Arline Hunter
Arline Hunter (born Arlene J. Hunter; December 16, 1931, date of death unknown), was an American actress and model. She was perhaps best known as "Playboy's" Playmate of the Month for August 1954. Her centerfold was the first not to be purchased from the John Baumgarth Co. by Hugh Hefner, and was instead photographed by Ed DeLong, who went on to become one of the more prolific "Playboy" photographers in the 1960s. Career. Much of Hunter's fame was built upon her resemblance to Marilyn Monroe; indeed, her "Playboy" pose was obviously inspired by Monroe's notorious  1949 nude photo session with Tom Kelley from which her own "Playboy" photo came. The similarity in look between Hunter and Monroe also came into play when a nude Hunter starred in a stag film called, "The Apple-Knockers and the Coke". For many years there have been those who have seen the film and have mistaken Hunter for Monroe. Hunter went on to have a film career that consisted mostly of sexy parts in B-movies such as "White Lightnin' Road" and "The Art of Burlesque". She also appeared alongside the Three Stooges in 1957's "Outer Space Jitters . Perhaps one of her biggest film roles was with fellow bombshell Mamie Van Doren in Sex Kittens Go to College". She also had guest roles in prominent television series such as "Perry Mason" and "My Three Sons", and appeared in a 1962 episode of "Straightaway". She was married to Prussian-born Wolfgang Wergin until his death in February 2006. Hunter died in California after 2014.