Jeane Manson, Miss August, 1974

August, 1974

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, wh...

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