![]() Japanese release of Seiji Hiraoka & His Quartet album Bedtime Music. She also appeared on the cover-art of several pop-music vinyl record albums, including Les Baxter's Jewels of the Sea, Sea of Dreams by Nelson Riddle, Marty Paich's Jazz For Relaxation, Chile con Cugie by Xavier Cugat, the Luxuriously Slow Moods of The Cesana Strings album "Sheer Ecstasy", and the R.C.A. In the 1960s as a part of the counter-culture sweeping the United States she became involved with the Nudist movement, and with her husband appeared in numerous nudist magazines advocating the benefits of the lifestyle, such as Naked & Together: The Wonderful Webbers by June Lange (1967). The photo-shoot for the 1956 publication being shot by Russ Meyer. Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956. ![]() As the decade progressed she modeled for many professional photographers, including Peter Gowland, Bunny Yeager and Keith Bernard. In the early 1950s she found employment as a chorus girl at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco, whilst developing her professional modelling career. As a child she received ballet lessons from Russian ballerina Maria Bekefi. She received her formal education at the Hollywood High School. Diane Webber died at age 76 from complications following surgery for cancer on August 19, 2008, in Los Angeles, California.Born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus), a Hollywood actress and former 'Miss Long Beach' beauty contest winner, and Arthur Guy Empey. In 1975 Diane was found guilty in a postal obscenity case, but the verdict was later overturned. "The Wonderful Webbers", written by June Lange, documented the Webber's nudist lifestyle. She appeared as herself in the obscure 1962 Russ Meyer nudie-cutie short "This Is My Body." Besides acting and modeling, Webber was also a belly dancer and dancing teacher. Diane acted in a handful of films and TV shows/ She portrayed a mermaid in both the nudie-cutie feature Mermaids of Tiburon (1962) and The Mermaid (1967) episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). In addition, she also was featured on the cover photos for the music albums "Sea of Dreams" by Nelson Riddle and "Jewels of the Sea" by Les Baxter. An avowed nudist, Diane appeared on the covers of many publications that endorsed the "naturist" lifestyle. With her lovely face and exceptionally toned, shapely and voluptuous 39C-23-37 figure, hypnotically sensual presence and large natural breasts, Diane was a popular pin-up girl of the 1950s and 1960s, doing pictorials for and/or gracing the covers of such men's magazines as "Frolic," "Escapade," "Adam," "Beau," "Jem," "Tiger," "Modern Sunbathing," "Mermaid," "Monsieur," "Fling," "American Nudist," "Rogue," "Nugget," and "Esquire." Among the noted glamor photographers she posed for are Bunny Yeager, Webber was the Playmate of the Month in the May 1955 and February 1956 issues of "Playboy" magazine. She married Joe Webber in 1955 and was discovered by the same man who discovered the young Marilyn Monroe. ![]() Diane worked as a chorus girl and took formal ballet training. She was the daughter of writer/producer Arthur Guy Empey and his wife Marguerite Andrus. Buxom, gorgeous and curvaceous 5'2" brunette knockout Diane Webber was born Marguerite Diane Empey on July 29, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. ![]()
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