Rosanne Katon

Rosanne Katon is an American model actress comedian and activist She was Playboy magazines Playmate of the Month for its September 1978 issue Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli Katon was born in New York City to a Jamaicanborn father and an AfricanAmerican mother Beginning in the mid1970s Katon worked steadily in Hollywood including a stint on Grady the shortlived spinoff of the hit situation comedy Sanford and Son that starred Whitman Mayo in the title role and guest appearances on Jason of Star Command Whats Happening Good Times and Thats My Mama which starred Clifton Davis She then had leading roles in two Cirio Santiago action films both released in 1976 Ebony Ivory Jade in which she received top billing and The Muthers in which she acted alongside former Playboy centerfold Jean Bell However the shapely actress was often typecast in sex kitten roles in RRated comedies such as The Swinging Cheerleaders 1974 Chesty Anderson US Navy 1976 American Raspberry 1976 Lunch Wagon 1981 Zapped 1982 and Bachelor Party 1984 This was solidified by her appearance as the September 1978 Playboy centerfold She had a recurring role opposite Denzel Washington on the medical drama St Elsewhere and her appearance in two awardwinning UCLA student films Julie Dashs Illusions released in 1982 in which she portrayed a singer doubling for a white actress in 1940s Hollywood whether she did her own singing in the role was not known as of mid December 2012 and S Torriano Berrys Rich in which she portrays the title characters supportive girlfriend Her other film credits included the TV movie The Night They Took Miss Beautiful 1977 the cult horror film Motel Hell 1980 Body and Soul 1981 City Girl 1984 and Harem 1985 opposite Nastassja Kinski and Ben Kingsley Katon was selected as Miss Golden Globes for the 1981 awards show The honor and the task of presenting the statuettes during the ceremony goes to an upandcoming actress Katon was the first African American to be selected since the custom started in 1962 Additionally Katon has had several stage credits including a Broadway lead role in Godspell and a featured role in the parody of women in prison movies Women Behind Bars At one point Katon segued into the world of standup comedy and during that period in her career she appeared in the June 1991 Playboy pictorial Funny Girls which covered female comedians