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#REDIRECT [[List_of_people_in_Playboy_1960–1969]]
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The following is a list of '''Playboy Playmates of 1968'''. ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine names its [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] each month throughout the year.

==January==
{{main|Connie Kreski}}
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| name = Connie Kreski
| issue =
| birth_place = [[Wyandotte, Michigan]], United States
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|9|19|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1995|03|21|1946|09|19}}
| death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], United States
| bust = 35"
| waist = 23"
| hips = 36"
| height = 5 ft 5 in
| weight = 118 lb
| pmoy-year = 1969
| pmoy-preceded = [[Victoria Vetri|Angela Dorian]]
| pmoy-succeeded = [[Claudia Jennings]]
}}

'''Connie Kreski''' (September 19, 1946 – March 21, 1995), an American model and actress, is ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for January 1968 and [[Playmate of the Year]] for 1969. Kreski had long taffy-colored hair and blue eyes.

Kreski died of a blocked [[carotid artery]] on March 21, 1995 in [[Beverly Hills, California]].
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==February==
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| image =
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| name = Nancy Harwood
| issue =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Riverside, California]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1948|12|17}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2014|05|13|1948|12|17}}<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-rebecca-kelly&pid=171115174&fhid=24078 Nancy Rebecca Kelly Obituary.] Accessed 10 August 2019.</ref>
| death_place =
| bust = 36
| waist = 22
| hips = 35
| height = 5 ft 7 in
| weight = 115 [[Pound (mass)|lb]] ( 52 kg )
| website =
}}

'''Nancy Harwood''' (December 17, 1948 &ndash; May 13, 2014) was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its February 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by [[William Figge]] and [[Ed DeLong]]. She describes herself in her Playboy.com biography page as "really inexperienced, still a virgin, in fact" at the time she posed for her centerfold.

Nancy had an older brother and an older sister. Her father was a [[pharmacist]]. She became a representative for several [[jewelry]] makers, as well as the one-time president of the Centerfold Alumni Association.
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==March==
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| image =
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| name = Michelle Hamilton
| issue =
| birth_name = Roxanna Platt
| birth_place = [[Elmira, New York]], United States
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|12|20}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| bust = 38"
| waist = 23"
| hips = 35"
| height = 5 ft 4.5 in
| weight = 110 [[Pound (mass)|lb]]
| website =
}}

'''Michelle Hamilton''' (born '''Roxanna Platt''' on December 20, 1948 in [[Elmira, New York]]) was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its March 1968 issue. She made a prior appearance in Playboy in the November 1967 issue in the Playboy Charter Yacht Party pictorial (starting on page 133) as "Roxanna". Her centerfold was photographed by [[William Figge]] and [[Ed DeLong]].
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==April==
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| image =
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| name = Gaye Rennie
| issue =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1949|9|21}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| bust = 35"
| waist = 24"
| hips = 35"
| height = 5 ft 6 in
| weight = 118 [[Pound (mass)|lb]]
| website =
}}

'''Gaye Rennie''' (born September 21, 1949 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]) was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its April 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by [[William Figge]] and [[Ed DeLong]].
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==May==

{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| image =
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| name = Elizabeth Jordan
| issue =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Fort Myers, Florida]]<ref name=maykingly />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1945|1|11}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| bust = 33"<ref name=maykingly />
| waist = 21"
| hips = 33"
| height = 5 ft 2 in<ref name=maykingly />
| weight = {{convert|93|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| website =
}}

'''Elizabeth Jordan''' (born January 11, 1945 in [[Fort Myers, Florida]])<ref name=maykingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=jordan%2C+elizabeth&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=8 December 2010}}</ref> was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its May 1968 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Mario Casilli]].<ref name=maykingly />

In addition to being a Playmate, Jordan was also a [[Playboy Bunny|Bunny]] at the [[Playboy Club]]s in Chicago, New York City and [[Atlanta]]. According to ''The Playmate Book'', she later became the associate dean of an unnamed university in the Western United States.
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==June==
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] - magazine covers are expressly forbidden -->
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| name = Britt Fredriksen
| issue =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = Norway
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1945|10|1}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| bust = 34"
| waist = 21.5"
| hips = 34"
| height = 5 ft 4 in
| weight = 108 [[Pound (mass)|lb]] ( 48.5 kg )
| website =
}}

'''Britt Fredriksen''' (born 1 October 1945 in Norway) was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its June 1968 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Pompeo Posar]].
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==July==
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| name = Melodye Prentiss
| image =
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| issue =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]<ref name=pigs7 />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|12|14|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2009|3|3|1944|12|14}}<ref name=pigs7 />
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]]
| bust = 34"<ref name=pigs7 />
| waist = 23"
| hips = 34"
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<ref name=pigs7 />
| weight = {{convert|100|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
| website =
}}

'''Melodye Prentiss''' (December 14, 1944 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] – March 3, 2009 in [[California]])<ref name=pigs7>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=prentiss%2C+melodye&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=February 7, 2010}}</ref> was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its July 1968 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Pompeo Posar]].<ref name=pigs7 />
Melodye was working in the ''Playboy'' editorial library when she was "discovered" by the magazine as Playmate material.<ref name=pbjun09>{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=56|date=June 2009|pages=116–117}}</ref> She studied fine art and painting at both the [[Chicago Academy of Fine Arts]] and the [[University of Chicago]].

