Christa Speck

Christa Speck (August 1, 1942 – March 22, 2013) was a German model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1961 issue and as the 1962 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Sam Wu.

Career Speck was working as a bank secretary at Bank of America when she was discovered by Playboy. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1961 issue and as the 1962 Playmate of the Year, the first foreign-born model to be so named. She is also mentioned briefly in the 2011 book The Bunny Years by fellow, former Bunny Kathryn Leigh Scott.

Personal life Speck was born in Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland).

She was later married to children's programming producer Marty Krofft. Speck and Krofft had three daughters.

Death Speck died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 70.