Sharon Johansen is a Norwegian-American model and actress. She was Playboy

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1972 issue. Her centerfold

Centerfold

The centerfold of a magazine refers to a gatefolded spread, usually a portrait such as a pin-up or a nude, inserted in the middle of the publication, or to the model featured in the portrait...

 was photographed by Alexas Urba.

Johansen was born in Norway, but when she was a year old her family moved to Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

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For a brief time, Johansen worked as a receptionist for Pierre Salinger

Pierre Salinger

Pierre Emil George Salinger was a White House Press Secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson...

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She posed nude for the December 1979 Playboy pictorial "Playmates Forever!"

Filmography

• Charlie's Angels
  Charlie's Angels
  Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
  
  - "He Married an Angel" (1981) TV Episode .... Ms. Fricke
• The Jerk
  The Jerk
  The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film. Directed by Carl Reiner, the film was written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias. This was Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The film also features Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh and Jackie Mason.-Plot:The film begins...
  
  (1979) .... Mrs. Lenore Hartounian
• Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973) (uncredited) .... Ilsa
• Barnaby Jones
  Barnaby Jones
  Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. A spin-off from Cannon, the show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement...
  
  - "To Catch a Dead Man" (1973) TV Episode .... Waitress
• Columbo: Dagger of the Mind (1972) (TV) .... Miss Dudley
• Columbo: Lovely but Lethal (1973) (TV) (uncredited).... Swedish Masseuse

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