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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Known For

The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees

1944

as Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)

Sands of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima

1950

as Allison Bromley

Crime Doctor
Crime Doctor

1943

as Nurse

You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier

1942

as Lita AcuΓ±a

Honolulu Lu
Honolulu Lu

1941

as Debutante

The Inner Circle
The Inner Circle

1946

as Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith

Wake of the Red Witch
Wake of the Red Witch

1948

as Teleia Van Schreeven

Back from Eternity
Back from Eternity

1956

as Maria Alvarez - Stewardess

I, Jane Doe
I, Jane Doe

1948

as Marga-Jane Hastings

Flame of Barbary Coast
Flame of Barbary Coast

1945

as Marie (uncredited)

Blackmail
Blackmail

1947

as Sylvia Duane

Robin Hood Of Texas
Robin Hood Of Texas

1947

as Julie

California Passage
California Passage

1950

as Beth Martin

Lucky Legs
Lucky Legs

1942

as Secretary

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly

1943

as Evelyn Ross

The Sea Hornet
The Sea Hornet

1951

as Suntan Radford

Thoroughbreds
Thoroughbreds

1944

as Sally Crandall

Blondie Goes to College
Blondie Goes to College

1942

as Babs Conelly

Exposed
Exposed

1947

as Belinda Prentice