Delores Wells

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Birth Date:: 17.10.1937
Death date:: 09.02.2016
Length of life:: 78
Days since birth:: 31606
Years since birth:: 86
Days since death:: 3001
Years since death:: 8
Person's maiden name:: Delores Marie Wells
Categories:: Actor, Model
Nationality:: american
Cemetery:: Set cemetery

Delores Marie Wells (October 17, 1937 – February 9, 2016) was an American model and actress.

She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1960 issue and was one the cover models in January 1961.

Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm).

Early life

Wells was from Reading, Pennsylvania, and grew up with an interest in science fiction and becoming a movie star.

Career

According to The Playmate Book, Wells was paid $500 for her Playmate pictorial, along with $100 a month during her two-year exclusivity contract with Playboy. She was Playmate of the Month for June 1960. Wells was working as a dancer in the chorus of Chicago nightclub Chez Paree when she was scouted for Playboy.

Wells had a short acting career in the 1960s, episodically appearing in small parts in B-movies and television series. She preferred comedic roles and aspired to be like Lucille Ball, appearing in three of the 'beach party' movies. More steadily she was a Playboy Bunny at the Chicago Playboy Club, where she made $1000 a week. After her career at Playboy she worked as a makeup artist for Alice Cooper and in the business office of the Oakland Raiders. She worked briefly as secretary to Linda Lovelace.

Wells died in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 78.