Teri Hope is an American

United States

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 model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 and actress She was 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...

magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1958 issue. Her centerfold

Centerfold

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 was photographed by Don Bronstein and Mike Shea

Mike Shea

Michael Joseph Shea , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Red Stockings. He started and pitched two complete games for the Red Stockings during the 1887 baseball season. He allowed 13 earned runs in his 16.2 innings of work, with no...

.

Hope became a Playmate while attending Carnegie Tech

Carnegie Institute of Technology

The Carnegie Institute of Technology , is the name for Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering. It was first called the Carnegie Technical Schools, or Carnegie Tech, when it was founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie who intended to build a “first class technical school” in Pittsburgh,...

 in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. While attending a Playboy-themed party at the Beta Sigma Rho fraternity

Fraternities and sororities

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 house, chapter members proclaimed her the "Party Playmate" and submitted her photos to Playboy.

Hope went on to enjoy a modest acting career in the 1960s, including appearances in two Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

 movies, 1963's Fun in Acapulco

Fun in Acapulco

Fun in Acapulco is a 1963 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress. While some exterior scenes were shot in Acapulco, Mexico, Elvis's scenes were shot in Hollywood. He never went to Acapulco. The movie featured the Top 10 Billboard hit "Bossa Nova Baby". The film...

and 1964's Roustabout.

Films

• Roustabout (1964) (uncredited) .... College student
• Fun in Acapulco
  Fun in Acapulco
  Fun in Acapulco is a 1963 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress. While some exterior scenes were shot in Acapulco, Mexico, Elvis's scenes were shot in Hollywood. He never went to Acapulco. The movie featured the Top 10 Billboard hit "Bossa Nova Baby". The film...
  
  (1963) .... Janie Harkins
• Gypsy
  Gypsy (1962 film)
  Gypsy is a 1962 American musical film produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass is based on the book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur Laurents, which was adapted from Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee.Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for...
  
  (1962) (uncredited)
• Force of Impulse (1961) .... Bunny Reese

Television

• Hennesey
  Hennesey
  Hennesey is an American military sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1962. The series, which aired for three seasons, stars Jackie Cooper in the title role.-Synopsis:...
  
  - "The Best Man" (1962) (as Terry Hope) .... Nurse
• The Gertrude Berg Show
  • "Dad's Day" (1962-03-29) (as Terry Hope) .... Susan
  • "Goodbye, Mr. Howell" (1962-02-15) (as Teri Hope) .... Susan

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