Famous Women of Playboy

10-10-2008 12:56

This week sees the release of comedy The House Bunny starring Anna Faris as Shelley Darlington, a Playboy Bunny who teaches an awkward sorority about the opposite sex only to learn that what boys really like is what's on the inside.

Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta.

Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have a sense of individuality.

To celebrate the release we have looked at the many famous faces that have been part of the Playboy family through being a Playboy Bunny waitress or posing for the magazine. Here are just a few names you might recognise.

Marilyn Monroe:

Monroe graced the cover and was the centrefold for the first-ever issue of Playboy Magazine Hugh Hefner produced in December 1953. However the picture used originally was taken for a calendar rather than for Playboy.

Lauren Hutton:

One of the world’s first supermodels, Hutton worked at the New York Playboy Club from 1963-1964.

Carol Cleveland:

Before being in the Monty Python television show and movies, Cleveland worked at the London Playboy Club as one of the first London Bunnies in 1966.

Deborah Harry:

The lead singer of the hit ‘70’s new wave punk group Blondie waitressed at the New York club from 1968-1973 before becoming a major pop icon.