List of Playboy Playmates of 1974

Nancy Cameron (born March 15, 1954, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1974 issue, Playboy's 20th anniversary issue. Cameron appeared in a double-sided centerfold, with both her nude front and back visible. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker. On the cover of the May 1976 issue, she appears in front of the 1886 painting by Georges Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, posed similarly to the main character in that composition. ==February==

Francine Parks (born January 30, 1951, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. ==March==

Pamela Zinszer (born September 6, 1955, in Kansas) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. ==April==

Marlene Morrow (born March 15, 1954) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Larry Dale Gordon. ==May==

Marilyn Lange (born January 12, 1952, in Westfield, New Jersey) is a model chosen by Playboy magazine as the Playmate of the Month for May 1974, and later, the 1975 Playmate of the Year. The Playmate of the Year pictorial was featured in the June 1975 issue, and both of her pictorials were photographed by Dwight Hooker. Although she never played for them, she did work in the promotions department. ==June==

Sandy Johnson (born July 7, 1954, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the June 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. ==July==

Carol Vitale (November 14, 1946, in Elizabeth, New Jersey – July 23, 2008, in Aventura, Florida) ==August==

Jeane Manson, born Jean Manson, (born October 1, 1950, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American model, singer and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker. Performing under the name Jeane Manson, she became a recording artist in Europe, hosted television specials in France and had a regular role on the long-running primetime soap Riviera. She represented Luxembourg in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest. ==September==

Kristine Hanson (born September 23, 1951, in Illinois) is an American television broadcaster who also was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Chan. She won an Emmy Award and a first place award for American Women in Radio and Television. ==October==

Ester Cordet (born December 31, 1946, in Panama) is a Panamanian-born model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. Cordet was also the cover model for the Ohio Players album, Honey. At the time the issue was published, and during the shooting, Esther Cordet (real name Esther Sgobba) was married. Her husband, who was in the background of one of the photos, was described in the cut line as a "friend". She was also the mother of a four-year-old son. At the time of the photo shoot and the magazine's release she was employed as a flight attendant at Pacific Southwest Airlines. ==November==

Bebe Buell (born Beverle Lorence Buell on July 14, 1953, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American fashion model and singer, and Playboy magazine's November 1974 Playmate of the Month. She is also known for dating and marrying rock musicians. She is actress Liv Tyler's mother from a brief relationship with Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler (although Buell initially claimed the father was Todd Rundgren). In 2001, she wrote an autobiography (with Victor Bockris) entitled Rebel Heart: An American Rock and Roll Journey. The book was a New York Times bestseller. Filmmaker Cameron Crowe, in his commentary on the extended DVD of his 2000 movie Almost Famous, said he based the film's "Penny Lane" character (played by Kate Hudson) in part on Buell. ==December==

Janice Lynn Marshall (née Whitby; March 25, 1951 – December 14, 2011), better known as Janice Raymond, was an English model. She was selected as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1974 issue. Raymond was born in St Helens, Lancashire, England on March 25, 1951. She died in Plano, Texas on December 14, 2011, at the age of 60, leaving one son and two daughters with husband Les Marshall. ==See also==