Karla was Playmate of the Month for April 1966. Her pictorial was titled Malibu Beachnik.
Karla was born Karla Jo Musacchia on July 5, 1946, in Pasadena, CA. She was raised in Malibu and graduated from Canoga Park High School. An avid surfer, Karla was discovered by Playboy on the beach in Malibu in 1965.
Karla appeared as a dancer in the promo video for “Sea Cruise” by the Hondells.
Karla married poet Jon Woodjack and gave birth to son Aaron on Jan. 25, 1967, in London. She returned to California and acted in a small part in the car race movie “Fireball 500.” She also played Connie in the science fiction comedy “Space Thing.” She was pictured in Best for Men magazine in an October 1968 pictorial, Presenting Carla Conway Appearing in “Space Thing” and also appeared nude in a number of other men’s magazines. She posed for photo shoots with glamour photographer Ron Vogel.
She moved to Denver, and worked as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in Aspen. She also worked as a Bunny at Playboy Clubs in Denver, Jamaica and Los Angeles.
In 1968, she traveled with the Renaissance Pleasure Faire. In 1970, she moved to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to help her father with his beachfront restaurant, then lived in Central America for several years. In 1978, she settled down in Hawaii.
Karla is now an artist and uses the name Sachi. Her artwork includes a sculpture of Hugh Hefner and paintings of rock stars.
Digital | Video | Publicity | Vogel photosets
Playboy appearances:
- Playmate of the Month pictorial, Malibu Beachnik, April 1966
- Playboy’s Playmate Review, January 1967
- The World of Playboy, December 1982
- Playmate News, May 1997
- Playmate News, January 1998
- Playmate News, April 2001
- Playmate News, January 2009
- Playmate News, April 2011
- Promotional Ad, October 2011
- Retro Renovation, May 2013
Cover:
Calendars:
- 1967 Playmate Calendar
- 1968 Advertising Calendar
NSS:
- Book of Lingerie, May-June 1997
- Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 5, 2000
- Facts & Figures, 1997
- Playmates – The First Fifteen Years, 1983
- Pocket Playmates 5, 1996
Foreign:
- Argentine edition pictorial, Playmates Segun Pasan los Anos, March 1987
- Japanese NSS Playmates 312, 1980
- Japanese NSS Playmates Collection 2, 1982
- Japanese edition pictorial, All the Playmates Go Marching On!, February 1987
- Japanese edition feature, Playmate News, August 1997
Other publications:
- Best for Men pictorial, Presenting Carla Conway appearing in “Space Thing,” October 1968
- All Man magazine, November 1968
- Carnival magazine, May 1969
- Carnival magazine, June 1969
- Celebrity Sleuth pictorial, Playmates 3 Visited, Vol. 11, Issue 4, 1998
- Celebrity Sleuth pictorial, Time Bandits: Karla Conway, Vol. 11, Issue 6, 1998
- Parade, magazine, week ending Aug. 30, 1969
- Daring magazine, December 1969
- Daring Special, fall 1972
- Debonair magazine, August 1970
- Escort magazine, March 1970
- Jaguar magazine, February 1969
- Girl Illustrated magazine, 1969
- The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds, 1996
- German magazine Reeperbahn Sex Illustrierte, 1972
Movies:
- Fireball 500 (1966) as one of the Leander fans
- Space Thing (1968) as Connie