, and has appeared in several TV series as a guest star. She was a regular on the adventure series Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and appeared as a frequent panelist on The $25,000 Pyramid.
In July 1973, she was chosen Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
| Phyllis Coleman | |
| Birth Place: | White Plains, New York |
| Birth Date: | August 31, 1949 |
Phyllis Coleman (born August 31, 1949, in White Plains, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by the husband-and-wife team of Bill Figge and Mel Figge.
| Geri Glass | |
| Birth Place: | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| Birth Date: | June 20, 1949 |
Geri Glass (born June 20, 1949, in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
| Valerie Lane | |
| Birth Place: | Long Beach, California, United States |
| Birth Date: | August 4, 1949 |
Valerie Lane (born August 4, 1949, in Long Beach, California) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Mel Figge.
See main article: Monica Tidwell.
| Monica Tidwell | |
| Birth Place: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Birth Date: | January 14, 1954 |
Monica Tidwell (born January 14, 1954, in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American model. A red-head, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker and Bill Frantz.
| Christine Maddox | |
| Birth Place: | Tracy, California, United States |
| Birth Date: | 1950 3, mf=yes |
Christine Maddox (born March 24, 1950, in Tracy, California) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley.