On the FX/Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, Rose Byrne portrays feminist activist Gloria Steinem, and the performance just might bring her an Emmy nomination.
However, the first actress to play the Ms. magazine founder was Kirstie Alley — and she did it as a Playboy Bunny. The waitress position had been created by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who founded that magazine in 1953. (At its peak in 1972, the glossy sold 7.1 million copies a month, and annual profits were $12 million, or $70 million today.) Women in skimpy rayon-satin costumes would serve food and drinks at the magazine's club-chain offshoots.
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