Gloria Dawn
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Peter Gowland
Peter Gowland was a famous American glamour photographer and actor...
, Ron Vogel, Donald G. Klumpp, Sam Wu
Sam Wu
Sam Wu is an American photographer of the 1950s and 1960s.Wu worked for adult magazines such as Playboy and Modern Man. He photographed Playboy centerfolds of Rusty Fisher, Pat Sheehan and Christa Speck. He also filmed Pat Sheehan's centerfold and Tania Velia movie pics.-Notes and references:...
, Elmer Batters
Elmer Batters
Elmer Batters was a pioneer fetish photographer who specialized in capturing artful images of women with an emphasis on stockings, legs, and feet: ahead of his time in popularizing foot fetishism imagery as erotic entertainment.-Career:Batters started out publishing his photographs himself, and...
, and Michael LeRoy among others. She retired from modeling in August 1963 but her pictures appeared in publications until 1968. Although her chosen modeling name was "Gloria Dawn", magazines also printed her pictures using the names Susan Norman, Dallas Blair, Corinne Curry, Leslie Southern, Donna Cole, Cherry Chadwick, and Mary Hayes. She was blond during most of her modeling career, but had black hair for two months in 1963, and the Susan Norman, Dallas Blair, Cherry Chadwick and Mary Hayes names were used for her brunette pictures.
Her real name was Gloria Moeser but in 1965 she changed her first name to Shannon, thereby becoming Shannon Dawn Moeser. In September 1965, she enrolled in a BA program at Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
and obtained her PhD in 1971 from McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
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While a model she lived at the Hollywood Studio Club
Hollywood Studio Club
The Hollywood Studio Club was a chaperoned dormitory, sometimes referred to as a sorority, for young women involved in the motion picture business from 1916 to 1975. Located in the heart of Hollywood, California, the Studio Club was run by the YWCA and housed some 10,000 women during its 59-year...
. Her roommate was Adrianne Ellis, mother of actress Laurie Holden
Laurie Holden
Heather Laurie Holden is an American-Canadian actress and human rights activist. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Marita Covarrubias in The X-Files, Adele Stanton on The Majestic, Cybil Bennett in Silent Hill, Amanda Dumfries in The Mist, Olivia Murray in The Shield, and Andrea in The...
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Magazine Layouts include
- Cavalier Magazine, July 1962
- Sir Knight, August 1962
- Carnival, September 1962 (cover)
- Topper, September 1962
- Modern Man (magazine)Modern Man (magazine)Modern Man is a now defunct monthly men's magazine founded in 1952 and running for several decades. Predating Playboy, Modern Man focused on items of interest to adult men, with an emphasis on soft-core pornography, sex, humor, automobiles and popular culture...
, September 1962 - Rogue (magazine)Rogue (magazine)This article is about a magazine, for other uses of the term see Rogue.Rogue was a Chicago-based men's magazine published by William Hamling from December 1955 until 1967. Founding editor Frank M...
, October 1962 - Topper, December 1962
- Figure Annual, Spring 1963 (cover)
- Madcap, v1n3, 1963 (p. 32-37 [blond], p. 48-54 [brunette] and centerfold)
- Nugget, November 1963
- Escapade, December 1963
- Modern Man 1964 Yearbook of Queens, Spring 1964
- Romper, v1n1, 1964
- Bachelor's Best, v1n1, 1964 (p. 36)
- Monsieur, February 1964
- Tip Top, March 1964
- Ace, March 1964
- Late Show, v2n2, 1964
- Figure Annual, Summer Special, 1964 (p. 47)
- Figure Quarterly, Spring 1965 (The Nudes of Peter Gowland), p. 15
- Candlelight, v1n4, 1965
- Jaquar, November 1965
- Sir, November 1966
- Knight, November 1967
- Beau, March 1967 (cover)
Included in the following books
- Dian Hanson's: The History of Men's Magazines, Vol 4, 2005, p. 62, p. 155
- The Big Book of Legs, 2009, p. 321