Adele Mara

Adele Mara

1923-04-28 – 2010-05-07 (age 87) Highland Park, Michigan, USA
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Biography

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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.

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.

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The Avengers

1950

as Maria Moreno

Curse of the Faceless Man
Curse of the Faceless Man

1958

as Maria Fiorillo

The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees

1944

as Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier

1942

as Lita Acuña

Flame of Barbary Coast
Flame of Barbary Coast

1945

as Marie (uncredited)

The Big Circus
The Big Circus

1959

as Maria 'Mama' Colino

I, Jane Doe
I, Jane Doe

1948

as Marga-Jane Hastings

Sands of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima

1950

as Allison Bromley

Wake of the Red Witch
Wake of the Red Witch

1948

as Teleia Van Schreeven

Exposed
Exposed

1947

as Belinda Prentice

The Inner Circle
The Inner Circle

1946

as Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith

Count the Hours!
Count the Hours!

1953

as Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend

I've Always Loved You
I've Always Loved You

1946

as Señorita Fortaleza

Grissly's Millions
Grissly's Millions

1945

as Maribelle

Back from Eternity
Back from Eternity

1956

as Maria Alvarez - Stewardess

Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

as Welder

Shut My Big Mouth
Shut My Big Mouth

1942

as Elena Conchita Montoya

A Guy Could Change
A Guy Could Change

1946

as Bernice

Redhead from Manhattan
Redhead from Manhattan

1943

as Check Girl