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Ashley Cox

Ashley Cox is an American actress whose screen career is concentrated in a distinctive run of films from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Born in Dallas on November 15, 1956, she appeared in Logan's Run and Drive-In, both released in 1976, before adding several more recognizable titles to her filmography. That compact stretch of work placed Cox in The Nude Bomb in 1980, followed by King of the Mountain and Looker in 1981. She then appeared in Night Shift in 1982. Taken together, those films give her career an interesting shape: six appearances across seven years, with her work moving through a varied group of productions rather than settling around a single recurring series or title. Cox was also associated with Playboy during the same period. She was the magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1977, with a centerfold photographed by Mario Casilli. She was later described as one of Hugh Hefner's "Personal Playmates," his term for women he dated seriously. That part of her public profile has often sat alongside her acting work, but the films remain an essential piece of the picture. From the futuristic world of Logan's Run to later appearances in Looker and Night Shift, Cox's credits connect her to a memorable cross-section of American movies released between 1976 and 1982. It is a relatively brief screen résumé, yet one that repeatedly brings her into films that continue to draw viewers back.