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'''Marianne Gaba''' (November 13, 1939 &ndash; May 3, 2016) was an American [[beauty queen]], model, and actress. She was [[Miss Illinois USA]] 1957<ref name=illinois>{{cite web|url=http://www.missillinoisusa.com/illinois_fame.html|title=Miss Illinois USA Hall of Fame|accessdate=May 23, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411000638/http://www.missillinoisusa.com/illinois_fame.html|archivedate=April 11, 2010}}</ref> and ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its September 1959 issue.<ref name=sepkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=gaba%2C+marianne&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref>
'''Marianne Gaba''' (November 13, 1939 &ndash; May 3, 2016) was an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned [[Miss Illinois USA]] 1957<ref name=illinois>{{cite web|url=http://www.missillinoisusa.com/illinois_fame.html|title=Miss Illinois USA Hall of Fame|accessdate=May 23, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411000638/http://www.missillinoisusa.com/illinois_fame.html|archivedate=April 11, 2010}}</ref> and ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for its September 1959 issue.<ref name=sepkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=gaba%2C+marianne&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 17:51, 5 February 2024

Marianne Gaba
Gaba as a guest star on 77 Sunset Strip in 1960
Playboy centerfold appearance
September 1959
Preceded byClayre Peters
Succeeded byElaine Reynolds
Personal details
Born(1939-11-13)November 13, 1939
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[1]
DiedMay 3, 2016(2016-05-03) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]

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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Playmate data". Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  2. ^ "Miss Illinois USA Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on April 11, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  3. ^ Lentz, Harris III (June 2016). "Marianne Gaba, 76". Classic Images (492): 51.
  4. ^ "(photo caption)". The Decatur Daily Review. Illinois, Decatur. Associated Press. July 16, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved June 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Marianne Gaba - the Private Life and Times of Marianne Gaba. Marianne Gaba Pictures".
Preceded by Miss Illinois USA
1957
Succeeded by