Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about BARBI BENTON!
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Barbi Benton is an american model, actress, television personality and singer . she is known for appearing in Playboy magazine and as a four-season regular on the comedy series hee haw . after high school, she attended UCLA, and at age 18 took a job with Playboy to appear on their entertainment show Playboy After Dark . she initially started as an extra on the show, but after host Hugh Hefner barbi benton appeared on the cover of playboy four times . she was never a Playmate of the Month . benton landed a spot on television’s Hee Haw doing comedy sketches . she later enjoyed a career as a country singer . benton also began acting, and appeared in the west german comedy film The N benton has recorded eight albums, the last of which she personally produced in 1979 . her record “Brass Buckles” (1975) was a top-five hit on the country singles chart . she also composed the “Ain’t That Just the Way” (1976) was a number one hit in Sweden for 5 weeks . it was also a major hit for Lutricia McNeal in 1996 . “Brass as Shirley Russell in episode “Poof, You’re a Movie Star” (season 1, 1978) as Dee Dee Verona in episodes “The Appointment” and “Mr. Tattoo” in “Mar production of hit 1978 Broadway musical comedy co-starred Barry Williams . Benton received upbeat reviews for her performance as “Chloe”