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
Personal details
Born (1958-10-17) October 17, 1958
Harlingen, Texas[1]
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]

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.[1][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
Personal details
Born (1957-02-02) February 2, 1957
Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1]
Height5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)[1]

Sandra Joyce Cagle (born February 2, 1957, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1]) 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.[1] 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
Personal details
Born (1954-07-22) July 22, 1954[1]
Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Height5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)[1]

Henriette Allais (born July 22, 1954, in Jacksonville, Florida)[1] 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.[1] 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
Liz Glazowski attending Glamourcon No. 50, Long Beach, California on November 13, 2010
Personal details
Born (1957-12-19) December 19, 1957
Chicago, Illinois
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

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.[5]

May

Martha Thomsen
Personal details
Born (1957-01-25) January 25, 1957
Moses Lake, Washington
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

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

Ola Ray
Personal details
Born (1960-08-26) August 26, 1960
St. Louis, Missouri[6]
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[6]

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

July

Teri Peterson
Personal details
Born (1959-11-06) November 6, 1959
Santa Monica, California[7]
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[7]

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
Personal details
Born (1957-07-31) July 31, 1957
Hollywood[8]
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[8]

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
Personal details
Born (1960-11-11) November 11, 1960
Aberdeen, Maryland
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Lisa Welch Semler[9] (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]

October

Mardi Jacquet
Personal details
Born (1960-11-02) November 2, 1960[1]
Châteauroux, France[1]
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]

Mardi Jacquet (born November 2, 1960, in Châteauroux, France)[1] is a French-American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1980 issue.

November

Jeana Tomasino
Personal details
Born (1955-09-18) September 18, 1955[1]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1]
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]

Jeana Tomasino was born on September 18, 1955, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] 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

Terri Welles
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1981
Preceded byDorothy Stratten
Succeeded byShannon Tweed
Personal details
Born (1956-11-21) November 21, 1956[1]
Santa Monica, California[1]
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]

Terri Welles (born Terri Knepper November 21, 1956, in Santa Monica, California)[1] 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

References

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  2. My tears spoiled my aim, and other ... – Google Books
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  4. "Helmut Newton (1920-2004): Big Nude III, Paris, 1980". Christie's. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
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  6. 1 2 3 4 "Playmate data". Retrieved January 2, 2011.
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  9. 1 2 Hayes, Britt. "See the cast of 'Revenge of the Nerds' then and now". Screencrush. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  10. "Lisa's Cool Ranch". Playboy. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
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  12. Jeana Keough Official Website Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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  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).
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