She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1982 issue, then as the 1983 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley.

Marianne grew up in Northern California and graduated from Arcadia High School in 1978.

After her work with Playboy, Marianne tried her hand at acting, finding small parts on television and appearing in music videos. She also graced the cover of Ratt's 1985 album Invasion of Your Privacy. And she also appeared in Ric Ocasek's "Something to Grab For" video in 1982. Later on she married, and she and her husband bought a sports bar in Huntington Beach, California. They have three sons.

She posed for Playboy again for the April 1994 "Playmate Revisited" feature.

BIRTHPLACE: Hollywood, California USA

BUST: 34" 

WAIST: 21"

HIPS: 32"

HEIGHT: 5' 8"

WEIGHT: 105 lbs

SIGN:
Sagittarius

AMBITIONS:
To continue modeling as long as possible, then get married and start a family.

TURN-ONS:
Colorado River, clean air, animals, spending money, good music, fast cars and boats.

TURNOFFS:
Crowds, getting up early, traffic, rude people, smog, liver and flying.

FAVORITE SPORTS:
Water skiing, jet skiing, boating, racquetball, snow skiing and bicycle riding.

FAVORITE FOODS:
Frozen bananas, milk, cheese, baked potatoes, artichokes, scallops and crab legs.

FAVORITE ENTERTAINERS:
Johnny Carson, Steve Martin, The Cars.

IDEAL MAN:
Patient, honest, outgoing, content, affectionate and fairly athletic.

SECRET FANTASY:
To live on a tropical island with my ideal man and lots of exotic pets.