Arline Hunter
Arline Hunter was an American actress and model. She was perhaps best known as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 1954. Her centerfold was the first not to be purchased from the John Baumgarth Co. by Hugh Hefner, and was instead photographed by Ed DeLong, who went on to become one of the more prolific Playboy photographers in the 1960s.
Career
Much of Hunter's fame was built upon her resemblance to Marilyn Monroe.Her Playboy pose has been noted for its resemblance to Monroe's 1949 nude photo session with Tom Kelley, which was also published in Playboy. The similarity in look between Hunter and Monroe also came into play when a nude Hunter starred in a stag film called, The Apple-Knockers and the Coke. The resemblance between Hunter and Monroe reportedly led some viewers to mistakenly identify Hunter as Monroe in the film.Hunter later appeared in a number of low-budget films, often cast in roles that emphasized her sex appeal such as White Lightnin' Road and The Art of Burlesque. She also appeared alongside the Three Stooges in 1957's Outer Space Jitters. She appeared as a dancer in Sex Kittens Go to College, which starred fellow bombshell Mamie Van Doren. She also had guest roles in prominent television series such as Perry Mason and My Three Sons, and appeared in a 1962 episode of Straightaway.
Hunter was married to Prussian-born Wolfgang Wergin until his death in February 2006. Hunter died in San Pedro, California on 11 September 2018, at the age of 86.
Filmography
Films
The Apple-Knockers and the Coke The Art of Burlesque as BettyBaghdad After Midnight Casanova's Big Night as Girl in windowSon of Sinbad as Tartar GirlOuter Space Jitters as Sunev GirlRevolt in the Big House as GirlThe Angry Red Planet as JoanSex Kittens Go to College as NurseThe Ruined Bruin White Lightnin' Road as RubyDon't Worry, We'll Think of a Title as Girl Student- ''Big Daddy''