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{{Short description|American actress (1931–1984)}}
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{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| name = = Marian Stafford
| image = Marian Stafford 1956.jpg
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| issue = March 1956
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], United States<ref name=wekingly />U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|19331931|2|7}}
| death_date = 16{{death Augustdate and age|1984|8|16|1931|2|7}}
| death_place =
| height = 5 ft 3 in
| bust = 34"<ref name=wekingly />
| preceded = [[Marguerite Empey]]
| waist = 21"
| succeeded = [[Rusty Fisher]]
| hips = 34"
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}}<ref name=wekingly />
| weight =
| preceded = [[Marguerite Empey]]
| succeeded = [[Rusty Fisher]]
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'''Marian Stafford''' (February 7, 1933&nbsp;1931 16 August 1984<ref16, name="Death">[http://www.mail-archive.com/pml1@yahoogroups.com/msg10054.html Death Notice]</ref>1984) was an American actress and [[model (person)|model]] born in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]. She was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for the March 1956 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by Ruth Sondak,<ref name=wekingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=stafford%2C+marian&limit=0 |title=Marian Stafford Playmate dataData |accessdateaccess-date=MarchJune 1520, 20102017}}</ref> Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by Ruth Sondak, and was the first to consist of three pages.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/playboy-centerfold-marian-stafford-ruth-sondak/ |title=Playboy's First Fold-Out Centerfold Was Shot by a Woman |first=Richard |last=Horgan |magazine=[[Adweek]] |date=December 15, 2015 |issn=0199-2864}}</ref>
 
In addition to posing for other men's magazines in the decade, Stafford became a popular personality during the so-called "[[Golden Age" of televisionTelevision]]. She was a regular on game shows such as ''[[Treasure Hunt (U.S. game show)|Treasure Hunt]]'' and ''[[The $64,000 Question]]''. She was crowned Miss Color TV of 1956 by NBC.
 
Stafford died on August 16, 1984, at the age of 53.<ref>{{cite book |first=Harris M. III |last=Lentz |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2015 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2016 |url={{Google books|peLIDAAAQBAJ|page=118|plainurl=yes}} |page=118 |isbn=978-0-7864-7667-1}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*{{playmate|marian-stafford|Marian Stafford}}
*{{IMDb name|id=2953463|name=Marian Stafford}}
*{{Find a Grave|31892608}}
 
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[[Category:20061984 deaths]]
[[Category:19331950s birthsPlayboy Playmates]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
 
 
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