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Claudia Jennings (born Mary Eileen Chesterton and nicknamed Mimi) on December 20, 1949 in Minnesota; died October 3, 1979 in Malibu, California) was an American model and actress .

Claudia Jennings was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in November, 1969 and later Playmate of the Year 1970.

Her father was a sales manager and her mother was a college professor. She was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later moved to Evanston, Illinois, where she graduated from high school in 1968. Later that year, she joined the Hull House theater company in Chicago and got a job as a receptionist at the offices of Playboy magazine.

After her appearances in Playboy, Claudia became a popular actress in 1970s "drive-in" movies and in television. From 1970 to 1975, she lived with singer/songwriter Bobby Hart. After their breakup, Claudia's live began to unravel, and she began using hard drugs.

In 1979, Claudia tried out for the role of Kate Jackson's replacement on "Charlie's Angels". Executives at the television network were put off by Claudia's Playboy work, and Shelley Hack was chosen for the role. That same year, she also entered into a stormy relationship with Stan Herman, a Beverly Hills realtor.

Early in the morning of 3 October 1979, Claudia Jennings died in a car accident when she fell asleep while driving her Volkswagen Beetle convertible. She was on her way to Herman's house in Malibu to collect her things. Although she had a history of drug use, she was clean and sober at the time of her death. She was 29.

Filmography

The Love Machine (1971) .... Darlene
Jud (1971) .... Sunny
Trampa Mortal (1972)
The Stepmother (1972) .... Rita
Unholy Rollers (1972 - aka Leader of the Pack) .... Karen Walker
Sisters of Death (1972)
Group Marriage (1972) .... Elaine
40 Carats (1973) .... Gabriella
The Single Girls (1973 - aka Bloody Friday) .... Allison
Truck Stop Women (1974) .... Rose
Gator Bait (1974) .... Desiree Thibodeau
Willy and Scratch (1975)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
(1975) .... Peter's Wife
Sisters of Death (1977) .... Judy
Moonshine County Express (1977 - aka Shine) .... Betty Hammer

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1977 - aka Dynamite Women) .... Candy Morgan

Deathsport (1978) .... Deneer

Fast Company
'' (1979) .... Sammy

Notable TV appearances

Barnaby Jones - "To Denise, with Love and Murder" (1973) .... Denise Frazer
The Brady Bunch - "Adios, Johnny Bravo" (1973) .... Tami Cutler
The FBI - "Deadly Ambition" (1974) .... Judith
Cannon -
* "Lady in Red" (1974) .... Susan Williams
* "Bobby Loved Me" (1974) .... Lenora
Movin' On - "Ann's Party" (1974) .... Ann
Caribe - "School for Killers" (1975) .... Jean Benedict
The Streets of San Francisco - "Underground" (1976) .... Eve
Lucian - "Nightmare" (1978)
240 Robert - "Bank Job" (1979) .... Barbara Rice

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