Kathy Shower

Kathleen Ann Shower[1] (born March 8, 1953 as Kathleen Ann Schrauer) is an American model and actress. Known as Kathy Shower she is Playboy's Playmate of the Month for May 1985 and Playmate of the Year for 1986. At that time, she was the oldest woman ever to appear as a Playboy Playmate, at age 33, as well as a single mother of two.[2]

Kathy Shower
Shower c. 2005
Playboy centerfold appearance
May 1985
Preceded byCindy Brooks
Succeeded byDevin DeVasquez
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1986
Preceded byKaren Velez
Succeeded byDonna Edmondson
Personal details
BornKathleen Ann Williamson
(1953-03-08) March 8, 1953
Brookville, Ohio
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Career

As many Playboy models do, Shower went on to appear in a string of Playboy videos.

Before and after Playboy, Shower had an acting career mainly within the action-adventure (American Kickboxer 2, The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck) & erotic thriller genres (Boundaries, LA Goddess and Velvet Dreams). Shower also made numerous appearances on mainstream TV, guest-starring in episodes of Knight Rider, Three's Company, Simon & Simon and a forty-six episode continuing role in the daytime drama series Santa Barbara. In 2009, Shower completed an independent film entitled Kathy Shower: Playmate Model Mom.

Shower worked as a model for the Tapout clothing company.[3]

At age 43, she was again featured in Playboy in a "Playmates Revisited" pictorial in August 1996.[4]

Personal life

Shower was born in Brookville, Ohio.

Partial filmography

References
  1. "Playmail". Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  2. Watts, Steven (2009). Mr Playboy Hugh Hefner and the American Dream: Epub Edition. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons Inc. p. 354. ISBN 9780470501375.
  3. "Playmate News". Playboy. Playboy Inc. 56: 166–167. December 2009.
  4. Staff. "Playmates Revisited". Playboy. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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