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Biography
BLP sources|date=July 2009Infobox person| name = Barbi Benton| image =| imagesize =| caption =| birth_name = Barbara Lynn Klein| birth_date = birth date and age|1950|01|28| birth_place = New York, New York , USA| death_date =| death_place =| othername =| occupation = Playboy Model Recording Artist Actress Interior decorator| years_active = 1970& ndash;1986| spouse = George Gradow (1979-present)| domesticpartner = Hugh M. Hefner1969-1976| homepage =| website =| awards =| notable role = Barbi Benton (born January 28, 1950 as Barbara Klein )cite web|url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20076195,00.html|title=People magazine|accessdate=2008-10-12 is an United States|American model, actress and singer .
Career
She was featured on the cover of Playboy several times (initially credited as Barbi Klein) and in nude photo layouts in the March 1970, December 1973, and January 1975 issues, although she was never one of the magazine's "Playmates of the Month".
Benton is known for her years as a regular on the country music series Hee Haw , appearing in comic skits with other cast members. She left the program after four seasons to concentrate on a more Hollywood-oriented career. She also starred in the short-lived American Broadcasting Company|ABC-TV comedy series Sugar Time! about an aspiring female rock group in 1977.
Benton was also a recording artist with some success. Her record "Brass Buckles" (1975) was a top five hit on Billboard magazine|Billboard 's country singles chart. Benton has recorded eight albums, the last of which she personally produced in 1979. She also composed the songs, sang them and played piano . One of her better-known songs was "Ain't That Just the Way" (1976), which was also a major hit for Lutricia McNeal in 1996, and was recorded by the Dutch singer Patricia Paay under the title Poor Jeremy in 1977.
Personal life
Benton is a former girlfriend of Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner and lived with him from 1969 until 1976. When the TV series The Girls Next Door visited her in Aspen, she expressed gratitude that the pair had remained friends.
Benton married George Gradow, a real estate developer, on October 14, 1979. The couple have two children, Alexander (born August 23, 1986) and Ariana (born 1988). For many years, they split their time between their homes in Aspen, Colorado and Los Angeles .
On April 28, 2006, Gradow was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud and altering financial documents in a bid to mislead the Internal Revenue Service . http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/other_business/article/0,2777,DRMN_23916_4656372,00.html Aspen developer gets 15 monthsdead link|date=November 2010, James Paton, April 28, 2006, Rocky Mountain News
On October 22nd 2011 when Hugh Hefner was asked by Josh Sigurdson over Twitter what his favorite memory of Playboy After Dark was, Hugh replied, "My best memory from 'Playboy After Dark' was meeting Barbi."
Vega$ (1979), playing Holly in episode "Design For Death" (episode # 2.5).
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1980), guest.
''Doug Henning's World of Magic V (1980), as an assistant in the "sawing a woman in half" illusion.
'' Charlie's Angels (1980), playing Toni Green in episode "Island Angels" (episode # 5.5).
Lobo (1981) playing country singer Kitty Rhinestone in episode "The Cowboy Connection".
CHiPs (1981) playing Sal in episode "Ponch's Angels, part 1 and 2" (episodes # 4.14/15).
The Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1983) as a Guest Panelist.
Circus of the Stars (1982, 1980, 1979), performer.
Matt Houston (1983) playing Ava Randolph in episode "Purrfect Crime" (episode # 1.13).
'' Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984) playing Susan Lancaster in episode " Catfight " (episode # 2.4).
And the Wall Came Tumbling Down (1984) playing Caroline Trent.
Safe at home (ca 1985) playing Connie Simpson in episode Old flame.
Murder, She Wrote (1986) playing Sue Beth in episode "Murder in the Electric Cathedral" (episode # 2.16).
Riptide (TV series)|Riptide (1986), playing Gina Potter in episode "Playing Hardball" (episode # 3.17).
Barbi Benton Presents: Best Buns On The Beach (ca 1990), intro-host.
Barbi Benton Presents: Stripper of the Year (ca 1990), intro-host.
Hugh Hefner: Once upon a time (1992), as herself.
Playboy: The party continues (2000), as herself.
Entertainment Tonight (2002), as herself.
''Playboy's 50th Anniversary (2003), as herself.
The Girls Next Door , as herself in "Fight Night" (2005), "Guess Who's Coming to Luncheon? " (2007), "Kickin' Aspen" (2008) and "The Wheel World" (2009).
The E& #33; True Hollywood Story - Hugh Hefner: Girlfriends, Wives and Centerfolds (2006), as herself.
Extreme Cribs: Episode 5 (2011), as herself.
Theater appearances
I love my life (1982). The semi-autobiographical play was held January 1982 at the La Mirada Civic Theatre in California.Citation needed|date=November 2007 It closed after a handful of performances.
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