Marianne Gravatte

Last updated
Marianne Gravatte
Playboy centerfold appearance
October 1982
Preceded by Connie Brighton
Succeeded by Marlene Janssen
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1983
Preceded by Shannon Tweed
Succeeded by Barbara Edwards
Personal details
Born (1959-12-13) December 13, 1959 (age 64)
Hollywood, California
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Marianne Gravatte (born December 13, 1959, in Hollywood, California) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1982 issue, then as the 1983 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley.

Contents

Career

After being noticed in Playboy magazine by Ratt band member Stephen Pearcy, Gravatte appeared in the video as Stephen Pearcy's girlfriend for the band's song "Lay It Down". [1] She was also featured on the front cover of the song's parent album, Invasion of Your Privacy , Ratt's second record, which was released in 1985.

She posed for Playboy again for the April 1994 Playmate Revisited feature. [2]

Personal life

From 1988 to 1990 Gravatte worked at the bar at the Out of Bounds Sports Bar in Huntington Beach, California with her husband, Mark E. Larsen. She is the mother of three sons. [2]

TV appearances

Other appearances

Playboy appearances

NSS, books, and supplements

Foreign Playboy

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Playboy</i> Playmate Female model featured in a centerfold of Playboy magazine

A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. At the end of the year, one of the 12 Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOTY). Every Playmate of the Month is awarded a prize of US$25,000 and each Playmate of the Year receives an additional prize of US$100,000 plus a car and other discretionary gifts. In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. The use of the word "Playmate" in a sexual sense did not originate with Playboy, and was seen at least as early as 1950 in Vue magazine.

Candy Loving is an American model. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for the January 1979 issue, which made her the magazine's 25th Anniversary Playmate. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.

Lynda Ann Wiesmeier was an American model and actress. She made her film debut in American Pop. Wiesmeier was selected as both cover model and Playmate of the Month for the July 1982 issue of Playboy magazine, and her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. Wiesmeier also appeared in several Playboy newsstand special editions and videos, and worked steadily for Playboy for more than five years after she graced the magazine's fold-out page, first as a nude glamour and pin-up model, and then as a promotional model and a feature reporter for the Playboy Channel.

<i>Playboy Special Edition</i> Unique, infrequent, or semi-regular spin-offs of the magazine

Playboy Special Editions are a spin-off series of Playboy magazine containing glamour and softcore nude photographs. The initially infrequent and later semi-regular editions ran from 1963 through 2000 then re-branded from 2000 through 2012 final issues. A one-off special edition was published in February 2015 featuring images of models in different locations within California from the controversial photographer Terry Richardson.

References

  1. ↑ Marks, Craig; Tannenbaum, Rob (27 October 2011). I Want My MTV: the Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. New York: Dutton. p. 273. ISBN   9781101526415.
  2. 1 2 Staff. "Playmates Revisited". Playboy. Retrieved 30 December 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.