Crystal was Playmate of the Month for September 1971. Her pictorial was titled Sparkling Crystal.
Crystal Smith was born Aug. 2, 1951 in Kansas City, MO. She grew up in Missouri, North Carolina and South Carolina. She graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in radio and television broadcasting.
Crystal was once a Rockette at the Radio City Music Hall and worked as a Bunny at the Kansas City Playboy Club. She appeared in the pictorial Bunnies of 1971 a month before her Playmate of the Month pictorial.
In the mid-1980s, Crystal played a sexy motel clerk in the movie “Hot Dog … The Movie.” She appeared in a handful of other movies and anchored the show “Sexcetera” on the Playboy Channel for eight years. As of 1997, she and her husband owned a video production company in Las Vegas.
Playboy appearances:
- Bunnies of 1971, August 1971
- Playmate of the Month pictorial, Sparkling Crystal, September 1971
- Subscription ad, November 1971
- Playboy’s Playmate Review, January 1972
- Bunnies of 1972, October 1972
- The First Playmate Play-Offs, March 1983
- Playmate News, December 1998
- Why We Love the ’70s, July-August 2009
Covers:
Calendars:
NSS:
- Book of Lingerie, May-June 1998
- Bunnies #1, 1972
- Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 3, 1999
- The Girls of Playboy 1, 1973
- Hot Denim Daze, 1995
- Playboy’s Holiday Book, 1972
- Playmates: The Second 15 Years, 1984
- Pocket Playmates 4, 1996
Foreign:
- German edition cover, November 1972
- German NSS Girls: Die 100 Schönsten Playmates Aller Zeiten, 2012
- Italian edition pictorial, Bunnies, January 1973
- Japanese NSS Playmates 312, 1980
- Japanese edition Mandala Calendar, January 1982
- Japanese NSS Playmates Collection 4, 1983
- Japanese edition pictorial, The First Playmate Play-Offs, April 1983
- Netherlands edition pictorial, Playmate Playoffs, August 1983
Other publications:
- Genesis magazine, August 1975
- Playboy: Brunettes, 2005
- The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds, 1996
- Playmate Puzzle, 1971
- VIP magazine, 1971
- Oui magazine cover, November 1975
- Soldiers magazine, date unknown
Movies:
- Hot Dog … The Movie (1984) as a motel clerk
- Pass the Ammo (1988) as a telephone girl
- Seduction of Innocence (1995) as a Star City dancer
- Dimension in Fear (1998) as a TV newscaster
- Impact (2000) as a mystery woman
Television:
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1973)
- The Playboy Channel show Playmate Playoff Semis – Green vs. Purple (1982)
- The Playboy Channel show Playmate Playoff Finals – Red vs. Green (1982)
- The Playboy Channel show Sexcetera, as an anchor
