Playmates of the Year: 1970s Trivia Quiz

Answer: Claudia Jennings

She was born Mary Eileen Chesterton in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on December 20, 1949. Jennings first appeared in the November 1969 issue. Her acting credits include "Fast Company" (1979) as Sammy, and television shows like the The "Brady Bunch" episode "Adios, Johnny Bravo" (1973). She died in an automobile collision on October 3, 1979.

Answer: Sharon Clark

Sharon Clark was born on October 15, 1943, in Seminole, Oklahoma. She first appeared in the August 1970 issue. Her television credits include playing Shari on "CHiPs" - "The Strippers" episode (1980) starring as Sharon Weber, and her movie credits include "The Little Dragons" (1980), where she played Ruth Forbinger.

Answer: Liv Lindeland

Liv Lindeland was born in Norway on 7 December 1945. She first appeared in the January 1971 issue, she also appeared in the December 1979 pictorial, "Playmates Forever". She has also appeared in several movies sometimes credited as Liv Von Linden, including "Guns" (1990) and "Evel Knievel" (1971).

Answer: Marilyn Cole

Marilyn Cole was born on July 5, 1949, in Portsmouth, England. She first appeared as the January 1972 Playmate of the Month. She has a few television episode credit, such as "Forty Minutes" in 1990, but can mainly be seen on cover of various "Top of the Pops" albums. Also working as a journalist, she began writing about professional boxing in 2000.

Answer: Cyndi Wood

Cyndi Wood, born on September 25, 1950, in Burbank, California, first appeared in February 1973. She has several television and movie credits, including "Apocalypse Now"(1979) as the Playmate of the Year, and in "The Jim Stafford Show" (1975) television series.

Answer: Marilyn Lange

Marilyn Lange was born January 12, 1952, in Westfield, New Jersey, and appeared first in May 1974. While living and playing soccer in Hawaii, the Chicago Sting of the men's North American Soccer League drafted her in the first round of 1976 as a publicity stunt. She never played for them, but did work in the promotions department.

Answer: Lillian Müller

Lillian Müller, born in Grimstad, Norway on August 9, 1951, first appeared in January 1974 as a page three girl. She has movie and television credits under her name and Inga Anderssen, Yulis Revel, Yuliis Ruval, or Yullis Ruval, such as "Stewardess School" (1986) as Yuliis Ruval, playing Beautiful Blonde.

Answer: Patti McGuire

Patti McGuire, born on September 5, 1951, in Dexter, Missouri, first appeared in the November 1976 issue. She married tennis star Jimmy Connors in 1979. In the September 1996 "Playboy" article, "Playmate Revisited: Patti McGuire", Jimmy credits the magazine with bringing them together with the following quote, "She is from St. Louis and I'm from East St. Louis, and we never would have met back there".

He also told reporters, "It's a championship match".

Answer: Debra Jo Fondren

Debra Jo Fondren was born in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 1955. She first appeared in the September 1977 issue, and can also be seen the following TV series: "Mork & Mindy", "Knots Landing" and "Fantasy Island". She has both a casting and an assistant director credit on the "The Last Road" (1997).

Answer: Monique St. Pierre

Monique St. Pierre, born in Wiesbaden, Germany on November 25, 1953, speaks English, German and French. She first appeared in the November 1978 and worked for the "Playboy Channel" as both a model and an executive. She was married to actor Steve Parrish from 1979-82 and they have one son.