Ashlyn Martin

Playmate Ashlyn Martin likes her cars fast, her pantry stocked with goodies and her large family close by. “I grew up with two brothers and two sisters in Florida, Chicago and New York City. My father is a pilot and my mother is a nurse,” says the young thespian who was born in London, England. “I'm attracted to bright lights and sports cars. Things were pleasant in Delray Beach, Florida, but too quiet for me. I visited Los Angeles briefly after finishing high school—and right away I knew it was California, here I come!” Trading in Florida for California couldn’t have come at a better time for the acting and modeling hopeful. Living alone in an apartment in Los Angeles, the all-natural brunette who worked as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in Chicago began to line up acting auditions. Acting in films in Blood Feast, Beach Party and Muscle Beach Party, Ashlyn’s calendar filled up rather quickly, but she always finds time to dance in her apartment to the music of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. “I have little time to myself weekdays, so I hate to pass my weekends sleeping,” says the busty European who also works as a receptionist at a sports-car rental agency. “I wouldn’t change a thing about myself. Nothing at all. I dig myself.” That confidence and her naturally beautiful body were enough for us and that’s why Playboy called her up immediately to give her the good news—she was voted our Miss April 1964. “I’m so happy to be a Playmate of the Month,” says Ashlyn who knows just how she’d like to celebrate her win. “I would love to fly to Paris for dinner, dance at Chez Regine and then head home. French cuisine is my favorite, and coq au vin is my special dish. In fact, I think my idea of a perfect evening would center around a six-course meal at Maxim's, complete from soup to cognac. I'm easy to please, and with the right man I'm happy in almost any situation. Please don't ask me about the future -- the way many of my friends do -- because I'm really uncertain about that part of my life. Right now, I'm quite happy with the present.” So are we especially when Playmate Ashlyn Martin is around.