# Teri Weigel
**Teri Weigel** (birth name Teresa Susan Weigel) is an American model and actress who became a [Playboy Playmate](https://www.edgepedia.org/playboy-playmate) in 1986, played small parts in mainstream films and television in the late 1980s, and then became an adult film performer, a transition that made her the first Playboy Playmate to move into hardcore pornography.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; grew up in Deerfield Beach, Florida[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/bio/) |
| Playboy career | Cover girl of the November 1985 issue; Playmate of the Month for April 1986[2](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/deep-inside-the-bunny-6318822/) |
| Mainstream acting | Jade on *Married... with Children* (four episodes, 1988–1990); roles in *Predator 2* (1990), *Marked for Death* (1990), and *Savage Beach* (1989)[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/337198/teri-weigel) • [4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/) |
| Industry honors | FOXE Vixen (1992); XRCO Hall of Fame (2002); AVN Hall of Fame (2005)[5](https://www.nndb.com/people/871/000025796/) |
| Marriages | Murrill Maglio (married December 23, 1986; died June 4, 2015); Sam Hoffart (married August 26, 2017; died February 5, 2022)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/bio/) |
## Early life and modeling
Weigel was born in [Fort Lauderdale, Florida](https://www.edgepedia.org/fort-lauderdale-florida), and grew up in nearby Deerfield Beach, where she attended Deerfield Beach High School with two sisters and two brothers[2](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/deep-inside-the-bunny-6318822/). She was named Miss Teenage Deerfield Beach at 17, which led to modeling work in Miami, including newspaper advertisements for the Burdines department store chain across Florida[2](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/deep-inside-the-bunny-6318822/).
She left South Florida for New York, and after an encounter with a visitor from Paris moved to that city for a summer, which she later described as the start of her career[2](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/deep-inside-the-bunny-6318822/). Her photographs there caught the attention of Playboy's editors in Chicago, who invited her to shoot for the cover[2](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/deep-inside-the-bunny-6318822/).
## Playboy and mainstream acting
Weigel appeared on the cover of *Playboy* in November 1985 and became the magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1986, succeeding Kim Morris[2](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/deep-inside-the-bunny-6318822/). Her Playboy video work sold well: in August 1986, *Video Centerfold 2 (Terri Weigel)* placed in the top ten of Billboard's videocassette sales chart[6](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-08-02.pdf).
The Playboy exposure brought small screen roles. She appeared in the horror film *Cheerleader Camp* (1988), a release distributed on videocassette, and in *Glitch!* and *Return of the Killer Tomatoes!* the same year[7](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Teri%2BWeigel-98222/biography) • [5](https://www.nndb.com/people/871/000025796/). Her best-known mainstream role was Jade, Al Bundy's fantasy woman, on the Fox sitcom *Married... with Children*, a part she played in four episodes between 1988 and 1990[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/337198/teri-weigel) • [2](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/deep-inside-the-bunny-6318822/). She also appeared in an episode of *227* in 1989 and, uncredited, in the *Baywatch* pilot[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/337198/teri-weigel). In film she played the Colombian girl in *Predator 2* (1990) and a role in [Steven Seagal](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-seagal)'s *Marked for Death* (1990)[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/).
## Move to adult films
In a 2002 interview she gave the reason more bluntly: "Money," along with shorter hours and, in her words, no casting couch[8](https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/fractured-fairy-tale-teri-weigel-talks-part-2/).
She had posed for *Penthouse* in May 1992, becoming the second Playmate to appear in that rival magazine[5](https://www.nndb.com/people/871/000025796/).
Her name entered adult-industry business history in an unexpected way: when Steve Orenstein split from his previous partner in 1993 and founded a new studio, the title *Teri Weigel is Wicked*, which he acquired in the split, inspired the company's name, [Wicked Pictures](https://www.edgepedia.org/wicked-pictures)[9](https://www.xbiz.com/features/259706/from-movies-to-pleasure-steve-orenstein-ushers-in-new-era-of-success-for-wicked).
## Later career and recognition
Weigel continued performing in adult videos and magazine layouts through the 1990s and 2000s while touring the United States as a featured strip-club dancer[8](https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/fractured-fairy-tale-teri-weigel-talks-part-2/). A second car accident on October 31, 1994 caused back problems that she said permanently limited her ability to work[8](https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/fractured-fairy-tale-teri-weigel-talks-part-2/). She hosted the 2002 AVN (Adult Video News) Awards show[8](https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/fractured-fairy-tale-teri-weigel-talks-part-2/).
Sources disagree on the year of her AVN Hall of Fame induction: NNDB and Kinobox list 2005, while the Japanese-language profile lists 2003[5](https://www.nndb.com/people/871/000025796/) • [10](https://www.kinobox.cz/osobnosti/829846-teri-weigel).
In 2000 Playboy sued Weigel over her use of the Playboy logo on her website[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/bio/). According to a 2004 profile in the *Broward Palm Beach New Times*, she was known throughout the adult-entertainment industry as the only woman to cross Playboy Enterprises' Hugh Hefner[2](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/deep-inside-the-bunny-6318822/). From 2003 she ran her own website, TeriWeigel.com, with a road webcam, and she considered opening a club in Florida[11](https://ainews.xxx/2008/05/01/a-miniview-of-teri-weigel/).
## Personal life
Weigel married Murrill Maglio, a former Fort Lauderdale musician who later also worked in the adult film industry, on December 23, 1986; he died on June 4, 2015, at 63[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/bio/). Their daughter is Cheri Maglio Wong[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/bio/). She later married Sam Hoffart on August 26, 2017; he died on February 5, 2022[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/bio/).
## References
1. [Teri Weigel – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/bio/)
2. [Deep Inside the Bunny, Broward Palm Beach New Times (May 6, 2004)](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/deep-inside-the-bunny-6318822/)
3. [Teri Weigel, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/337198/teri-weigel)
4. [Teri Weigel, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000692/)
5. [Teri Weigel, NNDB](https://www.nndb.com/people/871/000025796/)
6. [Playboy Makes Inroads With Video Pro, Billboard (August 2, 1986)](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-08-02.pdf)
7. [Teri Weigel – Biography, Filmweb](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Teri%2BWeigel-98222/biography)
8. [Fractured Fairy Tale: Teri Weigel Talks (part 2), Film Threat (September 3, 2002)](https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/fractured-fairy-tale-teri-weigel-talks-part-2/)
9. [From Movies to Pleasure, Steve Orenstein Ushers in New Era of Success for Wicked, XBIZ](https://www.xbiz.com/features/259706/from-movies-to-pleasure-steve-orenstein-ushers-in-new-era-of-success-for-wicked)
10. [Teri Weigel, Kinobox.cz](https://www.kinobox.cz/osobnosti/829846-teri-weigel)
11. [A MiniView of Teri Weigel, Adult Industry News (May 1, 2008)](https://ainews.xxx/2008/05/01/a-miniview-of-teri-weigel/)
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