Teri Hope

Teri Hope
Playboy centerfold appearance
September 1958
Preceded byMyrna Weber
Succeeded byMara Corday, Pat Sheehan
Personal details
BornNatalie Hope Reisberg
(1938-02-19)February 19, 1938
DiedSeptember 26, 2023(2023-09-26) (aged 85)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[1]

Teri Hope (born Natalie Hope Reisberg, February 19, 1938 – September 26, 2023) was an American model and actress.[2] She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1958 issue.[2] Her centerfold was photographed by Don Bronstein and Mike Shea.

Hope was born on February 19, 1938. She attended Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1][3] While attending a Playboy-themed party at the Beta Sigma Rho (now merged with Pi Lambda Phi) fraternity house, chapter members proclaimed her the "Party Playmate" and submitted her photos to Playboy.[2]

Hope went on to enjoy a modest acting career in the 1960s, including appearances in two Elvis Presley movies, 1963's Fun in Acapulco and 1964's Roustabout.[2]

Teri Hope was married to Jay Redack and died in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on September 26, 2023, at the age of 85.[4]

  1. ^ a b Wilson, Earl (1960-06-12). "Pittsburgh's Teri Hope, in a Bikini, Almost Beaches a Spanish Ship". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Sun-Telegraph. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Tom Lisanti (2008). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. McFarland. pp. 98–100. ISBN 978-0-7864-3172-4. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Teri Hope, Native Girl, Comes Home". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1961-11-28. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "Teri Hope Redack". Neptune Society. Retrieved 4 October 2023.