The following is a list ofPlayboy Playmates of 1983.Playboy magazine names theirPlaymate of the Month each month throughout the year.
| Lonny Chin | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-08-12)12 August 1960 (age 64) Liverpool, England[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] |
Lonny Chin (born 12 August 1960 inLiverpool, England) is an English model and actress of Chinese,Jamaican, Welsh and Swedish descent. In addition to beingPlayboy magazine'sPlaymate of the Month for its January 1983 issue,[1] Chin was the very firstvideo Playmate featured by the magazine.[2][unreliable source?][3]
Chin also appeared with her sister Gail in a pictorial of Playmates and their sisters in the April 1985 issue.
| Melinda Mays | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-02-23)February 23, 1962 (age 63) Augusta, Georgia, United States[4] |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4] |
Melinda Mays (born February 23, 1962, inAugusta, Georgia)[4] is an Americanmodel and actress. She wasPlayboy magazine'sPlaymate of the Month for its February 1983 issue. Hercenterfold was photographed byArny Freytag.[4]
| Alana Soares | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-02-21)February 21, 1964 (age 61) Redondo Beach, California |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
Alana Soares (born February 21, 1964) is an Americanmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month in March 1983.
| Christina Ferguson | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-03-18)March 18, 1964 (age 61) Phoenix, Arizona |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Christina Ferguson (born March 18, 1964) is an Americanmodel. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month in April, 1983.
| Susie Scott | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1963-11-02)November 2, 1963 (age 61) San Diego,California |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Susie Scott Krabacher (born November 2, 1963) is an Americanmodel, actress, and philanthropist. Under her maiden name ofSusie Scott, she wasPlayboy magazine'sPlaymate of the Month for its May 1983 issue. Krabacher's autobiography,Angels of a Lower Flight, was released in October, 2007. She founded HaitiChildren, formerly Mercy and Sharing Foundation, a charitable organization focusing on Haiti and its children.[5] In September 2019, it was announced thatTheodore Christman and Donna Gay Anderson had written a dramatic musical,Unfolded, about Krabacher's life and work.[6]
| Jolanda Egger | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-01-08)8 January 1960 (age 65) Luzern, Switzerland |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Jolanda Egger (born 8 January 1960 inLuzern, Switzerland) is amodel and actress, chosen byPlayboy asPlaymate of the Month for June 1983. Occasionally she was credited asYolanda Egger. Egger was the first Playmate of the Year for the Swiss edition of Playboy in 1984.[7] Egger married race car driverMarc Surer in 1986; they divorced after seven years. She married Patrick Tavoli in 1997. This marriage also lasted seven years and she had two children with Tavoli. On her 50th birthday in 2010, she married hotel owner Jacques Risi.[7]
| Ruth Guerri | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-02-12)February 12, 1958 (age 67) St. Louis, Missouri |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Ruth Guerri (born February 12, 1958, inSt. Louis, Missouri) is an Americanmodel and actress of Italian descent. She wasPlayboy magazine'sPlaymate of the Month for its July 1983 issue. Hercenterfold was photographed byArny Freytag andStephen Wayda. Guerri was working as a model in her home town, primarily forAnheuser-Busch, at the time she became a Playmate. According to the 1996 edition ofThe Playmate Book, she married and had two daughters; at that time the family was living in Missouri in a log cabin and owned an antique store.
| Carina Persson | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-06-14)14 June 1958 (age 66) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
Carina Persson (born 14 June 1958 inStockholm, Sweden) is aSwedishmodel. She wasPlayboy magazine'sPlaymate of the Month for its August 1983 issue. Hercenterfold was photographed byKen Marcus. Carina was also an extra in the movie "Into the Night" with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jeff Goldblum.[citation needed]
| Barbara Edwards | |
|---|---|
| Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
| 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Marianne Gravatte |
| Succeeded by | Karen Velez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-06-26)June 26, 1960 (age 64) Albuquerque, New Mexico[8] |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[8] |
Barbara L. Edwards (born June 26, 1960, inAlbuquerque, New Mexico)[8] is an Americanmodel and actress. She wasPlaymate of the Month for September 1983 andPlaymate of the Year for 1984.[8]
| Tracy Vaccaro | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-05-04)May 4, 1962 (age 62) Glendale, California[9] |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[9] |
Tracy Vaccaro (born May 4, 1962, inGlendale, California)[9] is an American model and actress. She wasPlayboy magazine'sPlaymate of the Month for its October 1983 issue. Hercenterfold was photographed byArny Freytag.[9] Vaccaro was married to American football player and actor,Fred Dryer.[10] They split up in 1986, but they divorced just in 1988 (after a 5-year marriage). Fred and Tracy have one daughter, Caitlin Nell Dryer, who was born on April 12, 1984. According to them, they broke up mostly because of Fred Dryer's long work days on TV seriesHunter (1984). After the divorce, Vaccaro remarried and moved to Las Vegas with Caitlin and her new husband. In 1989, she gave birth to another child.
| Veronica Gamba | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1963-10-28)28 October 1963 (age 61) Buenos Aires,Argentina |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Verónica Gamba (born 28 October 1963) is an Argentinian model and actress. Gamba was born inBuenos Aires.[11] She wasPlayboy magazine'sPlaymate of the Month for its November 1983 issue. Hercenterfold was photographed byArny Freytag.
| Terry Nihen | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-09-17)September 17, 1960 (age 64) Concord, Massachusetts |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Terry Nihen (born September 17, 1960) is an Americanmodel fromActon, Massachusetts.[12] She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month in December, 1983.[13][14] Her centerfold was photographed byRichard Fegley.[15]
The December 1983 Playmate was Terry Nihen and lists for $6.