Hope was Playmate of the Month for October 1976. Her pictorial was titled Farm Fresh.
Hope was born April 4, 1956, in Prairie du Chien, WI. According to her Playmate of the Month pictorial, Hope lived on her grandfather’s farm in Wisconsin for 15 years. She moved to California, where she attended high school. Hope had already appeared in Playboy before her Playmate of the Month pictorial, and continued to pose afterward.
According to the book “Inside the Playboy Mansion,” Hugh Hefner “dated” Hope for a while. She was a close personal friend of fellow Playmate Patti McGuire. Together, they were part of the inner circle the Playboy Mansion West.
She also made a guest appearance on an episode of the television show “Fantasy Island” in 1978.
Hope is quoted in “The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds” as saying, “I went to school, got a degree in early childhood education, and now I have my own home day-care center.” The book reported that she was living in Wisconsin as of 1996 and had two children, a son and a daughter. “And I have seven sisters and two brothers in the area. Between family and friends and business, I don’t have much time to spare. But I’m quite content.
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Playboy appearances:
- Playboy Mansion West, January 1975
- “T” Formations, May 1975
- Playmate of the Month pictorial, Farm Fresh, October 1976
- Collector’s Item, October 1976
- Playboy’s Playmate Review, January 1977
- Riverboat Gambolers, August 1977
- Subscription ad, November 1977
- Dear Playboy, November 1977
- Bunnies of ‘77, November 1977
- Playboy’s Playmate House Party, December 1977
- The World of Playboy, January 1978
- The World of Playboy, January 1979
- Photography by: Ken Marcus, May 1979
- Well Matched, July 1979
- Playboy’s Pajama Parties, January 1980
- Bunny Birthday, December 1980
- Playboy’s Bloopers, Boners and F**k-Ups, January 1985
- Inside the Playboy Mansion, December 1998
- Playmate News, October 2001
- 50 Years – A Playboy Celebration, January 2004
- Why We Love the ’70s, July-August 2009
- Hef’s Girlfriends, November 2012
Covers:
Calendars:
NSS:
- Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads, 1985
- Book of Lingerie, September-October 1999
- Bunnies #2, 1979
- Bunnies #3, 1983
- Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 2, 1999
- Country Girls, 1987
- The Girls of Playboy 3, 1978
- The Girls of Playboy 4, 1980
- The Girls of Playboy 5, 1982
- Girls of Summer, 1983
- Girls of Winter, 1988
- New Holiday Album, 1981
- Playmates – The Second Fifteen Years, 1984
- Pocket Playmates 4, 1996
- Sporting Women, 1986
- Wet & Wild Women, 1987
- Special Collector’s Edition Sporty Girls, October 2014
Foreign:
- Argentine edition pictorial, Las Novias de Hefner, December 2012
- Brazilian edition 1977 Playmate Calendar
- Brazilian edition pictorial, Festa das Playmates, March 1978
- Brazilian edition pictorial, As Coelhinhas 79, April 1979
- Brazilian edition pictorial, As Coelhinhas Estão Em Festa, April 1981
- Brazilian edition pictorial, Todas as Mulheres de Hefner, January 2013
- Bulgarian edition pictorial, Хеф мц русама, Хеф мц чериама, March 2013
- Croatian edition pictorial, Hefova retrospektiva, December 2012
- French edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, October 1976
- French edition cover, February 1978
- French edition pictorial, Rebuts Chutes et Gags, January 1985
- German edition pictorial, Happy Birthday Hef, April 2016
- Greek special edition 50 Xronia, 2003
- Greek edition pictorial, Τα Κοριτεια Τογ Hef, December 2012
- Italian edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, …Ia Ia Hope!, December 1976
- Italian edition pictorial, Tutti al Party in Casa Hefner, December 1977
- Italian edition pictorial, Cercasi Pepite, July 1978
- Japanese edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, Hope Olson, November 1976
- Japanese edition pictorial, Collector’s Item, November 1976
- Japanese edition cover, February 1977
- Japanese edition pictorial, Best Playmate in Japan, July 1977
- Japanese edition cover, October 1977
- Japanese edition pictorial, Riverboat Gambolers, October 1977
- Japanese edition pictorial, Playmate House Party, February 1978
- Japanese edition cover, March 1978
- Japanese NSS Playmates 312, 1980
- Japanese edition pictorial, Playboy’s Pajama Parties, January 1980
- Japanese NSS Playboy Part 2, 1981
- Japanese NSS Playmates Collection 2, 1982
- Japanese edition Mandala Calendar, January 1982
- Japanese edition pictorial, Bloopers, March 1985
- Japanese edition pictorial, All the Playmates Go Marching On!, February 1987
- Japanese edition supplement, Voluptuous Playmates, October 2011
- Lithuanian edition, January-February 2013
- Mexican edition cover, February 1978
- Mexican edition cover, October 1978
- Mexican edition pictorial, Las Novias de Hef, March 2013
- Mexican edition pictorial, Las Novias de Hef, November 2017
- Netherlands edition pictorial, Het Succesverhaal Van Een Mannenblad, October 1982
- Netherlands edition pictorial, Bloopers: De Leukste Blunders van Playboy, November 1987
- Netherlands edition pictorial, Duizend-en-één Nachten, January 2013
- Netherlands edition pictorial, Playboy Heritage, October 2014
- Netherlands edition, Hef’s Girlfriends, November 2017
- Philippines edition pictorial, Hef’s Girlfriends, March 2013
- Polish edition pictorial, Dam Hefa, December 2012
- Portuguese edition pictorial, I Want Hefner, December 2012-January 2013
- Romanian edition pictorial, Iubitele lui Hef, December 2012
- Russian edition pictorial, ЦВЕТЫ ЖЦЗНЦ, February 2013
- Slovenian edition pictorial, Hefove jubice, January 2013
- Slovenian edition pictorial, Losangeleški dvorec, November 2017
- Slovenian edition pictorial, Hefove jubice, November 2017
- Slovenian edition article, Kav v Življenju Najbolj Žene (Veliko) Večino: Moških?, November 2017
- Ukrainian edition pictorial, ЦВЕТЫ ЖЦЗНЦ, February 2013
Other publications:
- Inside the Playboy Mansion, 1998
- French magazine PHOTO, July 1984
- The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds, 1996
Television:
- ABC special, Playboy’s Playmate Party (1977)
- Fantasy Island (1978) as Sheba in the episode “The Funny Girl/Butch and Sundance”
- Showtime special, Playboy’s Playmate Reunion (1982)
Playboy videos:
- Playboy’s Playmates: The Early Years (1992)
- Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004)