- Susan Denberg
Infobox Playboy Playmate
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name = Susan Denberg
issue = August 1966
birthname =
birthplace =Bad Polzin ,Germany (now inPoland )
birthdate = birth date and age|1944|8|2
deathdate =
deathplace =
bust = 34"C
waist = 25"
hips = 34"
height = height|ft=5|in=7
weight = convert|123|lb|kg st|abbr=on
preceded =Tish Howard
succeeded =Dianne Chandler
website =Susan Denberg (born
2 August 1944 inBad Polzin ,Germany ) is the stage name of anAustria n model and actress. She was "Playboy " magazine'sPlaymate of the Month for its August 1966 issue. Hercenterfold was photographed byPeter Gowland . She also was one of the finalists for the title of 1967's Playmate of the Year along withTish Howard and the eventual winner,Lisa Baker .Biography
Youth
Born in what would soon become part of
Poland , Susan grew up in Klagenfurt,Austria . For a time, she worked as a chorus girl inLondon andLas Vegas, Nevada . She came toLos Angeles in the mid-1960s, wanting to become a star.Career
Denberg's most famous acting role was in the film "
Frankenstein Created Woman " - though her voice was dubbed. Her Austrian accent was considered to be too strong. This appears to be her final performance in a film.Aside from her work in "Playboy" and the Frankenstein film she is best known as one of
Harry Mudd 's mail-order brides in the "" episode "Mudd's Women".When she was working on "
An American Dream ",Warner Brothers offered a $500 award for a contest to find Susan a new screen name. All of the entries were rejected.Her acting career was brief. Over the years, rumors have abounded that Susan died of a drug overdose in 1967, or that she had mental health problems due to an addiction to
LSD . She is still alive, and living inKlagenfurt , Austria.Film and Television Work
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Frankenstein Created Woman " (1967) .... Christina
* "" - "Mudd's Women " (1966) .... Magda Kovacs
* "An American Dream " (1966) .... Ruta
* "Twelve O'Clock High" - "Back to the Drawing Board" (1966) .... German Girlee also
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List of people in Playboy 1960-1969 References
* cite web
url=http://allyourtrekarebelongto.us/muddgals.htm
last=Goodwin
first=Laura
title=The Women of Star Trek: Ruth and Magda
publisher=All Your Trek Are Belong to Us
year=2003
accessdate=2006-10-28External links
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