Marianne Gaba Explained

Marianne Gaba
Issue:	September 1959
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Birth Date:	1939 11, mf=yes
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Preceded:	Clayre Peters
Succeeded:	Elaine Reynolds

Marianne Gaba (November 13, 1939  - May 3, 2016) was an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Illinois USA 1957^[1] and Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1959 issue.^[2]

Personal life

Gaba was born in Chicago, Illinois.^[3] She was fluent in three languages—Bohemian (Czech), Polish, and Spanish—in addition to English.^[4]

On June 11, 1960, she married Michael Eugene Starkman in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her son, Gregory C., was born in 1962 and her daughter, Wendy M. was born in 1966.^[5]

Gaba died on May 3, 2016, from brain cancer in Los Angeles, California, aged 76.

Filmography

• Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) .... Robot
• How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) .... Animal
• The Beverly Hillbillies
  • "Cool School Is Out" (1965) .... Squirrel
  • "Big Daddy, Jed" (1965) .... Squirrel
• Burke's Law - "Who Killed the Fat Cat?" (1965) .... Beautiful Blonde
• The Patsy (1964) (uncredited) .... Waitress
• Island of Love (1963) (uncredited)
• The Choppers (1961) .... Liz
• Checkmate - "The Button-Down Break" (1961) .... Lucille, Devlin's Girl Friend
• 77 Sunset Strip
  • "The Affairs of Adam Gallante" (1960) .... Peaches Schultz
  • "Sing Something Simple" (1959) .... Lita Ladoux
• G.I. Blues (1960) (uncredited) .... Bargirl
• Raymie (1960) .... Second Girl
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) (uncredited) .... Young Girl
• Mike Hammer (1959) .... Doris' daughter
• Johnny Staccato - "A Piece of Paradise" (1959) .... Gaba Gaba Hey
• Missile to the Moon (1958) .... Moon Girl
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - “Too Much Pot Roast” (1957) ….. Miss Illinois

See also

• List of people in Playboy 1953–1959
• List of Playboy Playmates of 1959

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miss Illinois USA Hall of Fame. May 23, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100411000638/http://www.missillinoisusa.com/illinois_fame.html. April 11, 2010.
2. Web site: Playmate data. May 23, 2010.
3. Lentz. Harris III. Marianne Gaba, 76. Classic Images. June 2016. 492. 51.
4. News: (photo caption). The Decatur Daily Review. Associated Press. July 16, 1957. Illinois, Decatur. 1. Newspapers.com. June 20, 2016.
5. Web site: Marianne Gaba - the Private Life and Times of Marianne Gaba. Marianne Gaba Pictures.