Marianne Gaba obit

Marianne Gaba, Actress and Model, has died

 

 She was not on the list.

Cute and sexy blonde Marianne Gaba was born Mary Ann Gaba on November 13, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father Frank Gaba was a mailman while her mother Marie was a factory worker. Gaba was crowned Miss Illinois in a local beauty pageant in 1957 and was one of fifteen finalists in the Miss Universe contest held in Long Beach, California in July of that same year. Marianne attended USC for two years and wrote a gossip column for "TV and Movie Screen" magazine. She was the Playmate of the Month in the September, 1959 issue of "Playboy." Gaba went on to act in a handful of films and television shows in the wake of her Playmate stint.

She was Miss Illinois USA 1957 and Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1959 issue.

Gaba was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was fluent in three languages—Bohemian (Czech), 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 (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) .... 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

    George Burns & Gracie Allen Show - “Too Much Pot Roast” (1957) ….. Miss Illinois