Kathleen Ann Shower (born March 8, 1953 as Kathleen Ann Schrauer) is an American model and actress. Known as Kathy Shower she is Playboy's Playmate of the Month for May 1985 and Playmate of the Year for 1986. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley & Stephen Wayda.

At the time — she already was a mother of two young daughters, Melonie (then 6) and Mindy (then 9) — she became , at the time(until Playmate of November 1993 Julianna Young) the third oldest Playmate of the Month(after Cindy Brooks, at 33, the month prior in April 1985, and Dolores Donlon in August 1957) at 32, and the oldest PMOY to that point, at the age of 33, a distinction she took from Miss August 1970 and PMOY for 1971, Sharon Clark. Kathy's among only a few other women who were Playmates in their 30's, of whom Rebecca Ramos — 35 at the time of her centerfold appearance in January 2003.

As many Playboy models do, Shower went on to appear in a string of Playboy videos. At age 43, she was again featured in Playboy in a "Playmates Revisited" pictorial in August 1996. Following Playboy, Shower had an acting career mainly within the action adventure (American Kickboxer 2, The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck) & erotic thriller genres (Boundaries, LA Goddess and Velvet Dreams). Shower also made numerous appearances within mainstream TV, guest starring in episodes of Knight Rider, Simon & Simon and a forty-six episode continuing role in Santa Barbara. Shower worked as a model for the Tapout clothing company.

She has since retired from acting and has lived in Spain for more than a decade. In 2009, Shower completed an independent film entitled Kathy Shower: Playmate Model Mom.