Portrait of Adele Mara

Adele Mara

Acting

Biography

 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Born: April 28, 1923

Place of Birth: Highland Park, Michigan, USA

Filmography

1978
Wheels

as Teresa Chapman

1972
Cool Million

as Elena

1962
1960
Thriller

as Lydia Adler

1959
The Big Circus

as Maria 'Mama' Colino

1958
Bat Masterson

as Maria Costa

1958
Curse of the Faceless Man

as Maria Fiorillo

1957
Maverick

as June Mundy

1956
The Black Whip

as Ruthie Dawson

1956
Back from Eternity

as Maria Alvarez - Stewardess

1955
Cheyenne

as Sarita

1955
Cheyenne

as Claire Du Pas

1955
Cheyenne

as Rose Ward

1955
The Millionaire

as Cara Rosselli Volante

1953
Count the Hours!

as Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend

1951
The Sea Hornet

as Suntan Radford

1950
California Passage

as Beth Martin

1950
Rock Island Trail

as Constance Strong

1950
Sands of Iwo Jima

as Allison Bromley

1948
Wake of the Red Witch

as Teleia Van Schreeven

1948
Angel in Exile

as Raquel Chavez

1948
Night Time in Nevada

as Joan Andrews

1948
I, Jane Doe

as Marga-Jane Hastings

1948
1948
1947
Exposed

as Belinda Prentice

1947
Blackmail

as Sylvia Duane

1947
The Trespasser

as Dee Dee, newspaper morgue assistant

1947
Web of Danger

as Peg Mallory

1947
1946
I've Always Loved You

as Señorita Fortaleza

1946
1946
The Invisible Informer

as Marie Ravelle

1946
The Inner Circle

as Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith

1946
Night Train to Memphis

as Constance Stephenson

1946
Traffic in Crime

as Silk Cantrell

1946
Passkey to Danger

as Renee Beauchamps

1946
The Catman of Paris

as Marguerite Duval

1946
1945
Song of Mexico

as Carol Adams

1945
The Tiger Woman

as Sharon Winslow

1945
Bells of Rosarita

as Patty Phillips

1945
Flame of Barbary Coast

as Marie (uncredited)

1945
1945
Grissly's Millions

as Maribelle

1944
Thoroughbreds

as Sally Crandall

1944
Faces in the Fog

as Gertrude

1944
Atlantic City

as Adele - Barmaid

1944
The Fighting Seabees

as Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)

1943
I Can Hardly Wait

as Secretary (uncredited)

1943
Crime Doctor

as Nurse

1943
Back from the Front

as Dizzy (uncredited)

1943
1943
1943
Reveille with Beverly

as Evelyn Ross

1942
1942
Lucky Legs

as Secretary

1942
Vengeance of the West

as Anita Morell

1942
Alias Boston Blackie

as Eve Sanders

1942
Shut My Big Mouth

as Elena Conchita Montoya

1942
1941
Honolulu Lu

as Debutante