Despite her liaison with "Playboy" Magazine's Hugh Hefner, she never
was a Playmate of the Month, though she did appear on some covers and
in various pictorials.
Recorded and released four albums for Playboy Records in the 1970s.
Has a son Alexander Benton Gradow (b. 8/23/86) and a daughter,
Ariana Gradow (b. 1988), with husband George Gradow.
Her first TV appearances were on the syndicated show, Playboy After Dark (1969), where she functioned as her boyfriend Hugh Hefner's co-host/sidekick.
Moved to Los Angeles when she was 16 and found some jobs modeling. She
met and started a relationship with Hugh Hefner in 1968, when she was
only 18 years old. He was 42.
Her father was a military doctor and later a physician in Carmichael, CA.
Her husband, George Gradow, is a real estate developer.