Diane Webber
Marguerite Diane Webber, born Marguerite Empey (July 27, 1932 – August 19, 2008), was an American model, dancer and actress. Early life Born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus), a Hollywood actress and former Miss Long Beach beauty contest winner, and Arthur Guy Empey. She received her formal education at Hollywood High School. As a child, she received ballet lessons from Russian ballerina Maria Bekefi. Modeling career In the early 1950s, while developing her professional modeling career, she found employment as a chorus girl at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco. As the decade progressed, she modeled for many professional photographers, including Peter Gowland, Bunny Yeager and Keith Bernard, appearing in a myriad of men's magazines, such as Esquire, and commercial advertising imagery. Playmate of the Month Under the name Marguerite Empey, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in both May 1955 and February 1956. The photo shoot for the 1956 publication was shot by Russ Meyer. When she posed for the Playboy the second time, Hugh Hefner didn't even recognize her as a Playmate from the previous year. Album covers and film Webber appeared on the cover art of several pop