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Marianne Gaba
Marianne Gaba
	Gaba as a guest star on 77 Sunset Strip in 1960
Playboy centerfold appearance
	September 1959
Preceded by	Clayre Peters
Succeeded by	Elaine Reynolds
Personal details
Born	November 13, 1939; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 3, 2016 (aged 76); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

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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

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

References

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

External links

Marianne Gaba at IMDb

Preceded by Mickey Blair	Miss Illinois USA 1957	Succeeded by June Pickney

[sepkingly-1] "Playmate data". Retrieved May 23, 2010.

[illinois-2] "Miss Illinois USA Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on April 11, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2010.

[ci-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.

[5] "Marianne Gaba - the Private Life and Times of Marianne Gaba. Marianne Gaba Pictures".

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-'''Marianne Gaba''' (born November 13, 1939 in [[Chicago, Illinois]]) is an American [[model (person)|model]], actress and [[beauty queen]].  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}}</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==
+Gaba was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref name="ci">{{cite journal|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris III|title=Marianne Gaba, 76|journal=Classic Images|date=June 2016|issue=492|page=51}}</ref> She was fluent in three languages—Bohemian (Czech), Polish, and Spanish—in addition to English.<ref>{{cite news|title=(photo caption)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5642556/the_decatur_daily_review/|work=The Decatur Daily Review|agency=Associated Press|date=July 16, 1957|location=Illinois, Decatur|page=1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 20, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
+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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/97/Marianne+Gaba/index.html|title = Marianne Gaba - the Private Life and Times of Marianne Gaba. Marianne Gaba Pictures}}</ref>
+Gaba died on May 3, 2016, from [[brain cancer]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], aged 76.
 ==Filmography==
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 ** "Cool School Is Out" (1965) .... Squirrel
 ** "Big Daddy, Jed" (1965) .... Squirrel
-* ''[[Burke's Law]]'' - "Who Killed the Fat Cat?" (1965) .... Beautiful Blonde
+* ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'' - "Who Killed the Fat Cat?" (1965) .... Beautiful Blonde
 * ''[[The Patsy (1964 film)|The Patsy]]'' (1964) (uncredited) .... Waitress
 * ''[[Island of Love (1963 film)|Island of Love]]'' (1963) (uncredited)
 * ''[[The Choppers]]'' (1961) .... Liz
-* ''[[Checkmate (TV series)|Checkmate]]'' - "The Button-Down Break" (1961) .... Girl Friend
+* ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'' - "The Button-Down Break" (1961) .... Lucille, Devlin's Girl Friend
 * ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]''
 ** "The Affairs of Adam Gallante" (1960) .... Peaches Schultz
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 * ''[[G.I. Blues]]'' (1960) (uncredited) .... Bargirl
 * ''[[Raymie]]'' (1960) .... Second Girl
-* ''[[Please Don't Eat the Daisies]]'' (1960) (uncredited) .... Young Girl
+* ''[[Please Don't Eat the Daisies (film)|Please Don't Eat the Daisies]]'' (1960) (uncredited) .... Young Girl
+* ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958 TV series)|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 people in Playboy 1953–1959]]
 * [[List of Playboy Playmates of 1959]]
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 ==External links==
-* {{playmate|marianne-gaba|Marianne Gaba}}
+* {{IMDb name|id=0299915|name=Marianne Gaba}}
-* {{imdb name|id=0299915|name=Marianne Gaba}}
 {{start box}}
 {{succession box|
- before=[[Mickey Blair]]|
+ before=Mickey Blair|
  title=[[Miss Illinois USA]]|
  years=1957|
- after=[[June Pickney]]|
+ after=June Pickney|
 }}
 {{end box}}
-{{Illinois Pageant Winners}}
+{{Illinois pageant winners}}
+{{Playmates of 1959}}
-{{playmates of 1959}}
+{{authority control}}
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
-| NAME              =Gaba, Marianne
-| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American actor and model
-| DATE OF BIRTH     =November 13, 1939
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    =[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]
-| DATE OF DEATH     =
-| PLACE OF DEATH    =
-}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaba, Marianne}}
 [[Category:1939 births]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:2016 deaths]]
-[[Category:Actresses from Chicago, Illinois]]
+[[Category:Actresses from Chicago]]
-[[Category:Miss USA delegates]]
+[[Category:Miss USA 1950s delegates]]
-[[Category:Playboy Playmates (1953–1959)]]
+[[Category:1950s Playboy Playmates]]
 [[Category:Female models from Illinois]]
+[[Category:Deaths from brain cancer in California]]
+[[Category:21st-century American women]]

v t e Illinois pageant winners
Miss Illinois	Lois Delander (1927) Judith Ford (1968) Karen Moncrieff (1985) Jeri Zimmermann (1989) Marjorie Vincent (1990) Chuti Tiu (1994) Katherine Shindle (1997) Jade Smalls (1999) Jenny Powers (2000) Erika Harold (2002) Marisa Buchheit (2014)
Miss Illinois USA	Myrna Hansen (1953) Marianne Gaba (1957) Marite Ozers (1963) Amanda Jones (1973) Karen Morrison (1974) Lisa Morgan (1991)
Miss Illinois Teen USA	Charlotte Martin (1994) Nicole Manske (1998)
Miss Illinois World	Marite Ozers (1962) Nancy Randall (2004)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	United States