Susan Bernard
Nude

Sue Bernard was almost lost to us because of the carnage of WWII. No, she isn’t that old, but her father was a Nazi Holocaust survivor. He, Bruno Bernard, made a pretty big name for himself in Hollywood as a famous glamour photographer to the stars. Sue’s mom, Ruth Brand, was a stage actress and director. In other words, Sue was genetically predisposed to be a precocious talent. And, oh, she is. Russ Meyer certainly thought she had the goods (and a goodly pair they are) to be in his Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! (1966). Instead of following Meyer’s mam muse, Sue landed a role on the more staid but sexy-in-its-own-way soap opera General Hospital. She’s certainly good for what ails you, but she was even better when she returned to the silver screen to sever her ties with her top. That first exposure occurred in The Witching (1972), in which she talks on the phone with her boobs on the line. That’s a nice connection! Sue followed that up with The Killing Kind (1973), and her body is a killer. We get a good look at that body in That Tender Touch (1969) where we see a curvy Sue undressing then showing off her tits and ass while getting out of bed. After Teenager (1974), which showed no adolescent buds, she retired to handle her father’s legacy. She did make a short comeback in 1999 appearing in The Mao Game but then returned to retirement. Sadly, the one time Playboy Playmate of the Month (December 1966 if you are curious) passed away in 2019 at the age of 71 from an apparent heart attack.