Sue Williams
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Sue Williams was an American actress and Playboy
magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1965. Her centerfold
was photographed by Ed DeLong and William V. Figge
.
, she began her career in modeling shortly after graduating from high school. After a photographer sent in pictures he had taken of her to Playboy
, she was chosen for a layout in the magazine, posing under the name Sue Williams. She was the first Playmate to get breast implants, and at 4'11, one of the shortest women to appear as a Playmate in Playboy (with Karla Conway
, April 1966, being the other).
After appearing in Playboy, she began acting in various films and television. She appeared in several Beach Party film
s, including How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
under the name Sue Hamilton.
on September 2, 1969. She is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park
in Los Angeles.
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1965. Her centerfold
Centerfold
The centerfold of a magazine refers to a gatefolded spread, usually a portrait such as a pin-up or a nude, inserted in the middle of the publication, or to the model featured in the portrait...
was photographed by Ed DeLong and William V. Figge
William Figge
William Figge was a professional photographer who, along with his wife Melba, ran a photography studio in Glendale, California. Figge was a combat photographer in World War II. After the war, he failed to find work as a cinematographer, so he stayed with photography and specialised in portraiture,...
.
Early life and career
Born Karen Susan Hamilton in Glendale, CaliforniaGlendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
, she began her career in modeling shortly after graduating from high school. After a photographer sent in pictures he had taken of her to Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
, she was chosen for a layout in the magazine, posing under the name Sue Williams. She was the first Playmate to get breast implants, and at 4'11, one of the shortest women to appear as a Playmate in Playboy (with Karla Conway
Karla Conway
Karla Conway was the name used by American model and artist Karla Jo Musacchia for her appearance as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1966 issue....
, April 1966, being the other).
After appearing in Playboy, she began acting in various films and television. She appeared in several Beach Party film
Beach Party film
Beach party movies were an American 1960s genre of feature films created by American International Pictures with their surprise 1963 hit, Beach Party, and copied by virtually every other studio...
s, including How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini is a 1965 beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, and Beverly Adams...
under the name Sue Hamilton.
Death
Williams committed suicideSuicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
on September 2, 1969. She is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery is part of the Forest Lawn chain of Southern California cemeteries. It is at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California, on the lower north slope at the far east end of the Santa Monica...
in Los Angeles.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini How to Stuff a Wild Bikini How to Stuff a Wild Bikini is a 1965 beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, and Beverly Adams... |
Peanuts | |
| Sergeant Dead Head | Ivy | Alternative title: Sergeant Deadhead, the Astronut | |
| Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine is a 1965 American International Pictures film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Susan Hart and Deborah Walley... |
Robot | Alternative title: Dr. G. and the Bikini Machine | |
| 1966 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini is the seventh of the American International Pictures beach party films and was released in 1966. The entire film takes place in and around a haunted house with no beach in sight, with the teenage gang instead cavorting in and around it and the adjacent swimming... |
Sue | |
| Fireball 500 | Farmer's Daughter | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1965 | The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot | ||