Playboy Model Barbara Lynn Klein is professionally known as Barbi Benton. Barbi is also an actress and singer, well recognized for appearing on the four-season of comedy television series, Hee Haw and for recording numerous moderately victorious albums.
Barbi Benton is a native of New York City, New York, born on January 28, 1950, to a Jewish family. She along with her family moved to California at the early age of two.
Barbi spent her childhood in Sacramento and she attended Rio Americano High School. Further, she joined the University of California, Los Angeles. She is of American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.
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Barbi began her modeling career at the age of sixteen and at the age of eighteen, started working with Playboy as a model. She made an appearance on their entertainment show named, Playboy After Dark. During her career on Playboy, she appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine four times.
Additionally, Benton has also worked on TV and appeared on The Sonny & Cher Show, Hee Haw, McCloud, Fantasy Island, Sugar Time, and many others. Furthermore, she debuted on the big screen with the movie The Naughty Cheerleader.
Benton also starred in movies such as The Great American Beauty Contest, X-Ray, Deathstalker, For the Love of it, and The Third Girl from the Left.
Apart from the acting industry, she has contributed a lot to the music industry. Till now she has released five albums which are Barbie Doll, Barbie Benton, Something New, Ain’t That Just the Way, and Kinetic Voyage.
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Looking towards her personal life, Benton is a married woman. Her husband, George Gradow is a real-estate developer. The couple is blessed with two children: Ariana Gradow and Alexander Gradow.
Before her relationship with George, Barbi was in a relationship with Hugh Hefner for like seven years. The former couple dated each other from 1969-76. Barbi and some of Hugh's lovers such as Donna Michelle, Marilyn Cole, and so on filed a $35 million worth of compensation against him.
Barbi stands 5 feet 3 inches tall and has a perfect slim body with an attractive face. As of 2022, Barbi Benton's net worth is reported to be around $20 million. She earns her wealth mostly through her professional modeling career and from endorsement as well.
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