Middle-Eastern danceįrom 1969 to 1980 Empey's professional career was as a bellydancing instructor at the now defunct Everywoman's Village in Van Nuys, California. In 1965, she traveled to Sioux City to give evidence at the request of a District Attorney's Office in a court trial involving the sending of allegedly obscene Nudist publications into the State of Iowa, but on arrival, instead of proving the prosecution's case, on taking the witness stand she gave a spirited defense of the principles of the life-style. In the mid to late 1960s, as a part of the counter-culture movement in the United States, Webber became involved with Nudism and appeared in numerous Nudist publications advocating the lifestyle such as Naked & Together: The Wonderful Webbers by June Lange (1967). She also appeared in the cinema film The Trial of Billy Jack (1974). In the 1960s and 1970s, she appeared in the movie Mermaids of Tiburon (1962), and an episode of the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea entitled The Mermaid (1967). Japanese release of Seiji Hiraoka & His Quartet's Bedtime Music (1965). Webber featured on the cover-art of several pop music vinyl record albums in the late 1950s-1960s, including Satin Brass by George Shearing (1959), Les Baxter's Jewels of the Sea (1961), Sea of Dreams (1958) by Nelson Riddle, Marty Paich's Jazz for Relaxation (1956), Chilie con Cugie (1959) by Xavier Cugat, Otto Cesana's Sheer Ecstasy (1960), and the R.C.A. Pop-music cover model & screen appearances The photo-shoot for the 1956 publication was 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, appearing in a multiplicity of men's magazines such as Esquire, and commercial advertising imagery. In the early 1950s she found employment as a chorus girl at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco, while 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. Marguerite Empeyīorn 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. Marguerite Empey (J– August 19, 2008) was an American model, dancer and actress.
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