Marianne Gaba | |
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Playboy centerfold appearance | |
September 1959 | |
Preceded by | Clayre Peters |
Succeeded by | Elaine Reynolds |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[1] | November 13, 1939
Died | May 3, 2016 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 76)
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] |
Marianne Gaba (November 13, 1939 – May 3, 2016) was an American beauty queen, model, and actress. She was Miss Illinois USA 1957[2] and Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1959 issue.[1]
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.