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] 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.

[5] Gaba died on May 3, 2016, from brain cancer in Los Angeles, California, aged 76.