Victor Lownes - After Playboy

After Playboy

Lownes himself suffered little more than wounded pride. He had accumulated a fortune during his years as Britain's best paid executive and he still had his wife, Marilyn Cole, whose affections he and Hefner had both attempted to gain. Marilyn was the first full frontal Playboy Playmate of the Month, in January 1972, Playmate of the Year 1973 and she continued to pose for Playboy until 1984. Marilyn is now a journalist who has written for the London Observer, Irish America, Esquire magazine, and the British GQ.

Lownes reconciled with Polanski following his dismissal. During the Roman Polanski libel case against Vanity Fair in July 2005, Victor Lownes was ill and could not attend the trial in support of his old chum, and so his wife came in his place.

Lownes is a now reclusive figure and little is known about his current activities. Cole and Lownes maintain homes in New York, London, and Fuengirola, Spain.