- Born
- Birth nameBarbara Lynn Klein
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Barbi Benton was born on January 28, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for How Did a Nice Girl Like You... (1970), Fantasy Island (1977) and X-Ray (1981). She has been married to George Gradow since October 14, 1979. They have two children.
- SpouseGeorge Gradow(October 14, 1979 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenAlexander Benton Gradow
- ParentsMarvin Adolph KleinHelen Klein
- Despite her liaison with "Playboy" Magazine's Hugh Hefner, she never was a Playmate of the Month, though she did appear on some covers and in various pictorials.
- Recorded and released four albums for Playboy Records in the 1970s.
- Her first TV appearances were on the syndicated show, Playboy After Dark (1969), where she functioned as her boyfriend Hugh Hefner's co-host/sidekick.
- She appeared on the cover of Playboy four times: July 1969 (initially credited as Barbara Klein), March 1970, May 1972, and December 1985 and in additional nude photo layouts in the December 1973 and January 1975 issues.
- She recorded country and pop albums.
- I believe that mink are raised for being turned into fur coats and if we didn't wear fur coats those little animals would never have been born. So is it better not to have been born or to have lived for a year or two to have been turned into a fur coat? I don't know.
- How Did a Nice Girl Like You... (1972) - 10,000 DEM
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