Ann Pennington (model)
Encyclopedia
Ann Victoria Pennington is an American model and actress. She was Playboy
magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1976 issue. Her centerfold
was photographed by Pompeo Posar
and Phillip Dixon.
She is the sister of fellow model Janice Pennington
, and like Janice, appeared as a model on game shows. Her most notable work was as a regular on Card Sharks
, but she also appeared as a substitute in 1976 on the Dennis James
-hosted version of The Nighttime Price Is Right. She also appeared in commercials and for photos illustrating stories in Cosmopolitan
magazine.
Pennington married Shaun Cassidy
, who was eight years junior to her, in December 1979. They had two children together, and divorced in approximately 1992.
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 its March 1976 issue. 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 Pompeo Posar
Pompeo Posar
Pompeo Posar was a Playboy magazine staff photographer who photographed many centerfold spreads and accompanying pictures of women featured as playmate of the month...
and Phillip Dixon.
She is the sister of fellow model Janice Pennington
Janice Pennington
Janice Marie Pennington was one of the original "Barker's Beauties" models on The Price Is Right, serving as the show's longest-running model to date, from 1972 to 2000. She was also Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1971 issue. She is the older sister of fellow model Ann...
, and like Janice, appeared as a model on game shows. Her most notable work was as a regular on Card Sharks
Card Sharks
Card Sharks is an American television game show created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Two contestants compete for control of a row of oversized playing cards by answering questions posed by the host and then guessing if the next card is higher or lower in value than...
, but she also appeared as a substitute in 1976 on the Dennis James
Dennis James
Dennis James was an American television personality, actor, and announcer. He is credited as the host of television's first network game show, the DuMont Network's Cash and Carry in 1946...
-hosted version of The Nighttime Price Is Right. She also appeared in commercials and for photos illustrating stories in Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
magazine.
Pennington married Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Paul Cassidy is an American actor, singer, writer, and producer. He is the eldest son of Academy Award winning actress Shirley Jones, and the second son of Tony award-winning actor Jack Cassidy...
, who was eight years junior to her, in December 1979. They had two children together, and divorced in approximately 1992.