Terri Welles Bio 
Terri Welles is an American glamour model, nude model, and actress. Born Terri Knepper on November 21, 1956, in Santa Monica, California, she has also been credited as Terri Welleszinsky. Playboy named her its December 1980 Playmate at 24. She was later named Playmate of the Year 1981. Her appearance came during Playboy's polished, high-production 1980s period.
Welles has enhanced breasts, hazel eyes and blond hair. Her measurements are 36-24-36.
Her first, widely noticed appearance in the pages came as a May 1980 cover shot: Welles posed in a flight‑attendant costume for a stewardess‑themed pictorial, an image that introduced her to readers in a distinctly staged, narrative way rather than as a single glamour portrait.
The pictorial work that followed was handled by Richard Fegley, whose camera recorded the detail and poise that made those pages feel more fashion editorial than casual pinup. Those photographs became the visual reference points that sustained public interest in her image long after the initial run.
Welles’s visibility in that era even crossed into fiction: she is cited as the inspiration for the character “Bobo Weller” in the motion picture Star 80, a sign that her public persona had entered broader entertainment talk beyond magazine columns.
In the late 1990s she moved into direct online commerce, offering her own photographs through a personal website. That step prompted a high‑profile legal clash when Playboy Enterprises sued in 1998, asserting exclusive commercial rights to the trademark words “Playboy” and “Playmate of the Year.” The dispute became an early test case in how 1980s magazine branding would be handled once images and identities migrated to the web.
