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Claudia Jennings

Acting Born Dec 20, 1949 Evanston, Illinois, USA 24 credits

Biography

Claudia Jennings, born Mary Eileen Chesterton (20 December 1949 - 3 October 1979), was an American model, stage and screen actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 1969 and also Playmate of the Year for 1970. Jennings subsequently pursued a career in acting, and was known as the "Queen of B movies". She died in an automobile accident at the age of 29.

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Ironside

as Maralyn

Cannon

as Susan Williams

Cannon

as Leona Wilson

The F.B.I.

as Judith Grinnell
Film

Big Fish

as Denise Fraser

Navarro

as Gabriella

240-Robert

as Barbara Rice
Film

The Man Who Fell to Earth

as Peters' Wife (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • Ironside (1967) as Maralyn
  • Cannon (1971) as Susan Williams
  • Cannon (1971) as Leona Wilson
  • The F.B.I. (1965) as Judith Grinnell
  • Barnaby Jones (1973) as Denise Fraser
  • The Brady Bunch (1969) as Tami Cutler
  • The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Evie
  • The Manhunter (1974) as Peggy
  • 40 Carats (1973) as Gabriella
  • Movin' On (1974) as Ann
  • Lucan (1977) as Debbie Kern
  • 240-Robert (1979) as Barbara Rice
  • The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) as Peters' Wife (uncredited)
  • Caribe (1975) as Jean Benedict
  • The Stepmother (1972) as Rita
  • Famous T & A (1982) as Allison / Rose (archive footage)
  • Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004)
  • Fast Company (1979) as Sammy
  • 'Gator Bait (1974) as Desiree Thibodeau
  • Deathsport (1978) as Deneer
  • Group Marriage (1973) as Elaine / Phil's Friend
  • The Unholy Rollers (1972) as Karen Walker
  • The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976) as Candy Morgan