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China Lee

Playboy centerfold appearance	August 1964
Birthplace	New Orleans, Louisiana
Birthdate	September 2, 1942 (1942-09-02) (age 64)
Measurements	35" - 22" - 35"
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	112 lb (51 kg)
Preceded by	Melba Ogle
Succeeded by	Astrid Schulz

China Lee (born September 2, 1942) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for the August 1964 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. She was the first Asian American Playmate. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Playboy is an American Mens magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Louisiana. ... Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: , Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area  - City  350. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre or meter is a measure of length. ... The pound (abbreviations: lb or, sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass (called weight in everyday parlance) in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The U.S. National Prototype Kilogram, which currently serves as the primary standard for measuring mass in the U.S. It was assigned to the United States in 1889 and is periodically recertified and traceable to the primary international standard, The Kilogram, held at the Bureau International des Poids et... Melba Ogle (born 13 November 1942 in Cheyenne, Wyoming) is an American model. ... Astrid Schulz (born 12 September 1939 in Heemstede) is a Dutch model and actress who was Playboy magazines Playmate of the Month for the September 1964 issue. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Playboy is an American Mens magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... 2004 Playmate of the Year Carmella DeCesare meets with fans A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (or PMOM). ... Standard Lenna image famously used in many image processing experiments, taken from the (non-revealing) top third of a November 1972 Playboy centerfold. ... Pompeo Posar (1921–2004) was a Playboy staff photographer. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ...

Lee was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to parents who were born in China and were married before they emigrated to the United States. She has three brothers and four sisters. She worked as a hairstylist and waitress and Playboy Club Bunny before her Playboy appearance. She was a "Training Bunny," which required her to travel to different Clubs to teach prospective Bunnies the ropes. Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: , Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area  - City  350. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

She appeared in the end of the Woody Allen movie What's Up, Tiger Lily? doing a striptease. Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... Whats Up, Tiger Lily? is the first film directed by Woody Allen. ...

She was married to Mort Sahl, the Montreal-born comedian. They divorced in 1991. Time Magazine, August 15, 1960 Morton Lyon Sahl (born May 11, 1927) is a Montreal-born actor/comedian/humorist credited with pioneering a style of stand-up comedy that paved the way for Lenny Bruce, Nichols & May, Dick Gregory, and others less famous. ...

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." WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. ... Lisa Rudolph is a investigative reporter for the NBC TV network in America. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

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. died March 27, 1996.^[1]

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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References

1. ^ Archerd, Army (1996-06-21). Copperfield Act Could Blow Away Auds. Variety. Retrieved on 2006-11-09.
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See also

• List of people in Playboy 1960-1969

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External links

• China Lee at Playboy.com

• China Lee at the Internet Movie Database
• China Lee Video