Marianne Gravatte

Marianne Gravatte
Marianne Gravatte
Playboy centerfold appearance
	October 1982
Preceded by	Connie Brighton
Succeeded by	Marlene Janssen
Playboy Playmate of the Year
	1983
Preceded by	Shannon Tweed
Succeeded by	Barbara Edwards
Personal details
Born	December 13, 1959 (age 65); Hollywood, California
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Marianne Gravatte (born December 13, 1959, in Hollywood, California) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1982 issue, then as the 1983 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley.

Career

After being noticed in Playboy magazine by Ratt band member Stephen Pearcy, Gravatte appeared in the video as Stephen Pearcy's girlfriend for the band's song "Lay It Down".^[1] She was also featured on the front cover of the song's parent album, Invasion of Your Privacy, Ratt's second record, which was released in 1985.

She posed for Playboy again for the April 1994 Playmate Revisited feature.^[2]

Personal life

From 1988 to 1990 Gravatte worked at the bar at the Out of Bounds Sports Bar in Huntington Beach, California with her husband, Mark E. Larsen. She is the mother of three sons.^[2]

TV appearances

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer ... Brenda - in the episode "Dead Man's Run" (1984) .... Brenda
Matt Houston - in the episode "The Bikini Murders" (1984)

Other appearances

A cameo appearance in the music video "Something to Grab For" by Ric Ocasek (1983)
A cameo appearance in the music video "No Tellin' Lies" by Zebra (1984)
Appeared in Jocks Movie Poster (1987) Not in the movie.
The June 1983 issue of Playboy featuring Gravatte as Playmate of the Year appears in episode 20 ("Everybody Hates Playboy") of the first season of Everybody Hates Chris.

Playboy appearances

August 1982 "California Girls" - page 149
October 1982 PMOM - page 108-119
January 1983 "Dear Playboy" -page 18
January 1983 "Playmate Review" - page 180
January 1983 "Playmates' Progress" - page 189
June 1983 "Playmate of the Year" - page 136–153, 162 (text)
September 1983 "Dear Playboy" - page 15
November 1983 Subscription Ad - page 24-25
December 1983 "Giant Calendar Ad" - page 101
May 1984 "World of Playboy" - page 13
October 1984 "Stuck On Memphis" - page 125-127
February 1985 "Next Month" - page 194
March 1985 "Understudies" - page 120, 122, 124-125
January 1986 "Potpourri" - page 246
January 1994 "40 Memorable Years" - page 92
April 1994 "Playmate Revisited" - page 74-77
October 1996 Ad - page 165
January 1997 "Video Ad" - page 38
March 1997 "Glamourcon" - page 119
January 2000 "Centerfolds of the Century" - page 120

NSS, books, and supplements

2nd 15 Years - page 103
Girls of Summer 1983 - page 7, 29
Girls of Summer 1984 - page 5–7, 56–57, 108-109
Girls of Summer 1988 - page 107
Girls of Summer 1989 - page 45
Girls of Summer 1990 - page 53
Girls of Winter 1984 - page 36–37, 66-67
Girls of Winter 1988 - page 77, 91
Women of Television 1984 - page 99
Book of Lingerie #1 - page 1, 108, 109
Book of Lingerie #2 - page 62–65, 96
Book of Lingerie #3 - page 18–19, 48, 49
Book of Lingerie #4 - page 102-103
Book of Lingerie #5 - page 24, 91
Book of Lingerie #6 - page 44, 45
Book of Lingerie #8 - page 11, 29
Book of Lingerie #10 - page 6
Book of Lingerie #11 - page 43
Book of Lingerie #74 - page 51
Book of Lingerie #78 - page 82
Blondes, Brunettes, & Redheads 1985 - page 44-47
Blondes, Brunettes, & Redheads 1990 - page 27
Bathing Beauties 1989 - page 68
Sporting Women - page 30, 31
Holiday Girls - page 14, 104-105
Women On the Move - page 77
Fantasies II - page 16-25
Calendar Playmates - page 18, 27, 32
Celebrating Centerfolds #1 - page 69
Centerfolds Of The Century - page 61
Facts & Figures - page 8, 47
Midnight Playmates supplement - page 4, 14
Nudes 1990 - page 54, 108
Nudes 1991 - page 61
Playmates in Paradise - page 58-61
Playmates of the Year 1986 - page 94-99
Playmates of the Year 2000 - page 48, 49
Playmates of the Year 2013 - page 50, 51
Photography - page 4-13 and cover
Pocket Playmates #3 - page 5
21 Playmates II - page 78-81 and cover
Wet & Wild Women 1987 - page 26, 27
Wet & Wild Playmates 1994 - page 70
Sexy, Sassy & Sophisticated - page 20, 78-79
Playmate Book 50 - page 242–243, 262, 263
Playboy Book 50 - page 263

Foreign Playboy

Japan September 1982 "California Girls" - page 193
Spain October 1982 PMOM - page 52-63
France October 1982 PMOM - page 56-67
Netherlands October 1982 PMOM - page 69-79
Japan November 1982 PMOM - page 129-141
Australia December 1982 PMOM - page 7, 76-87
Italy January 1983 PMOM - page 58-69
Italy June 1983 "La Playmate Dell Anno" - page 100-111
France June 1983 "La Victoire de Marianne" - page 28-37
Mexico June 1983 "Playmate del Ano" - page 62-71
Japan July 1983 "Playboy People" - page 9
Japan July 1983 "Playmate of the Year" - page 78-85
Netherlands July 1983 "Playmate of the Year" - page 99-101
Spain July 1983
Australia August 1983 "US Playmate of the Year" - page 84-91
Spain October 1983 "La Playmates Del Ano" - page 70-77
Australia April 1985 "Undercover" 134-137
Japan May 1985 "Understudies" - page 167, 169, 170-171
Argentina October 1985 PMOM - page 152-163
Australia October 1985 "Subscription Ad"
Greece April 1986 "Playmate Review" - page 96, 98
Turkey April 1986 PMOM - page 59-71
Turkey July 1986 "Subscription Ad" - page 26-27
Turkey March 1987 "Subscription Ad" - page 114-115
Hong Kong April 1988 PMOM - page 88-102
Turkey January 1989 - page 75
Italy July 1994
Turkey September 1994 "Playmate Revisited" - page 112-115
Australia January 1995 "Playmate Revisited"
Japan May 1999 "Best of Playmates 1960-1998" - page 67
Croatia February 2001
Italy June 2002 "Le Grandi Playmates Del Passato - page 100-104
Netherlands May 2011 "Retro Bloot" - page 32
Croatia October 2016 "Flashback" - page 136

References

^ Marks, Craig; Tannenbaum, Rob (27 October 2011). I Want My MTV: the Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. New York: Dutton. p. 273. ISBN 9781101526415.
^ ^a ^b Staff. "Playmates Revisited". Playboy. Retrieved 30 December 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Marianne Gravatte at Playboy Online
Marianne Gravatte at IMDb

[1] Marks, Craig; Tannenbaum, Rob (27 October 2011). I Want My MTV: the Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. New York: Dutton. p. 273. ISBN 9781101526415.

[PlayboyPlus-2] Staff. "Playmates Revisited". Playboy. Retrieved 30 December 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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