Rita Lee Bio
Rita Lee is an American actress, glamour and nude model. She was born on June 15, 1953, in Frederic, Wisconsin. Playboy named her its November 1977 Playmate at 24. Her appearance came during Playboy's 1970s print era, when the magazine reached the height of its mass-market influence.
Lee has natural breasts, blue eyes and blond hair. Her measurements are 36-23-36.
Her centerfold was shot by photographer Richard Fegley, and the collaboration turned into more than a single magazine moment: she returned to Playboy’s cover three times over the next three years, a recurrence that kept her images in readers’ hands beyond the usual single-issue cycle.
Raised in a strict Catholic household, she left home at 17 and built a regional modeling career in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. That local work made her a familiar face in Midwestern fashion and advertising, and it was in that orbit that Fegley first noticed her — a meeting that moved her from regional pages into the magazine’s national frame.
Fegley photographed her repeatedly, not only for the magazine but also for his photo book Dreams, where she appears among the photographer’s more lyrical studies of the era. Those sessions emphasized a statuesque, composed presence that translated easily from commercial shoots to the magazine’s pictorials, explaining why editors kept returning to the pairing.
After a period of visibility that included editorial shoots and occasional television and film appearances, she stepped back from public life and the regular spotlight. What remains most visible now are the images themselves: the centerfold and subsequent covers that capture the particular look and moment she occupied in late‑1970s pages.
