Adele Mara

Born: 1923-04-28

Birthplace: Highland Park, Michigan, USA

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.

Known For

Sands of Iwo Jima
Flame of Barbary Coast
Count the Hours!
The Fighting Seabees
You Were Never Lovelier
The Avengers
Back from Eternity
Vengeance of the West
Exposed
The Big Circus

Top Movie Credits

Sands of Iwo Jima Allison Bromley
Flame of Barbary Coast Marie (uncredited)
Count the Hours! Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend
The Fighting Seabees Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)
The Avengers Maria Moreno
Back from Eternity Maria Alvarez - Stewardess
Exposed Belinda Prentice
The Big Circus Maria 'Mama' Colino