Bunny Yeager

Bunny Yeager Bio

February 13, 1929 - May 25, 2014 / Aquarius / Age 85

Bunny Yeager was an American-born photographer, glamour and pin-up model. She was born as Linnea Eleanor Yeager on February 13, 1929 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.

The renowned Bunny Yeager graced as a featured Playboy Celebrity in September 1959.

Bunny Yeager had beautiful natural breasts, soulful brown eyes, and luminous blond hair. With a sensually shaped 36-25-37 frame, she's a true embodiment of Playboy allure.

Linnea Yeager adopted the nickname "Bunny" from Lana Turner's character Bunny Smith in the 1945 movie "Week-End at the Waldorf". Yeager became one of the most photographed models in Miami. Photos of Yeager appeared in over 300 newspapers and magazines.

Her career as a professional photographer began when a picture of Maria Stinger, taken for her first school assignment, was sold to Eye magazine for the cover of the March 1954 issue.

She met Bettie Page in 1954, and took most of the photographs of her that year. During their brief collaboration she took over 1,000 pictures of Page. Yeager played a key role in helping to make Page famous, particularly with her photos in Playboy magazine. The most famous images of Page by Yeager include the January 1955 Playboy centerfold.

She worked extensively with Playboy shooting eight centerfolds in addition to covers and pictorial spreads. She discovered Lisa Winters, the first Playmate of the Year. Yeager also appeared in the magazine as a model five times. One appearance with the headline, "Queen of the Playboy Centerfolds", was photographed by Hugh Hefner.