Jo Collins

Janet Canoy (born August 5, 1945 in Lebanon, Oregon), known professionally as Jo Collins, is Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1964 and Playmate of the Year for 1965. Her original pictorial was photographed by Mario Casilli.

Jo Collins
Playboy centerfold appearance
December 1964
Preceded by	Kai Brendlinger
Succeeded by	Sally Duberson
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1965
Preceded by	Donna Michelle
Succeeded by	Allison Parks
Personal details
Born	(1945-08-05) August 5, 1945 (age 79) Lebanon, Oregon, United States
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

She was discovered by Playboy while working as a page for the Queen for a Day TV game show. She went on to work at the Playboy Club as a Bunny and later as a Bunny Mother.

Jo, who is of Norwegian and Spanish descent, was married to baseball player Bo Belinsky for five years (1970 to 1975).^[1]

She was nicknamed "G.I. Jo" for her United Service Organizations tours to entertain the troops during the Vietnam War. She first went to Vietnam to meet 2LT Jack Price of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade. Price sent to Hugh Hefner in November 1965 a letter purchasing a lifetime subscription to Playboy, for which the magazine promised that a Playmate would deliver the first issue personally. The letter requested Collins as the Playmate. Price was wounded in action on 3 January 1966, forcing Collins to reschedule the visit to before he was medically evacuated on 13 January. General Ellis W. Williamson named her an honorary Sky Soldier, and Company B renamed itself "Playboy Company".^[2][3]

In December 1979, Jo posed for the "Playmates Forever!" pictorial. In 1998, Jo reunited with Jack Price for an online interview with Playboy fans.

Film and television appearances

• Fireball 500 (1966) .... Leander Fan
• Lord Love a Duck (1966) .... Kitten
• Sergeant Dead Head (1965) .... Gail
• How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) .... Beach Girl
• Ski Party (1965) (uncredited) .... Jo

See also

• List of people in Playboy 1960–1969