Lee Ann Michelle

For the British actress, see Ann Michelle. For the British singer, see Leanne Mitchell.

Lee Ann Michelle
Playboy centerfold appearance
February 1979
Preceded byCandy Loving
Succeeded byDenise McConnell
Personal details
Born (1960-03-17) 17 March 1960 (age 64)
Surrey, England[1]
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1]

Lee Ann Michelle (born 17 March 1960)[1] is an English model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[1] She is the first Playmate to have been born in the 1960s.

She was born in Surrey, England. Her real name is Carol Needham[2] and she was called Carol earlier in her career, including when she posed topless for the newspapers The Sun and Daily Mirror. Her debut was at the age of 16[3] in the 7 January 1977 edition of The Sun.

In the 1979 film Seven she had an uncredited role playing Sybill.[4]

Needham later married and co-founded a modelling agency called Needham and Hanson Management.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d "Playmate listing". Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Carol Needham On Playboy And Page 3: How A Legend Was Made". Anorak. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b Bain, Charlie; Brown, David (21 July 1996). "25 Years On. The Sex Kittens Who Blazed a Trail in a Braless New World". The People. London, England – via The Free Library.
  4. ^ "Carol Needham". IMDb.