Barbi Benton

 Barbi Lynn Klein (born January 28 1950) was an American singer, actress model, actress, and television model, and television. The appearances she made in Playboy magazine and being an actor on the comedy series Hee Haw for four seasons are her most well-known. Benton also recorded a number of modestly successful albums during the 1970s. After the birth of her first child in the year 1986, Benton retired from show business to focus on raising her family.She was raised in Sacramento and attended Rio Americano High School. She had a range of lessons - from scuba diving to piano - and even did some "tearoom modeling" while in school. She was accepted to UCLA to study veterinary medicine, but had to abandon that career choice because she couldn't endure the sight of blood.At the age of 16, she began to model. After graduating high school, she attended UCLA and at the age of 18, took up an opportunity with Playboy as a model on their entertainment show Playboy After Dark. In the beginning, she was an extra, but Hugh Hefner became infatuated with Benton and quickly made her a co-host.