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Marianne Gravatte

Playboy centerfold appearance	October 1982
Birthplace	Hollywood, California
Birthdate	December 13, 1959 (age 47)
Measurements	34" - 21" - 32"
Height	5'8"
Weight	105
Preceded by	Connie Brighton
Succeeded by	Marlene Janssen
Playmate of the Year (PMOY) for	1983
PMOY preceded by	Shannon Tweed
PMOY succeeded by	Barbara Edwards

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.

Marianne grew up in Northern California and graduated from Arcadia High School in 1978.

After her work with Playboy, Marianne tried her hand at acting, finding small parts on television and appearing in music videos. She also graced the cover of Ratt's 1985 album Invasion of Your Privacy. And she also appeared in Ric Ocasek's "Something to Grab For" video in 1982. Later on she married, and she and her husband bought a sports bar in Huntington Beach, California. They have three sons.

She posed for Playboy again for the April 1994 "Playmate Revisited" feature.

Contents 1 Film and Television Appearances 2 Appearances in Playboy special editions 3 See also 4 External links

• "Mike Hammer" - "Dead Man's Run" (1984) .... Brenda
• "Matt Houston" - "The Bikini Murders" (1984)
• She can be seen in Glam Metal band Ratt's video of Lay It Down.

• Playboy's Women of Television 1984.
• Playboy's Sporting Women March 1986.
• Playboy's Wet & Wild Women July 1987 - pages 26-27.
• Playboy's Girls of Winter December 1988.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 6 March 1989.
• Playboy's Bathing Beauties April 1989.
• Playboy's Girls of Summer '89 August 1989.
• Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes, Redheads February 1990.
• Playboy's Girls of Summer '90 August 1990 - page 53.
• Playboy's Nudes October 1990.
• Playboy's Playmates in Paradise March 1994 - pages 58-61.
• Playboy's Wet & Wild Playmates September 1994 - page 70.
• Playboy's 21 Playmates Vol. 2 April 1997.
• Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 1 December 1998 - page 69.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 78 March 2001.

• List of people in Playboy 1980-1989

• Marianne Gravatte at Playboy.com
• Marianne Gravatte at the Internet Movie Database

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1960s	Ellen Stratton • Linda Gamble • Christa Speck • June Cochran • Donna Michelle • Jo Collins • Allison Parks • Lisa Baker • Victoria Vetri • Connie Kreski
1970s	Claudia Jennings • Sharon Clark • Liv Lindeland • Marilyn Cole • Cynthia Wood • Marilyn Lange • Lillian Müller • Patti McGuire • Debra Jo Fondren • Monique St. Pierre
1980s	Dorothy Stratten • Terri Welles • Shannon Tweed • Marianne Gravatte • Barbara Edwards • Karen Velez • Kathy Shower • Donna Edmondson • India Allen • Kimberley Conrad
1990s	Renee Tenison • Lisa Matthews • Corinna Harney • Anna Nicole Smith • Jenny McCarthy • Julie Lynn Cialini • Stacy Sanches • Victoria Silvstedt • Karen McDougal • Heather Kozar
2000s	Jodi Ann Paterson • Brande Roderick • Dalene Kurtis • Christina Santiago • Carmella DeCesare • Tiffany Fallon • Kara Monaco