Merle Pertile

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Merle Pertile (November 23, 1941 – November 28, 1997)[1] was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1962 issue.[2]

Biography

Pertile was born on November 23, 1941, in Whittier, California, and grew up in Indiana and Illinois. She attended and graduated from Hammond High School, Hammond, Indiana in 1959.[3] Following graduation, she moved to Los Angeles, where she became a contract player with Universal Pictures and had guest spots on several TV shows. During the second season of the Playboy's Penthouse TV series (1960–61), Pertile became a regular cast member. It was there that she first met Hugh Hefner.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

She was married to Jed S. Levitt, with whom she had a son, Krishna Joseph Levitt,[4]Template:Better source and a daughter, Kenya Johanna Levitt.[5]Template:Better source She also had a daughter, Christi, by actor Peter Brown.[6] According to The Playmate Book, Pertile died on November 28, 1997, aged 56,[1] in Lake Arrowhead, California, from complications following heart surgery.[3]

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