Janet Pilgrim (born June 13, 1934 in Wheaton, Illinois), born Charlaine Edith Karalus, is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playboy Playmate of the Month three times: July 1955, December 1955 and October 1956.

Janet Pilgrim worked in Playboy's subscription department and was talked into posing nude by Hugh Hefner. She posed for a few hundred dollars (today the fee is $25,000 USD).

Trivia

• She is the first and only playmate to be the centerfold three times.
• She ranked #83 in Playboy's Sex Stars of the Century.
• She is forever known as the original girl next door to pose in Playboy. (Source, including one picture)