Adele Mara
Actor
- Born
- April 28, 1923 · Highland Park, Michigan, USA
- Died
- May 7, 2010 (age 87)
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Adele Mara (April 28, 1923 – May 7, 2010), born Adelaide Delgado, was an American actress, singer and dancer who appeared in films during the 1940s and 1950s. During the 1940s, the blond actress was also a popular pinup girl.
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One of her early roles was as a receptionist in the Three Stooges film I Can Hardly Wait. Other films include The Vampire's Ghost, Wake of the Red Witch, Angel in Exile, Sands of Iwo Jima, California Passage, and Don Siegel's Count the Hours. In 1961 appeared as a guest star with Cesar Romero on The Red Skelton Show in a sketch titled "Deadeye & The Alamo" - she played Elaine the nurse. Born in Highland Park, Michigan, of Spanish descent, she was married to television writer/producer Roy Huggins and appeared as a dancer in three episodes of his 1957 television series Maverick. Mara died of natural causes on May 7, 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Mara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Sands of Iwo Jima
January 1, 1950
You Were Never Lovelier
November 19, 1942
The Fighting Seabees
January 27, 1944
Wake of the Red Witch
December 30, 1948
Curse of the Faceless Man
August 14, 1958
Back from Eternity
September 7, 1956
Flame of Barbary Coast
May 28, 1945
The Big Circus
July 5, 1959
Count the Hours!
April 1, 1953
The Last Crooked Mile
August 9, 1946
The Vampire's Ghost
April 13, 1945
The Inner Circle
August 7, 1946
Acting62
- 1959The Big Circus as Maria 'Mama' Colino
- 1958Curse of the Faceless Man as Maria Fiorillo
- 1956The Black Whip as Ruthie Dawson
- 1956Back from Eternity as Maria Alvarez - Stewardess
- 1953Count the Hours! as Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend
- 1951The Sea Hornet as Suntan Radford
- 1950California Passage as Beth Martin
- 1950The Avengers as Maria Moreno
- 1950Rock Island Trail as Constance Strong
- 1950