PLAYMATE IN THE SPOTLIGHT : Mercy Rooney

 Mercy mercy! What a gal what a playmate! I don't think any of us would be disappointed 

to have a present like Mercy Rooney, laying amongst the rest of our gifts come Christmas 

morn, the way she appeared in this Playboy subscription add up above! One of the first 

things you'll need to learn about Mercy, is she's one of many names. She was born to her

Spanish father and French mother, in the middle of the first year of the 50's in New Jersey,

as Merci Montello. Upon her father's death in Mercy's late teens, she took a job waiting

tables in a restaurant, that also featured a cabaret that simply screamed for a pretty girl 

with a smokin body like hers!  She soon began modeling, and appeared in this 1968 issue 

of "Girls Illustrated", with her mind  filled with ambition, and a body................ well..........

take a look for yourself below! ........

    

With her eye on seeing her name up in lights, Mercy changed her name to  Mercy Mee, 

and jumped at the opportunity for a role in 1968's sci-fi/nudie cutie flick, "Space Thing",

with fellow playmate, Miss April 1966 Karla Conway. Later that same year, Mercy made

another name change for her next movie, albeit slight, as Merci Mee in the crazy wacko

killer, everyone gets naked and runs for their life thriller....."The Bushwhacker. With 

a couple movies under her belt now, Mercy's next feature took a step up in quality, but 

still showcased that gorgeous rock hard body of hers, in 1971's "Ericka's Hot Summer".

And you guessed it......she changed her name back to her birth name of Merci Montello

for that one!  Along the way, she also met and was romanced by Mickey Rooney Jr, son 

of the Hollywood icon of the same name.....( minus jr. of course), which led to matrimony. 

Mercy also caught the attention of the boys at Playboy too, as with a bit of wining and 

dining of their own, as in December of 1972, they introduced us to newlywed Mercy Rooney.

You can check out Mercy's layout in that December of '72 issue by clicking on
 the cover picture down below and downloading a condensed PDF of  her issue........

Being family now with both the son of a Hollywood icon, who also was in acting, and the 

Playboy family, the quality of the directors for Mercy's next movie took a another big leap, 

as she  landed a role alongside another iconic playmate, Claudia Jennings, in 1974's 

"The Single Girls......which unfortunately, ended sweet Mercy's film career. Although 

her film career was short, she never seemed to hesitate to show us that body we've all 

grown to love, and I'm happy to say that Playmates in the Movies has each and every 

Merci/Mercy Montello/Mee/Rooney movie that she ever graced the big screen with, right here. 

You can find Mercy's movies scattered through out this blog on your own while 

browsing around, or you can simply click on the her titles below to go to their pagess.

Mercy Rooney.......what a body......what a playmate!

   

 

Here's a nice little scene of Mercy's from 1968's "The Bush Whacker".....