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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1970. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January

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Jill Taylor
Personal details
Born (1951-10-14) October 14, 1951 (age 73)
Van Nuys, California[1]
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1]

Jill Taylor (born October 14, 1951, in Van Nuys, California)[1] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1970 issue.

February

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Linda Forsythe
Personal details
Born (1950-05-14) May 14, 1950 (age 74)
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States[2]
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[2]

Linda Forsythe (born May 14, 1950, in Jersey City, New Jersey)[2] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[2]

March

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Chris Koren
Personal details
Born (1947-08-08) August 8, 1947 (age 77)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States[3]
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]

Christine Koren (born August 8, 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio)[3] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Mel Figge.[3]

April

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Barbara Hillary
Personal details
Born (1949-02-18) February 18, 1949 (age 75)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States[4]
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[4]

Barbara Hillary (born February 18, 1949, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)[4] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[4]

May

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Jennifer Liano
Personal details
Born(1948-02-24)February 24, 1948[5]
San Diego, California, U.S.[5]
DiedOctober 8, 2024(2024-10-08) (aged 76)
Height5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m)[5]

Judy Young (later Stirling, February 24, 1948 – October 8, 2024), better known as Jennifer Liano, was an American model of Italian descent. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.[5] Her daughter is Real Housewives of Orange County star Lydia McLaughlin.[6] Liano died on October 8, 2024, at the age of 76.[7]

June

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Elaine Morton
Personal details
Born (1949-08-17) August 17, 1949 (age 75)
Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Elaine Morton (born August 17, 1949) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1970 issue. Her cousin, Karen Morton, was the July 1978 Playmate.

July

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Carol Willis
Personal details
BornCarol June Willis
(1949-04-17)April 17, 1949
Bowie County, Texas, U.S.
DiedNovember 24, 1971(1971-11-24) (aged 22)
Laguna Beach, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)

Carol Willis (April 17, 1949 – November 24, 1971) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1970 issue and her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[8]

She died in an automobile accident in Laguna Beach, California.

August

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Sharon Clark
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1971
Preceded byClaudia Jennings
Succeeded byLiv Lindeland
Personal details
Born (1943-10-15) October 15, 1943 (age 81)
Seminole, Oklahoma[9]
Height5 ft 6.5 in (169 cm)[9]
Main article: Sharon Clark

Sharon Clark (born October 15, 1943, in Seminole, Oklahoma)[9] is an American model and actress. She is Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 1970. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.[9] In 1971, at age 27, she became the oldest Playmate of the Year so far and remained so for 15 years, until Miss May 1985 Kathy Shower became PMOY 1986 at age 33. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the St. Louis club.[10]

September

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Debbie Ellison
Personal details
Born (1949-06-17) June 17, 1949 (age 75)
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States[11]
Height5 ft 6.5 in (169 cm)[11]

Debbie Ellison (born June 17, 1949, in Atlantic City, New Jersey)[11] is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[11] This centerfold was later used in the movie Tremors 2: Aftershocks as a double for Helen Shaver, although she is incorrectly identified in the movie as Miss October 1974. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the New York club.[12]

October

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Mary Collinson
Personal details
Born (1952-07-22) July 22, 1952 (age 72)
Sliema, Malta
DiedNovember 23, 2021(2021-11-23) (aged 69)
Milan, Malta
Height5 ft 6.5 in (169 cm)
Main article: Mary Collinson

Mary Collinson (July 22, 1952 – November 23, 2021) was a model and actress . She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in October 1970, together with her twin sister Madeleine Collinson. They were the first identical twin Playmate sisters.

Both sisters went on to acting careers, mostly in B-movies. Her sister is quoted in The Playmate Book as saying that Mary has two daughters and now lives in Milan with an "Italian gentleman", with whom she has been for more than 20 years. Collinson died from bronchopneumonia in Milan, on 23 November 2021, at the age of 69.

Madeleine Collinson
Personal details
Born(1952-07-22)July 22, 1952
Sliema, Malta
DiedAugust 14, 2014(2014-08-14) (aged 62)
Msida, Malta
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Main article: Madeleine Collinson

Madeleine Collinson (July 22, 1952 – August 14, 2014) was a model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy Playmate of the Month in October, 1970, together with her twin sister Mary.

Both sisters went on to acting careers, mostly in B-movies. Madeleine married a British Royal Air Force officer and raised three children. She later moved back to Malta and was involved in cultural and educational activities there. After several months of illness, she died at Mater Dei Hospital in Msida on August 14, 2014, with her sister Mary present.[13][14]

November

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Avis Miller
Personal details
Born(1945-11-04)November 4, 1945
Ohio, United States
DiedNovember 11, 2021(2021-11-11) (aged 76)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Avis Miller (November 4, 1945 – November 11, 2021) was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1970 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the San Francisco club and later served as a flight attendant on the company's luxury commercial airliner.[15][16] She died on November 11, 2021. [17]

December

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Carol Imhof
Personal details
Born (1948-03-13) March 13, 1948 (age 76)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[18]

Carol Imhof (born March 13, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois)[18] was an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1970 issue.[19] Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.[18]

Imhof studied elementary education at Southern Illinois University and worked at the Playboy Club in Chicago.[19] She also appeared in the July 1969 and February 1970 issues of Playboy.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Playmate data". Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  6. ^ Hubbard, Linda (28 September 2017). "Always a local angle: this M-A grad was Playmate of the Month back in the day". InMenlo. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  7. ^ "RHOC Alum Lydia McLaughlin Announces the Passing of Her Mom Judy Stirling". All About the Real Housewives. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Miss July 1970: Carol Willis". Playboy. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  10. ^ "Playmate of the Year 1971 Sharon Clark". playboy.com. PEI. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  11. ^ a b c d "Playmate data".
  12. ^ "Miss September 1970 Debbie Ellison". playboy.com. PEI. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  13. ^ Unsworth, Martin (16 August 2014). "Madeleine Collinson, R.I.P." Starburst. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  14. ^ Farquhar, Simon (November 12, 2014). "Madeleine Collinson: Playboy centrefold model who also appeared with her sister Mary in the horror film Twins of Evil". The Independent.
  15. ^ "Miss November 1970 Avis Miller". playboy.com. PEI. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  16. ^ "November 1970 Playmate Avis Miller was a 'Jet Bunny'". instagram.com/playboy.
  17. ^ "Avis Erickson Obituary - Schaudt's Tulsa Funeral Service & Cremation Care Centers - 2021". Legacy.com.
  18. ^ a b c "Playmate listings at WeKinglyPigs". Retrieved August 12, 2009.
  19. ^ a b "Carol Imhof: Miss December 1970". Playboy Playmate Directory. Archived from the original on 15 December 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
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