List of Playboy Playmates of 1976
The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1976. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
Daina House is a former model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.February
Laura Lyons is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker and Mario Casilli. She worked as a Playboy Bunny in the Chicago Playboy Club prior to becoming a Playmate, and led a protest and brief strike gaining improved work privileges such as the freedom to date customers.March
Ann Victoria Pennington is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar and Phillip Dixon.She is the sister of Janice Pennington, and like Janice, appeared as a model on game shows.
Pennington was married to Shaun Cassidy.
April
Denise Michele is a former model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1976. Her Playboy pictorial was shot by Ken Marcus. She is also featured in a number of Playboy videos. She appears on the album cover of Robert Palmer's Some People Can Do What They Like and had some minor movie and TV roles.May
Patricia Margot McClain is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.In 1996, McClain's firing from her office manager job over her Playmate past made national news. Her lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed sum. After the firing, she worked for Playboy in their editing department. In 1999, she attempted to challenge Elton Gallegly for the Republican Congressional nomination in his Ventura County district.