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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Sands of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima

1950

as Allison Bromley

You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier

1942

as Lita AcuΓ±a

The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees

1944

as Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)

The Gallant Legion
The Gallant Legion

1948

as Catalina

Wake of the Red Witch
Wake of the Red Witch

1948

as Teleia Van Schreeven

Count the Hours!
Count the Hours!

1953

as Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend

Flame of Barbary Coast
Flame of Barbary Coast

1945

as Marie (uncredited)

Riders of the Northwest Mounted
Riders of the Northwest Mounted

1943

as Gabrielle Renaud

Curse of the Faceless Man
Curse of the Faceless Man

1958

as Maria Fiorillo

California Passage
California Passage

1950

as Beth Martin

Back from Eternity
Back from Eternity

1956

as Maria Alvarez - Stewardess

The Big Circus
The Big Circus

1959

as Maria 'Mama' Colino

I, Jane Doe
I, Jane Doe

1948

as Marga-Jane Hastings

Blondie Goes to College
Blondie Goes to College

1942

as Babs Conelly

Shut My Big Mouth
Shut My Big Mouth

1942

as Elena Conchita Montoya

Rock Island Trail
Rock Island Trail

1950

as Constance Strong

Crime Doctor
Crime Doctor

1943

as Nurse

Lucky Legs
Lucky Legs

1942

as Secretary

Exposed
Exposed

1947

as Belinda Prentice

Honolulu Lu
Honolulu Lu

1941

as Debutante