The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1984, the 30th anniversary year of the publication. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
[edit]Penny Baker | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Buffalo, New York[1] | October 5, 1965
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] |
Penny Baker (born October 5, 1965)[1] is an American model and actress. After being interviewed in Chicago, she was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for January 1984, the 30th Anniversary Playmate. Her photos were shot by Arny Freytag in New York City, Buffalo, and Los Angeles when she was 17, with written permission from her parents.[2] Her pictorial was titled "Lucky Penny" and it reported her age as 18.
February
[edit]Justine Greiner | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Boston[3] | November 19, 1963
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] |
Justine Greiner (born November 19, 1963) is a former American model. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for February 1984.[3] Her sister is Corinne Lee, poet and author of PYX, winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series.[citation needed]
March
[edit]Dona Speir | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Norwalk, California[4] | February 7, 1964
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4] |
Dona L. Speir (born February 7, 1964)[4] is an American model and B movie actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for March 1984. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag. Speir studied film acting with R. J. Adams at The Actors Workshop, Orange County, and went on to star in several sexploitation–action films by Andy Sidaris, including Hard Hunted (1993).[citation needed]
April
[edit]Lesa Ann Pedriana | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Milwaukee, Wisconsin[5] | November 24, 1962
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[5] |
Lesa Ann Pedriana (born November 24, 1962, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)[5] is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1984 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda.[5]
May
[edit]Patty Duffek | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Woodland Hills, California[6] | August 27, 1963
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[6] |
Patty Duffek (born August 27, 1963) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for May 1984.[6]
June
[edit]Tricia Lange | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Hollywood, California | April 24, 1957
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Tricia Lange (born April 24, 1957) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1984 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley.
July
[edit]Liz Stewart | |
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![]() Liz Stewart, Long Beach, California on November 5, 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | San Francisco, California | July 3, 1961
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Liz Stewart (born July 3, 1961) is an American interior designer, model, and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for July 1984.
August
[edit]Suzi Schott | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Springfield, Illinois | July 19, 1961
Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m) |
Suzi Schott (born July 19, 1961) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 1984. Her centerfold was photographed by David Mecey.
September
[edit]Kimberly Evenson | |
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Personal details | |
Born | [7] Bremerhaven, Germany | November 3, 1962
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
Kimberly Evenson (born November 3, 1962, in Bremerhaven, Germany) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1984 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag. She also appeared in the 1985 teen sex comedies The Big Bet and Porky's Revenge!.
October
[edit]Debi Nicolle Johnson | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Torrance, California | March 13, 1958
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Debi Nicolle Johnson (born March 13, 1958) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for October 1984.
November
[edit]Roberta Vasquez | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Los Angeles[8] | February 13, 1963
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[8] |
Roberta Vasquez (born February 13, 1963) is an American model and B movie actress. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for November 1984.[8] Vasquez went on to star in several sexploitation–action films in the late-1980s and early-1990s written and directed by Andy Sidaris. She has worked as a California State Police officer[citation needed] as well as playing an officer in the 1990 Clint Eastwood buddy cop film, The Rookie. She later went back to school and, in 1997, was enrolled at Santa Monica College, taking classes in biology and other subjects.[9]
December
[edit]Karen Velez | |
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Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
1985 | |
Preceded by | Barbara Edwards |
Succeeded by | Kathy Shower |
Personal details | |
Born | January 27, 1961 Rockville Centre, New York[11] |
Died | July 2, 2023[10] | (aged 62)
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[11] |
Karen Velez (January 27, 1961 – July 2, 2023) was a Puerto Rican-American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1984, and was selected Playmate of the Year for 1985.[11] She was the cover model for the maiden issue of Playmate Review.
She was married to Lee Majors from 1988 to 1994 and was known also as Karen Majors. The marriage produced one daughter, Nikki Majors, and twin sons, Dane Majors and Trey Majors. Nikki Majors posed for the Playboy Cyber Club pictorial called "Playmate Daughters" in March 2008.[citation needed]
Karen Velez Majors died on Sunday, July 2, 2023. No cause of death was given.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Playmate listing". Retrieved March 24, 2009.
- ^ Scott, Vernon. "Baker hopes centerfold her shortcut to stardom." Syracuse Herald-Journal, December 27, 1983.
- ^ a b c "Playmate data". Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "Playmate listing". Retrieved November 8, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ a b c "Playmate data". Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ^ "Playboy Playmates". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ a b c "Playmate data". Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ^ "Roberta Vasquez: Student". Santa Monica College. Winter–Spring 1997. Archived from the original on January 7, 2002. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "Karen Velez Majors". Dignity Memorial. San Diego. Archived from the original on March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Playmate data". Retrieved 3 August 2010.