List of Playboy Playmates of 1980 explained

The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1980. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January

Gig Gangel
Birth Place:Harlingen, Texas
Birth Date:1958 10, mf=yes

Geraldine "Gig" Gangel (born October 17, 1958, in Harlingen, Texas[1]) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1980 issue.[2] Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.[3]

Before becoming a Playmate, Gangel appeared on the October 1979 cover of Playboy. In The Playmate Book, Gangel commented on her photo shoot with Burt Reynolds that, "I didn't think Burt was my type, until I met him."

February

Sandy Cagle
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birth Date:1957 2, mf=yes

Sandra Joyce Cagle (born February 2, 1957, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1980 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. Cagle had a brief stint as a Bunny at the Playboy Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, before her Playmate selection. She appeared on four covers of the Japanese edition in one year before she became a Playmate.

March

Henriette Allais
Birth Place:Jacksonville, Florida
Birth Date:1954 7, mf=yes

Henriette Allais (born July 22, 1954, in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1980 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag and Richard Fegley. In 1980, she posed for Helmut Newton's "Big Nudes" series. Her portrait "Big Nude III" became the poster for the first exhibition of the series at Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris in 1981. A numbered print of "Big Nude III" was sold at an auction at Christie's in November 2005 for £176,000 ($311,344).[4]

April

Liz Glazowski
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Birth Date:1957 12, mf=yes

Liz Glazowski (born December 19, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois)[5] is a Polish-American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1980 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.

May

Martha Thomsen
Birth Place:Moses Lake, Washington
Birth Date:1957 1, mf=yes

Martha Elizabeth Thomsen (born January 25, 1957, in Moses Lake, Washington) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1980 issue.

June

See main article: Ola Ray.

Ola Ray
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri
Birth Date:1960 8, mf=yes

Ola Ray (born August 26, 1960) is an American model and actress who starred in the short film "Thriller" in 1983. She modeled for Playboy and was the Playmate of the Month for the June 1980 issue.[6]

July

See main article: Teri Peterson.

Teri Peterson
Birth Place:Santa Monica, California
Birth Date:November 6, 1959

Teri Peterson (born November 6, 1959, in Santa Monica, California) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1980 issue.[7]

August

Victoria Cooke
Birth Place:Hollywood
Birth Date:July 31, 1957

Victoria Cooke (born July 31, 1957, in Hollywood, California)[8] is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1980 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

September

Lisa Welch
Birth Place:Aberdeen, Maryland
Birth Date:November 11, 1960

Lisa Welch Semler (born on November 11, 1960, in Aberdeen, Maryland) is an American model, actress and artist. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1980 issue. Semler played Suzy, a cheerleader, in Revenge of the Nerds. Semler is married and lives in Malibu, California, and is a painter and photographer.[9] She sells her paintings to greeting card companies. Semler and her husband also maintain their own vineyard and make their own wine.[10]

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October

Mardi Jacquet
Birth Place:Châteauroux, France
Birth Date:1960 11, mf=yes

Mardi Jacquet (born November 2, 1960, in Châteauroux, France) is a French-American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1980 issue.

November

See main article: Jeana Tomasino.

Jeana Tomasino
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birth Date:1955 9, mf=yes

Jeana Tomasino was born on September 18, 1955, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tomasino graduated from Whitnall High School located in Greenfield, Wisconsin, in 1972. When she was younger, she worked as a model and actress. Tomasino was also a Playboy magazine Playmate of the Month in November 1980.[11]

Currently known as Jeana Ellen Keough, Tomasino is a real estate salesperson in Aliso Viejo, California,[12] and a cast member of the reality show The Real Housewives of Orange County.[13]

December

See main article: Terri Welles.

Terri Welles
Birth Place:Santa Monica, California
Birth Date:1956 11, mf=yes
Pmoy-Year:1981
Pmoy-Preceded:Dorothy Stratten
Pmoy-Succeeded:Shannon Tweed

Terri Welles (born Terri Knepper November 21, 1956, in Santa Monica, California) is an American actress and model. Welles first appeared on the cover of the May 1980 issue of Playboy. She was the centerfold in the December 1980 issue and named Playmate of the Year for 1981. Her original Playmate pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley.

Playboy Enterprises sued Welles in 1998 over her online use of its trademark terms "Playboy" and "Playmate of the Year" for commercial purposes. In Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles,[14] the courts ruled that virtually all of Welles' uses of the terms were allowed.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Playmate listing. January 23, 2009.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=rmWj_V1LEOwC&q=Gangel&pg=PA97 My tears spoiled my aim, and other ... – Google Books
  3. Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds (Chronicle Books 2008)
  4. Web site: Helmut Newton (1920-2004): Big Nude III, Paris, 1980. Christie's. 27 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Playmate data. January 25, 2010.
  6. Web site: Playmate data. January 2, 2011.
  7. Web site: Playmate data. July 18, 2010.
  8. Web site: Playmate data. September 19, 2010.
  9. Web site: Hayes. Britt. See the cast of 'Revenge of the Nerds' then and now. Screencrush. 22 December 2013.
  10. Web site: Lisa's Cool Ranch. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111932/http://business.highbeam.com/137462/article-1G1-85473559/lisa-cool-ranch. dead. 24 December 2013. Playboy. 22 December 2013.
  11. Web site: Playmate Directory, Playboy . April 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061217032242/http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/directory/198011.html . December 17, 2006 . dead .
  12. http://www.jeanakeough.com/ Jeana Keough Official Website
  13. http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/bio/jeana-keough Jeana Keough Bio on Bravo
  14. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles . 7 F. Supp. 2d 1098 . S.D. Cal. . aff'd without opinion . 162 F. 3d 1169 . 9th Cir. . 1998 . http://www.loundy.com/CASES/Playboy_v_Wells.html.