Kathleen Ann Shower is an American model and actress. Known as Kathy Shower she is Playboy's Playmate of the Month for May 1985 and Playmate of the Year for 1986. At that time, she was the oldest woman ever to appear as a Playboy Playmate, at age 33, as well as a single mother of two.

Biography

Before and after Playboy, Shower had an acting career mainly within the action-adventure (American Kickboxer 2, The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck) and erotic thriller genres (Boundaries, LA Goddess and Velvet Dreams). Shower also made numerous appearances on mainstream television, guest-starring in episodes of Knight Rider, Three's Company, CHiPs, Simon & Simon and a forty-six episode continuing role in the daytime drama series Santa Barbara. She appeared in To The Limit, starring Anna Nicole Smith. In 2009, Shower completed an independent film entitled Kathy Shower: Playmate Model Mom. Shower worked as a model for the Tapout clothing company. At age 43, she was again featured in Playboy in a "Playmates Revisited" pictorial in August 1996.

Partial filmography