Reagan Wilson

Reagan Diana Wilson (born March 6, 1947)[1] is an American model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1967 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.[1]

Reagan Wilson
Wilson in Blood Mania (1970)
Playboy centerfold appearance
October 1967
Preceded byAngela Dorian
Succeeded byKaya Christian
Personal details
Born (1947-03-06) March 6, 1947
Torrance, California, U.S.[1]
MeasurementsBust: 40"[1]
Waist: 25"
Hips: 35"
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Weight135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)

Early life

Wilson was born in Torrance, California, and attended Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Monica.[2] After her parents' divorce, she relocated to Missoula, Montana with her mother, younger brother and sister. She studied journalism at the University of Montana.[2]

Career

Wilson began working as a model after relocating to Los Angeles, California in the late 1960s. She made her film debut the 1970 horror film Blood Mania with fellow Playmate Vicki Peters, and later appeared in the 1973 film Running with the Devil. Wilson later relocated to New York City where she did further modeling work, followed by jobs in Paris and London.[2]

In 1968, Wilson appeared at a Men's Day event at the University of Washington in Seattle, which also featured a concert by Phil Ochs. Wilson was criticized for her appearance by feminist organizers, who chanted "Reagan Wilson, you are an empty vessel" at the event.[3]

In November 1969, a nude photo of Wilson made a trip to the Moon. As a joke, NASA ground staff hid a small nude photo of her (along with fellow playmates Angela Dorian, Cynthia Myers and Leslie Bianchini) inside the schedule of Apollo 12's mission commander, Pete Conrad. A photograph of Pete Conrad in his spacesuit with the Lunar Module in the background can be enlarged to see her picture .[4] Pete Conrad was the third man to walk on the Moon.[5][6]

Wilson again posed nude for Playboy for the December 1979 pictorial "Playmates Forever!"

Personal life

Wilson married Barry Hornig in 1987. The couple own a textile rug company in Santa Monica, California.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1967The Big ValleyJanetteEpisode: "The Lady from Mesa"
1969The Johnny Carson SpecialHerselfTelevision film
1969Letters to Laugh-InHerself1 episode
1970The Kraft Music HallHerselfEpisode: "Friars Club Roast of Jack Benny"
1970Blood ManiaCheryl
1973Running with the DevilN/A

See also

  • List of people in Playboy 1960-1969

Notes

  1. "Playmate listing". Retrieved March 2, 2009.
  2. "Reagan Wilson: October 1967". Centerfold Memories. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016.
  3. DuPlessis & Snitow 2007, p. 231.
  4. Fishman 2019, p. 283.
  5. Playboy Playmates pranked into Apollo 12 mission checklists - Boing Boing Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "NASA Astronauts Brought Playmates to the Moon". Seeker. June 18, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2017.

References

  • DuPlessis, Rachel Blau (ed.); Snitow, Ann (ed.) (2007). The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices from Women's Liberation. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-813-53973-7.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Fishman, Charles (2019). One Giant Leap. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-5011-0629-3.


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