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Cynthia Myers(1950-2011)

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Cynthia Myers in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Gorgeous and voluptuous 5'3" brunette knockout Cynthia Jeanette Myers was born on September 12, 1950, in Toledo, Ohio. She was raised by her mother Mary, her grandparents and various aunts and uncles after her father was killed in a car accident when she was four years old. She had two siblings, sister Tana and brother Lance. Cynthia was a competitive horseback rider and worked part-time as a theater usher while growing up. She was initially offered opportunities to model at age 14. In 1967 she began modeling for Detroit auto shows. She graduated from Woodward High School in 1968, and became the Playmate of the Month for the December 1968 issue of Playboy. She made regular appearances on the TV series Playboy After Dark (1969) and had uncredited bit roles in The Lost Continent (1968) and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).

Myers achieved her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with her winningly spunky portrayal of wide-eyed innocent rock guitarist Casey Anderson in Russ Meyer's gloriously outrageous Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970). Her only other film role was a small but memorably sexy part as brash prostitute Dolly Winwood in the offbeat Western Molly and Lawless John (1972). Cynthia continued to model as "Miss Earthquake" in magazine print ads for Cerwin-Vega stereo equipment in the early 1970s. She lived in both Las Vegas (NV) and Southern California. The mother of a son, Myers was a beloved frequent guest at autograph conventions held all over the country. She was voted #10 in a poll for Playboy Playmates of the Century in 2000.

Cynthia Meyers died of lung cancer at age 61 on November 4, 2011, in Los Angeles, California.
BornSeptember 12, 1950
DiedNovember 4, 2011(61)
BornSeptember 12, 1950
DiedNovember 4, 2011(61)
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Known for

Edy Williams, Phyllis Davis, Veronica Ericson, Erica Gavin, Haji, Marcia McBroom, Cynthia Myers, Angel Ray, Dolly Read, and Lavelle Roby in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
6.1
  • Casey Anderson
  • 1970
Sam Elliott and Vera Miles in Molly and Lawless John (1972)
Molly and Lawless John
5.4
  • Dolly Winward
  • 1972
Merv Griffin in The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show
6.6
TV Series
  • Self - Playboy model-actress
Marcia McBroom, Cynthia Myers, and Dolly Read in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
6.9
Video
  • Self
  • 2006

Credits

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Actress



  • Sam Elliott and Vera Miles in Molly and Lawless John (1972)
    Molly and Lawless John
    5.4
    • Dolly Winward
    • 1972
  • Edy Williams, Phyllis Davis, Veronica Ericson, Erica Gavin, Haji, Marcia McBroom, Cynthia Myers, Angel Ray, Dolly Read, and Lavelle Roby in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
    6.1
    • Casey Anderson
    • 1970
  • Jane Fonda, Red Buttons, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, and Gig Young in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
    They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
    7.8
    • Marathon Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • The Lost Continent (1968)
    The Lost Continent
    5.5
    • Native Girl (uncredited)
    • 1968

Personal details

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    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • September 12, 1950
    • Toledo, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • November 4, 2011
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(lung cancer)
  • Other works
    (1971-72) Print ads: "Miss Earthquake" in magazine ads for Cerwin-Vega sound systems.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles
    • 15 Pictorials
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Her pictorial in the December 1968 issue of "Playboy" received so much fan mail from soldiers fighting in Vietnam that the mail could not fit in her apartment at the Playboy Mansion and had to be placed instead in storage units. She wrote replies to every last soldier in Vietnam who wrote her a letter.
  • Quotes
    [on her decision to pose for Playboy] So many people had told me, "With your figure and face, if you don't pose for Playboy, you're crazy. You're a natural for them. Just let them know who you are -- you're Playmate material." I figured, everyone thinks I should, so maybe I should do it.
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      Voluptuous bombshell figure

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