Prentiss died on March 3, 2009 after taking medications that made her unable to breathe following knee surgery and other illnesses.
{{clear}}

==August==

{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| name = Gale Olson
| issue =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Fort Sill, Oklahoma]], U.S.<ref name=wkp />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|10|27}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| bust = 36"<ref name=wkp />
| waist = 22.5"
| hips = 35"
| height = {{convert|5|ft|4|in|abbr=on}}<ref name=wkp />
| weight = {{convert|110|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}<ref name=wkp />
| website =
}}

'''Gale Olson''' (born October 27, 1947 in [[Fort Sill, Oklahoma]])<ref name=wkp>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=1968&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|access-date=March 16, 2009}}</ref> was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its August 1968 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Ron Vogel]].

Her mother was from [[New Zealand]], and her father was in the [[United States Army]]. Gale grew up with five brothers and three sisters.

For a time, Gale worked as a [[Playboy Bunny|Bunny]] at the Chicago [[Playboy Club]].

Olson's daughter, [[Crystal McCahill]], appeared on the November 9, 2008 edition of ''[[The Girls Next Door]]'' at the [[Hooters]] near [[Chicago]]'s [[O'Hare International Airport]], in a radio interview with [[Bridget Marquardt]] and McCahill's tryout effort for the 55th anniversary edition of ''Playboy'' in January 2009. McCahill is the May 2009 Playmate of the Month.<ref name=McCahill>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=2009&limit=0|title=uChicago Playmate listing|access-date=3 February 2009}}</ref>
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==September==
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| image =
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| name = Dru Hart
| issue =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[San Fernando, California]]<ref name=pigs9 />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|11|25}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| bust = 36"<ref name=pigs9 />
| waist = 24"
| hips = 35"
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}<ref name=pigs9 />
| weight = {{convert|122|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
| website =
}}

'''Drucilla Hart''' (born November 25, 1948 in [[San Fernando, California]])<ref name=pigs9>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=hart%2C+dru&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=February 7, 2010}}</ref> was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its September 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by [[Bill Figge]] and [[Mel Figge]].<ref name=pigs9 /> At the time of her pictorial, Hart was working as a [[legal secretary]].
{{clear}}

==October==
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] - magazine covers are expressly forbidden -->
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| name = Majken Haugedal
| issue =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Copenhagen, Denmark]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1947|3|26}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| bust = 34"
| waist = 22"
| hips = 34"
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}
| weight = {{convert|108|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
| website =
}}

'''Majken Haugedal''' (born 26 March 1947{{Verify source|date=February 2010}} in [[Copenhagen, Denmark]]) was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its October 1968 issue.<ref>''Palyboy<!-- sic! -->-tema: Playboys piger.'' B.T., 09.06.2003, KUN_FOR_KVINDER, Side 6</ref> Her centerfold was photographed by [[Pompeo Posar]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_Li8fkLMDOwC&pg=PT203&dq=%22Majken+Haugedal&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22Majken%20Haugedal&f=false Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds] Hugh Hefner, Dave Hickey (2008)</ref>

Posar is quoted in ''The Playmate Book'' as saying that Majken and [[Connie Kreski]] were the two finalists for the title of 1969 [[Playmate of the Year]]. Kreski won the title in the long run, but Majken posed for ''Playboy'' again in the April 1984 pictorial "Playmates Forever! Part Two."
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==November==
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| name = Paige Young
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| issue =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|3|16}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|7|13|1944|3|16}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| bust = 36"
| waist = 24"
| hips = 36"
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}
| weight = {{convert|118|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
}}

'''Paige Young''' (March 16, 1944 – April 7, 1974) was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its November 1968 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Peter Gowland]].<ref name=wekinglypigs11>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=young%2C+paige&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref>
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==December==
{{main|Cynthia Myers}}
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| name = Cynthia Myers
| image = Cynthia Myers.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| issue =
| birth_name = Cynthia Jeanette Myers
| birth_place = [[Toledo, Ohio]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1950|9|12}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|11|4|1950|9|12}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| bust = 39"DD
| waist = 24"
| hips = 36"
| height = {{height|ft=5||in=3}}
| weight = {{convert|119|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
| website =
}}

'''Cynthia Myers''' (September 12, 1950 – November 4, 2011) was an American model and [[actress]], and ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for the December 1968 issue.

===Career===
Cynthia Myers was the first ''Playboy'' Playmate born in the 1950s when she appeared in the magazine in December 1968. The pictures were shot in June 1968 when she was 17 years old,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2006/cynthiamyers/ |first=Randy |last=Waage |title=Interview with Cynthia Myers |work=Retrocrush |access-date=29 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808133832/http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2006/cynthiamyers/ |archive-date=8 August 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but it was ''Playboy'''s policy by that time to wait until a Playmate turned 18 before her pictures would be published. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Pompeo Posar]].

After her magazine debut, Myers made frequent appearances on [[Hugh Hefner]]'s ''Playboy After Dark'' TV series in 1969. She took a leading role as the sensitive [[lesbian]] [[rock and roll]] singer and bass player, Casey Anderson, in [[Russ Meyer]]'s ''[[Beyond the Valley of the Dolls]]''. She followed that with a supporting role in the 1972 [[Western (genre)|Western]], ''[[Molly and Lawless John]]''.

Myers died of lung cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 61.<ref>{{cite book |url={{Google books|SAqdwE8hZKsC|page=248|plainurl=yes}} |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2011 |first=Harris M. |last=Lentz |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2012 |page=248 |isbn=978-0786469949}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of people in Playboy 1960-1969]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Playmates of 1968}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Playboy Playmates Of 1968}}
[[Category:1968-related lists]]
[[Category:1960s Playboy Playmates]]
[[Category:Playboy lists]]

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