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Former Playboy Playmate/Bunny/model/actress China Lee, was born on September 2, 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

She worked as a hairstylist and waitress and Playboy Club Bunny before her Playboy appearance.

Her parents were born in China and were married before they emigrated to the United States. She has three brothers and four sisters.

She appeared as a centerfold in the August 1964 issue of Playboy magazine, she was the first Asian American and Chinese American Playmate of the Month.

She appeared in the end of the Woody Allen movie called What's Up, Tiger Lily? doing a striptease.

She was married and divorced from Morton Lyon Sahl, the Montreal-born comedian.

Her last television appearance was in an interview done by former WCBS TV reporter Lisa Rudolph in the early 1990s. It included her ex-husband Mort and her toddler son Mort Sahl Jr. and the topic was about parenting. China said, "It is very difficult to be a parent, it requires lots of responsibility"

Her last video appearance was in a DVD video from Playboy titled, "Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates" (2004).

Mort Sahl said his and China's only son Mort Sahl Jr. passed away March 27 1996.

Partial filmography

Medium Cool
(1969)
Don't Make Waves
(1967) .... Topless swimmer
Good Times (1967) .... Mordicus' Girl
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967) .... Vivian
The Swinger (1966) .... Model #11
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
(1966) .... Dancer in credits
Harper (1966) .... Dancer
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
(1965) .... Robot
The Troublemaker (1964) .... The Hooker

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