Marianne Gaba


Marianne Gaba was an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Illinois USA 1957 and Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1959 issue.

Personal life and death

Gaba was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was fluent in three languages—Bohemian, Polish, and Spanish—in addition to English.
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.
Gaba died on May 3, 2016, from brain cancer in Los Angeles, California, aged 76.

Filmography

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine .... RobotHow to Stuff a Wild Bikini .... AnimalThe Beverly Hillbillies