Free Preview: Playmate of the Month August 1974 - Jean Manson
"I don't want people to think I'm just another dumb blonde," says actress-singer - and now Playmate - Jean Manson. "So far, in my films, I've been cast in roles like that, but someday I'm going to change my screen image." In real life, of course, although she is most definitely blonde, Miss Manson is anything but dumb. Reared by artistic parents (her father writes, her mother sings), Jean was educated at The American School in Mexico and holds an associate of arts degree in music, which means she can do a lot more than whistle <i>Yankee Doodle</i> through a mouthful of soda crackers. In fact, she's proficient at classical guitar and piano and is currently studying flamenco guitar. Her career as an actress, however, is <i>numero uno</i> on her list of priorities - one notch ahead of even love and marriage. "I don't feel I can give myself completely to a man at this point in my life," she tell us, "because I'm simply too preoccupied with my career and - well - I suppose a good part of me belongs to Hollywood. Before I settle down with one man, I have to be master of my craft." Judging from her professional track record, she may be ready to settle down soon. At 14, she studied acting at Metro in Hollywood and in 1971 she made her first feature film, a not-exactly classic called <i>The World's Greatest Lover</i>. ("I have no idea what happened to that film," she says. "I think the prints were stolen.") Second was a horror film, <i>Terror Circus</i>, with Andrew Prine, and next ca...
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