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Cole was working for £12 weekly at the Portsmouth Co-op Fuel Office when she interviewed to be a [[Playboy Bunny]] at the London [[Playboy Club]].<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/sex-industry/50-years-of-the-bunny-girl-hugh-hefner-on-life-with-a-controversial-pop-icon-1971934.html Jenkins, David, "50 years of the bunny girl:Hugh Hefner on a life with controverisal pop icon", ''The Independent'' (May 15, 2010)]</ref> She worked as a bunny from 1971 to 1974, and within a few days of starting work there was noticed by Victor Lownes and test photographed for the magazine.<ref name=Telegraph/> |
Cole was working for £12 weekly at the Portsmouth Co-op Fuel Office when she interviewed to be a [[Playboy Bunny]] at the London [[Playboy Club]].<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/sex-industry/50-years-of-the-bunny-girl-hugh-hefner-on-life-with-a-controversial-pop-icon-1971934.html Jenkins, David, "50 years of the bunny girl:Hugh Hefner on a life with controverisal pop icon", ''The Independent'' (May 15, 2010)]</ref> She worked as a bunny from 1971 to 1974, and within a few days of starting work there was noticed by Victor Lownes and test photographed for the magazine.<ref name=Telegraph/> |
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She appeared on the cover of the [[Roxy Music]] album [[Stranded (album)|''Stranded'']], having been noticed by [[Bryan Ferry]] after winning Playmate of the Year. She had previously appeared on the covers of various [[Top of the Pops]] albums.<ref |
She appeared on the cover of the [[Roxy Music]] album [[Stranded (album)|''Stranded'']], having been noticed by [[Bryan Ferry]] after winning Playmate of the Year. She had previously appeared on the covers of various [[Top of the Pops]] albums.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tony Barrell |url=http://www.tonybarrell.com/cover-stories/ |title=Cover Stories |publisher=''The Sunday Times'' |date=2007-11-11 |accessdate=2014-09-06}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Revision as of 09:41, 6 September 2014
| Marilyn Cole | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| January 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Karen Christy |
| Succeeded by | P. J. Lansing |
| Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
| 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Liv Lindeland |
| Succeeded by | Cyndi Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1949 Portsmouth, England[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)*[1] |
Marilyn Cole (born 7 May 1949)[1] is Playboy magazine's January 1972 Playmate of the Month. She was the magazines's first full-frontal nude centerfold, although her pubic hair was partly covered by the shadow cast by a book in her hand, this made the first full-frontally nude Playmate of the Month Bonnie Large, Playmate of the Month for March 1973.[2][3] She also became 1973's Playmate of the Year - the only Briton to hold that title. Her original pictorial was photographed by Alexas Urba.[1]
Career
Cole was working for £12 weekly at the Portsmouth Co-op Fuel Office when she interviewed to be a Playboy Bunny at the London Playboy Club.[4] She worked as a bunny from 1971 to 1974, and within a few days of starting work there was noticed by Victor Lownes and test photographed for the magazine.[2]
She appeared on the cover of the Roxy Music album Stranded, having been noticed by Bryan Ferry after winning Playmate of the Year. She had previously appeared on the covers of various Top of the Pops albums.[5]
Personal life
She is married to former Playboy executive, Victor Lownes,[6] and now works as a journalist.[2] Among the subjects she writes about is professional boxing, which she began covering in 2000.[7] Her interests include the tango, which she studied under Paul Pellicoro,[8] and has partnered with actor Brian Cox.[9]
Filmography
- Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004) (V)
- Forty Minutes (1990) TV Episode
- V.I.P.-Schaukel (1972) TV Episode
References
- ^ a b c d e "Playmate data". Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ a b c Van Praagh, Anna, "Playboy bunnies 50 years on" Telegraph (May 23, 2010)
- ^ "Karbantartás alatt - under maintenance (ec:cl)". Playmate.uw.hu. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ Jenkins, David, "50 years of the bunny girl:Hugh Hefner on a life with controverisal pop icon", The Independent (May 15, 2010)
- ^ Tony Barrell (11 November 2007). "Cover Stories". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
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Barrellwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Lownes, Marilyn Cole, "How I fell in love with the fight game", The Observer (November 30, 2003)
- ^ Scott, Janny, "Flirting with the tango", New York Times (June 11, 1999)
- ^ Grove, Valerie, "Brian Cox plays Humbert Humbert in Lolita", Sunday Times (August 29, 2009)
External links
- Marilyn Cole at IMDb