Janet Pilgrim(1934-2017)
Lovely blonde Janet Pilgrim was born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June
13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois. Pilgrim was working in the subscription
department for "Playboy" magazine when editor/publisher Hugh Hefner
asked her to pose for a pictorial. Hefner choose the alias Janet
Pilgrim as a spoof on puritanism. Moreover, Pilgrim's "girl next door"
quality set the tone for future Playmates. Janet was the Playmate of
the Month in the June, 1955 issue of "Playboy." She went on to become
the Playmate of the Month in the December, 1955 and October, 1956
issues of "Playboy." Pilgrim holds the distinction of being one out of
two Playmates of the Month to be a three-time centerfold in the
magazine. Janet Pilgrim was listed at #83 in the 1999 "Playboy"
newsstand special "Sex Stars of the Century."
