Terri Welles

Terri Welles

Infobox Playboy Playmate
name = Terri Welles


imagesize = 150px
caption =
issue = December 1980
birthname =
birthplace = Santa Monica, California
birthdate = birth date and age|mf=yes|1956|11|21
bust = 36 in (91 cm)
waist = 24 in (61 cm)
hips = 36 in (91 cm)
height = height|ft=5|in=9
weight = convert|120|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on
preceded = Jeana Tomasino
succeeded = Karen Price
pmoy-year = 1981
pmoy-preceded = Dorothy Stratten
pmoy-succeeded = Shannon Tweed

Terri Welles (born Terri Knepper November 21, 1956 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actress and adult model.

Welles first appeared on the cover of the May 1980 issue of "Playboy", wearing a flight attendant costume to illustrate a pictorial on stewardesses (Welles was a United Airlines stewardess at the time). She subsequently appeared as a centerfold in the December 1980 issue and was named Playmate of the Year for 1981. Her original pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley.

Welles married NHL ice hockey player Charlie Simmer in 1981. The couple divorced in 1986. Welles has a daughter.

In 1997, Welles started an online business selling pictures of herself. On her website, she described herself as a former "Playboy" model and Playmate of the Year. Playboy Enterprises, which was starting up its own online business at this time, sued Welles in 1998, claiming that it had the exclusive right to use of its trademark terms "Playboy" and "Playmate of the Year" for commercial purposes. The outcome of the suit, "Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles", [cite court
litigants=Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles
vol=7 F. Supp. 2d 1098
reporter=S.D. Cal.
opinion=aff'd without opinion
pinpoint=162 F. 3d 1169
court=9th Cir.
date=1998
url= http://www.loundy.com/CASES/Playboy_v_Wells.html] was that virtually all of Welles' uses of the terms were considered nominative uses, and did not infringe.

Welles closed down her website on October 31, 2006 with the announcement that it had "been a fun ride".

Appearances in "Playboy" special editions

*"Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads" July 1985.
*"Playboy's Wet & Wild Women" July 1987 - pages 78-79.
*"Playboy's Bathing Beauties" April 1989.
*"Playboy's Book of Lingerie" Vol. 7: May 1989.
*"Playboy's Nudes" October 1990.
*"Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds" Vol. 1: December 1998 - page 38.
*"Playboy's Book of Lingerie" Vol. 72: March 2000.

ee also

* List of people in Playboy 1980-1989

References

External links

* [http://www.terriwelles.com/ Terri Welles official site]
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