Marianne Gaba

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 married Michael Eugene Starkman on June 11, 1960 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Moreover, Marianne was the mother of two children: She gave birth to son Gregory on April 29, 1962 while her daughter Wendy was born on March 27, 1966. Show less «